The Body in the Belfry: A Mystery
Jan 1990 · The Faith Fairchild Series Book 1 · Macmillan + ORM
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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
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
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 unprep...
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Katherine Hall Page's first mystery, The Body in the Belfry, won an Agatha Award for Best First Mystery Novel. The fifteenth in the series, The Body in the Snowdrift, won the Agatha Award for Best Mystery Novel. Page was also awarded the Agatha for Best Short Story for "The Would-Be Widower" in the Malice Domestic X collection. She was an Edgar nominee for her juvenile mystery, Christie & Company Down East. The Body in the Lighthouse was one of three nominees for The Mary Higgins Clark Award.
Katherine Hall Page's first mystery, The Body in the Belfry, won an Agatha Award for Best First Mystery Novel. The fifteenth in the series, The Body in the Snowdrift, won the Agatha Award for Best Mystery Novel. Page was also awarded the Agatha for Best Short Story for "The Would-Be Widower" in t...
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