A FOUNTAIN FILLED WITH BLOOD

When you see a helicopter in a Clare Fergusson mystery, you know sooner or later it's going to take off with Clare at the controls. Here, the Reverend Fergusson, who flew choppers in Desert Storm, is up to her neck in a bloody struggle with ruthless developers, to the despair of her heartthrob, Police Chief van Allstyne. Suzanne Toren is wonderful with Clare's soft drawl, in fact with all the women characters, and with a handsome, funny Brit who gets way too many kir royales into Clare at a fancy party. Toren's van Allstyne voice sounds painful, as if he's being garroted, but that's a minor quibble. Great fun. B.G. © AudioFile 2005, Portland, Maine [Published: OCT/NOV 05]