Page is a master plotter in the Christie tradition, but she makes her characters so vivid and so complicated that the day to day stuff of their lives is as interesting as the solutions to the crimes.” — Connecticut Post
“Rich in details of the city of Savannah, its cuisine, and the particulars of southern living, this satisfying mystery nicely weaves in the backstories of series characters’ lives that cozy readers relishand it includes recipes of southern delicacies.” — Booklist
“A charming tale filled with lively characters and mouthwatering descriptions of local food.” — Kirkus Reviews
Page is a master plotter in the Christie tradition, but she makes her characters so vivid and so complicated that the day to day stuff of their lives is as interesting as the solutions to the crimes.
11/15/2015
Caterer, minister's wife, and sometime sleuth, Faith Fairchild steps in to help Sophie Maxwell (from Body in the Birches), who has just moved to Savannah with her new husband and claims to have seen a dead body no one else can find. Page will receive the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2016 Malice Domestic convention.
2016-02-04
Two cultures gently clash. Yankee Sophie meets Southerner Will in Maine. After marrying at her mother's Connecticut Victorian home overlooking Long Island Sound and honeymooning on Georgia's beautiful Tybee Island, they move to Savannah, where they take up residence in a home that Will's stepmother is renovating until they can find a place of their own. Sophie, an attorney, goes to work for Will's father, who's finally gotten over his disappointment that despite his law degree, Will prefers being a private detective. Culture shock sets in when Sophie starts to meet Will's vast family and appreciate the differences between her ways and Southern ways. She loves everything about Savannah, from the beautiful architecture to the wonderful food, but with Will often in Atlanta on business, she begins to learn some uncomfortable facts about his past. Their stunning, pushy real estate agent, who'd planned on marrying Will, reveals while they're house hunting that the bridegroom, who inherited his grandmother's estate, is a much wealthier man than Sophie knew. Meanwhile, Will's cousin Patty Sue plays some nasty tricks on Sophie. When a body falls out of her wardrobe and then vanishes, Sophie knows it's time to call her dear friend Faith Fairchild, that experienced amateur sleuth (The Body in the Birches, 2015, etc.), for advice. Faith, who lives in Massachusetts with her minister husband and two children, has problems of her own. Mean girls are harassing her daughter, who's been forced to change schools, and her husband is thinking of moving to another ministry. After several more strange events, though, Faith pulls herself away from her domestic crises and flies down to support Sophie and help her solve a series of crimes. A paean to the beauties of Savannah with more romantic suspense than true mystery, but it's still a charming tale filled with lively characters and mouthwatering descriptions of local food.
Rich in details of the city of Savannah, its cuisine, and the particulars of southern living, this satisfying mystery nicely weaves in the backstories of series characters’ lives that cozy readers relishand it includes recipes of southern delicacies.
Rich in details of the city of Savannah, its cuisine, and the particulars of southern living, this satisfying mystery nicely weaves in the backstories of series characters’ lives that cozy readers relishand it includes recipes of southern delicacies.
After a whirlwind courtship, Sophie, a no-nonsense attorney, marries Will, a private investigator from a wealthy Southern family, and they move to Savannah. There, Sophie accepts a partnership with her father-in-law's law firm while Will works on a strangely urgent case in Atlanta. Tanya Eby's skilled narration captures Sophie's alarm when a co-worker dies mysteriously, Will disappears, and a dead body falls from a bedroom wardrobe, only to vanish before police arrive. That's when Sophie calls on her close friend, Faith, a minister's wife and part-time detective, for help. Eby’s portrayal of Will's spiteful stepsister, Patty Sue, who tricks Sophie into making a fool of herself at Sophie's coming-out ball is realistic in a story more about historic places and Southern food than solving a mystery. G.D.W. © AudioFile 2016, Portland, Maine