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The Body in the Bookcase

The Body in the Bookcase

by KatherineHallPage (Author)

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    Hardcover 2007

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Synopsis

Caterer-detective Faith Fairchild takes on a case involving a ring of antiques dealers behind a string of burglaries in her quaint Massachusetts town.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 Fairchild's 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 finds some of their stolen property, Faith 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!

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Format: Hardcover
 Pages: 224
 Publisher: Robert Hale Ltd
Published: 31 Oct 2007
ISBN 10: 0709083327
ISBN 13: 9780709083320

Media Reviews
'A smartly executed excursion into the shady side of the antiques trade... sure to fascinate - and infuriate - paranoid property owners.' New York Times Book Review '...tightly written, with strong characterisations and delightful descriptions of its New England setting. The author braids her various storylines neatly and briskly, right up to the enticing conclusion.' Publishers Weekly
Author Bio
Katherine Hall Page was born and grew up in New Jersey. Married for thirty years to Professor Alan Hein, an experimental psychologist at MIT, the couple have a twenty-two-year-old son. It was during her husband's sabbatical year in France after the birth of their son that Ms. Page wrote her first mystery, The Body in the Belfry, 1991 Agatha Award winner for Best First Mystery Novel.