| The Body in the Bookcase Contributor(s): Page, Katherine Hall (Author) |
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ISBN: 0380732378 ISBN-13: 9780380732371 Publisher: William Morrow & Company OUR PRICE: $8.09 Product Type: Mass Market Paperbound - Other Formats Published: April 2002 Annotation: ANTIQUING TURNED DEADLY Minister's wife, mother of two and caterer, Faith Fairchild has her hands full preparing for a grand society wedding in the quiet little town of Aleford, Massachusetts. Eager for a break from the endless demands of the spoiled bride-to-be, Faith looks forward to making some parish calls...until she discovers the body of elderly Sarah Winslow. The house has been ransacked, and a devastated Faith is determined to find the burglars responsible for dear Sarah's death...a search intensified when Faith's own home is burglarized next. Faith's investigation takes her far from her charming town and onto a dangerous path of thievery and corruption that has tainted the ever popular New England antique business. And with each discovery of her own precious heirlooms, Faith finds herself drawing ever nearer to a killer without realizing just how close she is...until it's almost too late. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Mystery & Detective - Women Sleuths - Fiction | Women - Fiction | Small Town & Rural |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 98036708 |
| Series: Faith Fairchild Mysteries (Paperback) |
| Physical Information: 1.07" H x 4.3" W x 6.78" (0.42 lbs) 384 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - New England - Demographic Orientation - Small Town - Geographic Orientation - Massachusetts - Sex & Gender - Feminine |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Stretched almost to the limit by the capricious demands of a Boston Brahmin bride-to-be, caterer and minister's wife, Faith Fairchild, faces real tragedy when she discovers the body of an elderly friend. Sarah Winslow had apparently surprised burglars ransacking her Aleford, Massachusetts, house. No sooner has Sarah been laid to rest than the Fairchilds find themselves the next target -- the parsonage is stripped of all their most precious possessions. Devastated and furious, Faith takes action, scouring pawnshops, antique marts, and auctions. As she turns up some of their stolen property, she is drawn onto a dangerous path of larceny and corruption in New England's venerable antique business -- a path that soon leads Faith straight to a killer |
Contributor Bio(s): Page, Katherine Hall: - 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. |