The Body in the Fjord (Faith Fairchild Mysteries) - Hardcover

Page, Katherine Hall

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0688145744 ISBN 13: 9780688145743

Publisher: William Morrow, 1997

Synopsis

In The Body in the Fjord, writer Katherine Hall Page returns with the eighth installment in her Faith Fairchild mystery series. Set in the exotic fjords of Norwayand featuring the delicious recipes that Page fans have come to expectThe Body in the Fjord is tightly wound with adventure and suspense.

This time out, Faiths friend and neighbor Pix Miller takes center stage, heading off to Norway, where she sets out to investigate the sudden disappearance of a family friend. Posing as a member of Scandie Sights, a Norwegian tour group, Pix is drawn into intrigueand murder. She discovers a sinister world of stolen antiques, secret histories, and deadly promises as her search for the truth takes a turn she never expected. Unfazed, she doggedly persists until she finds herself the unwanted object of a killers attention. Written in Pages delightful style and moving at a breakneck pace, The Body in the Fjord will keep readers on the edge of their seats from first page to last.

About this title

About the Author:

Katherine Hall Page is the author of twenty-three previous Faith Fairchild mysteries, the first of which received the Agatha Award for best first mystery. The Body in the Snowdrift was honored with the Agatha Award for best novel of 2006. Page also won an Agatha for her short story “The Would-Be Widower.” The recipient of the Malice Domestic Award for Lifetime Achievement, she has been nominated for the Edgar, the Mary Higgins Clark, the Maine Literary, and the Macavity Awards. She lives in Massachusetts and Maine with her husband.

From Kirkus Reviews:

Eighth in a homespun series (The Body in the Bog, 1996, etc.) usually focused on busybody Faith Fairchild, a minister's wife in Aleford, Mass., who runs a catering service with the help of Pix Miller, a mother of two. Here, Pix's own mother, Ursala Rowe, has had a call for help from her old friend Marit Hansen, longtime resident in Norway: Marit's granddaughter Kari has vanished after the drowning death of her fianc‚e Erik. The two had left their jobs as guides on a Scandie Sights tour, supposedly to elope. In short order, Ursala and Pix are on their way to Norway to join the ongoing tour and help Marit find her granddaughter. As the tour group moves from town to town and fjord to fjord, Pix and Ursala cross-question the other travelers, mostly American, and the current guides Carl and Jan, finding out little but provoking someone to lock Pix in a sauna. It's also her misfortune to discover the body of Oscar Melling, an obnoxious New Jerseyite, who's been killed in a seemingly accidental fall. The huge swastika painted overnight on the front lawn of one hotel is bad enough, evoking connections to the country's Quisling past, but it takes the kidnapping, imprisonment, and eventual escape of our heroine to accomplish the trip's mission. Masses of tourist-guide information; lots of inane chitchat; an endless parade of food and drink (recipes included), and a string of common-sensedefying plot developments: all make, together, an uncompelling, often tedious outing. (Author tour) -- Copyright ©1997, Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved.

About this edition

• Publisher: William Morrow
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0688145744
• ISBN 13: 9780688145743
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 272