Katherine Hall Page, Agatha Award-winning mystery novelist

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BEST WISHES FOR A HAPPY AND HEALTHY 2012!

Katherine's 20th mystery, The Body in the Boudoir, goes on sale May 1st and she's hard at work on #21.

Meanwhile, curl up with one of her other titles, taking a moment to try one of the recipes from Have Faith in Your Kitchen — "Comfort Cookies" go well with crime!

Check out the Winter dishes on the recipe page





 

The Body in the Gazebo The Body in the Gazebo

"I have to tell you something . . . something that happened a long time ago." When Ursula Lyman Rowe speaks these words to Faith Fairchild from her sickbed in Aleford, Massachusetts, Faith has no idea what lies in store for her.

It all starts when Ursula's daughter, Pix Miller, Faith's best friend and neighbor, reluctantly leaves town for her son's wedding preparations. Pix knows that Faith and her husband, the Reverend Thomas Fairchild, will keep an eye on the slowly recovering Ursula. What she and Faith don't know is that the tale Ursula spins over the course of several weeks will reveal an unsolved crime dating back to 1929 and the Great Depression.

Meanwhile, more current mysteries are brewing. The discretionary fund at the church has been pilfered and the Reverend Fairchild is the only person with access to it. As rumors spread through town, Faith must clear her husband's name before it's irreparably damaged. And when Pix meets her in-laws-to-be for the first time, she's in for the surprise of her life. . . .

A moving, suspenseful tale, The Body in the Gazebo is an evocative journey into the past, where truth hangs suspended by the threads of one woman's memory—and the present-day consequences of that truth prove to be devastating.


To order, or get more information on Have Faith in Your Kitchen, click on the book cover seen above.

The Body in the Sleigh is now available in paperback


More news - Our media page has a number of radio and TV interviews that were part of the tour for 2009-2010 including Magic 106.7, WBCN, WBAI, and Library Lovefest

  • Please be sure to visit our newly-updated media / photo page for podcasts and more.
  • The Body in the Gallery (William Morrow) is now on sale in paperback! It is also available in large print from HarperLuxe. Faith is catering an event and discovers that one of the sculptures at Aleford's Ganley Museum has an unexpected addition. Gallery's sub-plot involving cyberbullying has proved unfortunatley timely.
  • Katherine loves the site, www.teensreadstoo.com! The Body in the Sleigh is a featured selection. Her adult mysteries are suitable for teens. If you've come to my website, from Teens Read Too, have fun exploring. If you would like to drop me a line, you may do so from the contact page (links at top and bottom, and here)
  • Page's entire backlist is in print, available from Avon Books.
    She is now the first person in the history of Malice Domestic to win all three Agatha Awards: Best First Novel, Best Novel, and Best Short Story. Katherine was the Guest of Honor at Malice Domestic XVIII.
  • Check out Katherine's blog entry, Make Mine Murder, by clicking here

  • Katherine loves to hear from readers; click on Contact to send her your thoughts.
The Body in the Sleigh: A Tale for All Seasons!
The hardcover edition is selling out! Click here to get a copy, before they run out.

"Not only is The Body in the Sleigh, a gripping whodunit, but it's a classic tale of hope. Katherine Hall Page is my favorite writer of the traditional mystery." - Harlan Coben
Publishers' Weekly's Review of The Body in the Sleigh

In Agatha-winner Page's delightful 18th Faith Fairchild mystery (after 2008's The Body in the Gallery), Faith and her family get away to their cottage on Sanpere Island in Maine's Penobscot Bay for the Christmas season. Tranquility reigns only briefly before Faith finds a young girl's body tucked among the mannequins in a local holiday display. If this wasn't enough to keep Faith busy, she receives a Christmas Eve call from reclusive goat farmer Mary Bethany, who's discovered a babe in her manger-a newborn boy inside her barn, along with a puzzling note and a serious bankroll. When Mary determines to keep the baby safe and Faith attempts to locate the birth mother, both women end up in peril. Amid the holiday festivities, Faith wears the hats of good wife and mother while slipping into her sleuth cap at every opportunity. Her investigative work builds to an exciting conclusion. Faith's kitchen skills result in some wonderful recipes listed at the end. (Nov.)


"The Body in the Sleigh"

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Librarians: a special Author's Note for you

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