What connection does a Spiritual Director conference have with a revival that occurred nearly three quarters of a century ago? Is a girl's missing boyfriend able to help solve a mystery of a disappearing corpse? And are there enigmas that might put Father Antony and Felicity in danger yet again, only this time with their five year old son?
"A Wind in the Hebrides" is the seventh in Donna Fletcher Crow's Monastery. This one has a different feel, because this novel moves back in forth between the conferences, church history stories, and worship services Father Antony and Felicity frequently enjoy and singer Aileana Mackay's search for her sister's love interest during a post WW2 revival in an isolated part of Scotland. As a reader of several of Crow's books, this seems like a cross between the Monastery Murders and her 10-part Celtic Cross series, each of which follow a story between a couple in 1993 and various church history stories of Scotland and Ireland.
This novel may start slow for some readers, but don't give up on it. Crow does a masterful job of weaving the two stories together, with their similarities and differences. She helps make them distinct by having the 1949 in italics.
I recommend this book, which I received for an unbiased review.
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