The Body in the Wake: A Faith Fairchild Mystery (Faith Fairchild Mysteries, 25)

“If you think of cozy mysteries as palate cleaners, The Body in the Wake is for you.” — New York Times Book Review “Pure pleasure to read from the opening paragraph to the all-too-soon ending....An intelligent, well-plotted, satisfying mystery with some twists at the end that I loved. Highly recommended.”xa0xa0xa0 — Suspense Magazine “It’s a treat to wish Faith Fairchild a Happy Anniversary. May she be around for many more! The world—the real one, as well as the world of books—needs more people who are smart and compassionate and can cook.” — Lois Lowry “The twenty-five mysteries that Katherine Hall Page has cooked up for her sleuth, Faith Fairchild, make for delectable reading. What a body of work! Dig in.” — Gregory Maguire, author of Wicked “Book by book for more than 20 years, Katherine Hall Page has earned a place among the best American mystery writers.” — Joe Meyers, Hearst Connecticut Media Group “Cheers and good wishes for a landmark 25th anniversary for Katherine and Faith. Here’s to another great 25, for a very special lady and her creator!” — Charles and Caroline Todd “This long-running traditional mystery series is still as fresh as a cool pitcher of Faith’s strawberry shrub.” — Publishers Weekly “Traditional yet timely, this mystery also confronts the opioid crisis head-on in a dramatic, disturbing way.” — Library Journal (starred review) “Happy Happy HAPPY 25th Anniversary to Katherine Hall Page and one of my favorite amateur sleuths, Faith Fairchild!xa0 For those of us who are longtime fans, it’s a great time to rejoice and read.xa0 For those new to the series, you’re in for a treat -- in more ways than one.” — Harlan Coben “Fans of the long-running series will enjoy this twenty-fifth installment, which is filled, as usual, with tasty recipes.” — Booklist The milestonexa0twenty-fifth book in the beloved Faith Fairchild mystery series finds amateur sleuth and caterer Faith Fairchild in Maine for a summer full of family, friends, food, and murder It’s a hot summer on Maine’s Sanpere Island,xa0and Faith Fairchild is surprisingly unencumbered. Her husband, Tom, is sharing office space on the other side of the island; their son, Ben, has remained at college for the summer as a professor’s research assistant; and their daughter, Amy, is working in the kitchen at the old Laughing Gull Lodge, now a revamped conference center. Faith is looking forward to some projects of her own. Her friend Sophie Maxwell is up for the summer without her new husband, looking for a distraction from the fact that she isn’t pregnant yet. And the daughter of Faith’s good friend Pix Miller is getting marriedxa0 to a wonderful guy . . . with a less-than-wonderful mother. Between keeping Sophie’s spirits up and Pix’s blood pressure down, Faith has her hands full. And that’s before the body appears in the Lily Pond . . . a body with a mysterious tattoo and connections far away from small Sanpere Island. With her blueberry buckle cooling on the counter, Faith must once again pick up her sleuthing hat to get some answers. Katherine Hall Page is the author of twenty-three previous Faith Fairchild mysteries, the first of which received the Agatha Award for best first mystery. The Body in the Snowdrift was honored with the Agatha Award for best novel of 2006. Page also won an Agatha for her short story “The Would-Be Widower.” The recipient of the Malice Domestic Award for Lifetime Achievement, she has been nominated for the Edgar, the Mary Higgins Clark, the Maine Literary, and the Macavity Awards. She lives in Massachusetts and Maine with her husband. Read more