Tim H. (Timbuktu126) reviewed The Body in the Sleigh (Faith Fairchild, Bk 18) on + 476 more book reviews
I have read most of the books in the series and enjoyed them. This one, not so much. The premise was very clever, but there is not much mystery here- you know who the baby's mother is almost from the start and then you have to read about varying happenings from several points of view.
Joy L. (vintagejoy) -
This has to be one of my favorites in this series. The plot and other plot lines are terrific, there is alot of action, and the characters are wonderfully written. Absolutely recommend it!
This is an exciting, well written book. The plot took many twists and turns and kept you reading and not putting the book down. Great read. I'm looking forward to her next one. I have read all the books in this serie3s and they just get better with each one.
Like all the others in this series this is a great cozy, but this time with an edge.
Murder is combined with a timeless Christmas story in this enchanting installment of the popular mystery series by award-winning author Katherine Hall Page It's Christmastime, and the Fairchild family is spending the holidays on idyllic Sanpere Island in Maine while the Reverend Thomas Fairchild recuperates from surgery. His caterer wife, Faith, is rejoicing in the rare, holiday family-time together -- watching ice boaters, snowshoeing, and doing plenty of reading in front of the fire.
But Faith's high spirits are dampened when she discovers the body of a young woman in an antique sleigh in front of the Sanpere Historical Society. The victim, Norah, was a teenage drug addict who apparently died by her own hand. Beloved by many, her untimely death rocks the isolated, tight-knit island community.
Meanwhile, Mary Bethany, a local spinster who raises goats, happens upon a newborn baby boy lying in the manger of her barn on Christmas Eve. The only clues to his identity are a note in the basket asking her to take care of him, as well as an alarming amount of cash. As Faith helps Mary locate the baby's mother, she soon finds that the truth behind the abandonment is connected to Norah's last days -- and that, just as death and life are intertwined on Sanpere, so are evil and redemptive goodness.
Murder is combined with a timeless Christmas story in this enchanting installment of the popular mystery series by award-winning author Katherine Hall Page It's Christmastime, and the Fairchild family is spending the holidays on idyllic Sanpere Island in Maine while the Reverend Thomas Fairchild recuperates from surgery. His caterer wife, Faith, is rejoicing in the rare, holiday family-time together -- watching ice boaters, snowshoeing, and doing plenty of reading in front of the fire.
But Faith's high spirits are dampened when she discovers the body of a young woman in an antique sleigh in front of the Sanpere Historical Society. The victim, Norah, was a teenage drug addict who apparently died by her own hand. Beloved by many, her untimely death rocks the isolated, tight-knit island community.
Meanwhile, Mary Bethany, a local spinster who raises goats, happens upon a newborn baby boy lying in the manger of her barn on Christmas Eve. The only clues to his identity are a note in the basket asking her to take care of him, as well as an alarming amount of cash. As Faith helps Mary locate the baby's mother, she soon finds that the truth behind the abandonment is connected to Norah's last days -- and that, just as death and life are intertwined on Sanpere, so are evil and redemptive goodness.
