The Body in the Big Apple (Faith Fairchild Mysteries)

Before she met and married the Reverend Thomas Fairchild and moved to sleepy little Aleford, Massachusetts, Faith Sibley Fairchild had a catering business in the most colorful, frenetic, and exciting city in the world...Young, ambitious and single in New York City in the late '809s, Faith Sibley is energized by the early success of her Have Faith catering enterprise. But she's cast into an unexpected new role when she runs into old high school friend Emma Stanstead at a swanky uptown party: sleuth! An anonymous blackmmailer is threatening to expose certain secrets of socialite Emma's less than glamorous past -- thereby destroying her reputation and her conservative husband's fast-rising political career -- and Faith fearlessly leaps into the fray. Though she lacks experience, Faith's keen instinct, insight, and determination to unmask and extortionist quickly carry her deep into the high and low life of the bustling Big Apple. And when a murder raises the stakes, Faith realizes that it's not just her old friend's good name that's in peril...it's Emma's life itself. The Agatha Award-winning author serves up a “prequel to the successful series featuring caterer Faith Fairchild... An excellent beginning” (Library Journal).Before she met and married the Reverend Thomas Fairchild and moved to sleepy little Aleford, Massachusetts, Faith Sibley Fairchild had a catering business in the most colorful, frenetic, and exciting city in the world... Young, ambitious and single in New York City in the late'80s, Faith Sibley is energized by the early success of her Have Faith catering enterprise. But she's cast into an unexpected new role when she runs into old high school friend Emma Stanstead at a swanky uptown party: sleuth! An anonymous blackmailer is threatening to expose certain secrets of socialite Emma's less than glamorous past—thereby destroying her reputation and her conservative husband's fast-rising political career—and Faith fearlessly leaps into the fray. Though she lacks experience, Faith's keen instinct, insight, and determination to unmask an extortionist quickly carry her deep into the high and low life of the bustling Big Apple. And when a murder raises the stakes, Faith realizes that it's not just her old friend's good name that's in peril... it's Emma's life itself.“[Page's] young sleuth is a charmer.” —The New York Times Book Review“Fun... a little mystery with a big-hearted love of NYC... [Readers] will enjoy Big Apple.” —Denver Rocky Mountain News“New Yorkers and suburbanites alike should enjoy this fast-paced mystery; and gastronomes will relish the aptly apple-flavored recipes that complete this work.” —Publishers Weekly“Intimate and engaging.” —Mystery News

in The Body In The Big Apple, Faith Sibley Fairchild Returns To Solve Her First Mystery Ever. Set During Faith's Earlier Days As A Young, Single Career Woman Living In New York City, This Exciting Urban Adventure Is Loaded With Blackmail, Intrigue, And Murder. Thriving On The Success Of Her New Catering Company, Faith Runs Into Former Classmate Emma Stanstead While Catering An Exclusive Party On Manhattan's Upper East Side. Emma Is Terrified, And Soon Faith Is Caught Up In A Desperate Race To Discover Who's Threatening To Reveal The Dark Secret Of Emma's Past--one That Would Quickly Put An End To Her Husband's Fast-rising Political Career--before It's Too Late. But It Isn't Long Before Faith Realizes That Emma's Life Is In More Danger Than Her Reputation. Faith's Search Takes Her From Central Park To The Lower East Side As Time Runs Out To Catch A Killer. With Plotting That The New York Times Book Review Calls Smartly Executed, The Recipes (all Featuring Apples This Time) That Have Won Katherine Hall Page A Devoted Readership, And A Skeleton In Every Closet, The Body In The Big Apple Will Delight Page's Devoted Readership And Those New To This Award-winning Mystery Series.

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Before she met and married the Reverend Thomas Fairchild and moved to sleepy little Aleford, Massachusetts, Faith Sibley Fairchild had a catering business in the most colorful, frenetic, and exciting city in the world... Young, ambitious and single in New York City in the late 80's, Faith Sibley is energized by the early success of her Have Faith catering enterprise. But she's cast into an unexpected new role when she runs into old high school friend Emma Stanstead at a swanky uptown party: sleuth! An anonymous blackmailer is threatening to expose certain secrets of socialite Emma's less than glamorous past -- thereby destroying her reputation and her conservative husband's fast-rising political career -- and Faith fearlessly leaps into the fray. Though she lacks experience, Faith's keen instinct, insight, and determination to unmask and extortionist quickly carry her deep into the high and low life of the bustling Big Apple. And when a murder raises the stakes, Faith realizes that it's not just her old friend's good name that's in peril...it's Emma's life itself. Young, ambitious and single in New York City in the late 80's, Faith Sibley is energized by the early success of her Have Faith catering enterprise. But she's cast into an unexpected new role when she runs into old high school friend Emma Stanstead at a swanky uptown party: sleuth! An anonymous blackmmailer is threatening to expose certain secrets of socialite Emma's less than glamorous past -- thereby destroying her reputation and her conservative husband's fast-rising political career -- and Faith fearlessly leaps into the fray. Though she lacks experience, Faith's keen instinct, insight, and determination to unmask an extortionist quickly carry her deep into the high and low life of the bustling Big Apple. And when a murder raises the stakes, Faith realizes that it's not just her old friend's good name that's in peril ... it's Emma's life itself Overview: Katherine Hall Page is the author of Faith Fairchild mysteries, the first of which received the Agatha Award for best first mystery and the most recent of which, The Body in the Snowdrift, was honored with the Agatha Award for best novel. Page also won an Agatha for her short story "The Would-Be Widower." She lives in Massachusetts with her husband and son. (from the publisher's website)" At A Party In New York, Caterer Faith Sibley Fairchild Meets A School Friend, Now Married To An Ambitious Politician. The Lady Is Being Blackmailed By Someone Threatening To Reveal Her Past Which Would Ruin Her Husband. Faith Goes To Work And Uncovers A Killer. By The Author Of The Body In The Bookcase. Katherine Hall Page. Caterer Faith Sibley becomes embroiled in her first mystery after Emma Stanstead, a former high-school classmate is threatened by an anonymous blackmailer.