The Body in the Wake

A Faith Fairchild Mystery

By: Katherine Hall Page

Narrated by: Tanya Eby

""The twenty-five mysteries that Katherine Hall Page has cooked up for her sleuth, Faith Fairchild, make for delectable reading. What a body of work! Dig in.""

-- Gregory Maguire, author of Wicked

Amateur detective and caterer Faith Fairchild is at her Penobscot Bay, Maine cottage preparing for a summer wedding, when she stumbles across . . . another body in this 25th entry in the beloved mystery series.

For the first time in years, Faith Fairchild has time for herself. Her husband Tom is spending days on the other side of the island using a friend’s enhanced WiFi for a project; their son, Ben, after his first year in college, is studying abroad for the summer; and their daughter Amy is working at the old Laughing Gulls Lodge, now a revamped conference center.

Faith is looking forward to some projects of her own. Her friend Sophie Maxwell is also spending the summer on Sanpere Island, hoping for distractions from her worries that she isn’t yet pregnant. And the daughter of Faith’s good friend Pix Miller is getting married to a wonderful guy . . . with a less-than-wonderful mother. Between keeping Sophie’s spirits up and Pix’s blood pressure down, Faith has her hands full.

And that’s before a body with a mysterious tattoo and connections far away from small Sanpere Island appears in the Lily Pond. Once again, Faith will get to the bottom of this strange case—and whip up a delicious blueberry buckle on the side.

Supplemental enhancement PDF accompanies the audiobook.

poor Narration

I didn't get past the first chapter of this book because the narrator spoke much too fast. Made me nervous, which is not what I look for in an audio book.

A Whole Lot of Characters

I always enjoy Ms Page's books but this wasn't my favorite. This seemed to have a lot of different stories going on which was distracting. (Like the obnoxious neighbors; Arlene's opioid addiction, tattoed dead men. Sophie's mother-in-law to be) I did enjoy learning about her kids as grown ups. I listened to this in the car just whenever I happened to do errands. so perhaps I would have liked this better not in small pieces,.