The Body in the Sleigh by Katherine Hall Page
Reviewed by Nancy Eaton
Faith and her family are spending the holidays at their cottage in Sanpere Island in Maine. Her husband, Reverend Thomas Fairchild, is recuperating from surgery. The couple really looked forward to this time in Sanpere Island because it was not too often they got to spend some family time together. What a place to be for the holidays. There were plenty of enjoyable winter sports to keep them busy.
It did not take long for this nice, relaxing holiday to turn into something frightening. On a trip to the Sanpere Historical Society, Faith discovers a body in an antique sleigh that is decorated for the Christmas holidays. The victim, Norah, was a teen drug addict. What happened to the young girl? Did she die of a drug overdose? Was she murdered?
Things do not get dull as a local resident, Mary Bethany, who raises goats, finds a newborn baby in a manger in her barn on Christmas Eve. There was a note asking her to take care of the baby. A large amount of cash was left with the baby also. How did the baby get there? Is there any relation to the body found in the sleigh?
Mary asks Faith to help her find the identity of the baby’s mother. What they discover is more than they imagined.
Katherine Hall Page has won several awards for her cozy mysteries. The Body in the Sleigh is one of her best to date. This storyline has more of a deeper plot compared to your normal cozy mystery. It’s one that will keep you reading late into the night to find out what will happen next. Also, there are some really “yummy” recipes at the end of the book.
A copy of this book was supplied to the reviewer by the publisher.
