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Katherine Hall Page

The bell has tolled for a sharp-tongued bride-to-be in the first novel in the “highly entertaining” Agatha Award–winning series (Booklist).

During her years in New York City, Faith Fairchild was convinced she’d seen pretty much everything. But the transplanted caterer/minister’s wife was unprepared for the surprises awaiting her in the sleepy Massachusetts village of Aleford. And she’s especially taken aback by the dead body of a pretty young thing she discovers stashed in the church’s belfry.

The victim, Cindy Shepherd, was well-known locally for her acid tongue and her jilted beaux, which created a lot of bad blood and more than a few possible perpetrators—including her luckless fiancé, who had neither an alibi nor a better way to break off the engagement. Faith thinks it’s terribly unfair that the police have zeroed in on the hapless boyfriend, so she sets out to uncover the truth. But digging too deeply into the sordid secrets of a New England village tends to make the natives nervous. And an overly curious big-city lady can become just another small-town statistic in very short order . . . 

“A humorous and entertaining addition to the murder-in-the-village genre.” —Booklist

“Sparkles like a Yankee pond on a bright autumn day.” —The Washington Post Book World

“[Page’s] young sleuth is a charmer.” —The New York Times Book Review

Minotaur Books

The Faith Fairchild Series

The Body in the Belfry: A Mystery

The second mystery in the Agatha Award–winning series: “Great characters, a wonderful plot, and a puzzle laid out in the unfinished threads of a quilt.” —Ocala Star-Banner

New York caterer-turned-minister’s wife Faith Fairchild and her husband, Tom, have left the little village of Aleford, Massachusetts for a summer on Sanpere Island, off the coast of Maine. But Tom is called away to a three-week religious retreat in New Hampshire, leaving Faith to amuse herself and care for Benjamin, who’s currently in what parents call the “terrible twos” stage.

The summer begins innocently enough, with Faith involved in a seemingly harmless mystery—a hunt for treasure, the clues to which are cryptically embedded in a patchwork quilt she bought at an estate auction. But the trail leads instead to the body of another summer resident along the beach, and Faith is forced into more serious—and dangerous—kind of detection . . .

“[A] highly entertaining series.” —Booklist

“[Page’s] young sleuth is a charmer.” —The New York Times Book Review

“Page is known for leavening her work with humor and warmth.” —The Boston Herald

The Body in the Kelp: A Mystery

“Former Manhattan caterer Faith Fairchild and her family find mystery in Lyons, France in this engrossing adventure” in the beloved cozy series (Publishers Weekly).

Satisfying her hunger for epicurean adventure in the French provinces, small town caterer and minister’s wife Faith Fairchild decides to throw the perfect dinner party. But during cleanup after the last guest has departed her gastronomical triumph, she encounters something neither expected nor welcome: a dead body lying in her vestibule.

Unfortunately it doesn’t help la belle americaine’s credibility when the corpse vanishes before the local gendarmes arrive. But Faith realizes that, though the police refuse to take her seriously, a killer just might. And if she doesn’t get to the bottom of this fiendish French conundrum, Faith’s successful feast could end up being her last.

The Body in the Vestibule

A minister’s wife is determined to find out who’s preying on the residents of a New England retirement home in this acclaimed cozy mystery series.

Minister’s wife, sometime sleuth, and culinary artist Faith Sibley Fairchild is intrigued by rumors of mysterious doings at Hubbard House—an elegant, secluded retirement home for the well-heeled Yankees of Aleford, Massachusetts. Determined to do some surreptitious snooping, she joins the pricey retreat’s flu-depleted kitchen staff, only to witness an aging resident collapse face-first into a bowl of Faith’s hot and savory bouillon.

Faith barely has time to ponder the suspicious death before a blackmailing drug dealer turns up dead in her bedroom! Now one thing is clear to the amateur investigator: murder doesn’t just happen at Hubbard—it’s the house specialty. And Faith’s own demise might very well be the next item on the menu.

The Body in the Bouillon

An award-winning cozy author “provides an abundance of . . . vividly detailed food, a veritable host of characters, and just a bit of froth” (Library Journal).

Hollywood has come to town—and Faith Fairchild has to feed it! Hired to cater meals for the movie crew that is filming a modern-day version of The Scarlet Letter in the tiny New England village of Aleford, Faith is eager to treat the talented tantrum-throwers to the best of her culinary delights.

But an accusation that her famous Black Bean Soup is poison has left a bad taste in Faith’s mouth. Her exploration into the source of the nasty slander leads the amateur investigator behind the scenes to a shocking off-camera murder. And suddenly more than Faith’s reputation is at stake—her life itself could end up on the cutting room floor

“Sprightly, with a light dusting of satire.” —Kirkus Reviews

“A New England ambience that’s irresistable.” —The Hartford Courant

“If you enjoy a lively read, you’re sure to like The Body in the Cast. The story really sparkles.” —Romantic Times Magazine

“Spirited characterization and energetic plotting.” —Publishers Weekly

“Readers will find treasures aplenty in these fast-flying pages.” —The Clarion-Ledger, Jackson, MS

The Body in the Cast

“Fans of the Faith Fairchild series will probably be over the moon for this prequel that lovingly details how Faith met her husband” (The Charlotte Observer).

Massachusetts minister’s wife, caterer, and sometime amateur sleuth Faith Fairchild returns in The Body in the Boudoir, the twentieth installment in the Agatha Award-winning mystery series by Katherine Hall Page that provides mystery, heart, wit, suspense, and mouthwatering recipes aplenty.

Page turns back the clock this time to 1990, as a young Faith Sibley prepares to wed the love of her life, Thomas Fairchild . . . if she can survive a malefactor who’s trying to disrupt the ceremony by doing away with the bride. Fans of cozy culinary mysteries, like the bestselling Goldy Schultz novels of Diane Mott Davidson, will adore the tasty mayhem Katherine Hall Page cooks up in her Boudoir.

“Readers who might have drifted away from Katherine Hall Page’s pleasing mysteries starring Faith Fairchild, the congenitally curious wife of a New England minister and the proprietor of a catering company wittily named ‘Have Faith,’ should accept the homecoming invitation extended in The Body in the Boudoir.” —The New York Times Book Review

“A rollicking adventure of intrigue and suspense, plus . . . it’s a lot of fun catching up with the past fun and shenanigans that Faith always manages to find herself embroiled in, and this is a very fitting way to celebrate such a huge milestone for this mystery series.” —Times Record News (Wichita Falls, Texas)

“Cozy fans will be enthralled.” —Publishers Weekly

“[A] fun yet intelligent and layered look at the story behind a favorite series.” —Booklist

William Morrow

The Body in the Boudoir

A crime-solving caterer delves into the dark side of the New England antiques trade in the Agatha Award-winning, “highly entertaining series” (Booklist).

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 . . . 

“Peopled with entertaining and resourceful characters and sprinkled with mouth-watering recipes.” —Dallas Morning News

“Satisfying and surprisingly delicious.” —Los Angeles Times

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