{"id":19660,"date":"2017-12-05T06:30:39","date_gmt":"2017-12-05T11:30:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/?p=19660"},"modified":"2022-10-13T00:02:41","modified_gmt":"2022-10-13T00:02:41","slug":"review-giveaway-the-body-in-the-casket-by-katherine-hall-page","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/2017\/12\/05\/review-giveaway-the-body-in-the-casket-by-katherine-hall-page\/","title":{"rendered":"Review &amp; Giveaway \u2764\ufe0f The Body in the Casket by Katherine Hall Page"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Today I\u2019m giving away the hardcover of\u00a0<strong>The Body in the Casket<\/strong>, a <em>Faith Fairchild Mystery<\/em> by\u00a0\u00a0<em><strong>Katherine Hall Page,<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0to one lucky commenter. Entering is as easy as leaving a comment. Winner will be listed here this week. Good luck!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>UPDATE\u00a0<\/strong>(1\/1)<strong>:<\/strong>\u00a0The winner is <b>LISA BROWN<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Congrats, Lisa! Please email me at\u00a0<strong>contact at smittenbybooks dot com<\/strong>\u00a0with your snail mail address to collect your book. Also, don\u2019t forget to include the title in your email.\u00a0<strong>You have 3 weeks claim your prize.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>**US residents only<\/em><\/p>\n<!--themify_builder_content-->\n<div id=\"themify_builder_content-19660\" data-postid=\"19660\" class=\"themify_builder_content themify_builder_content-19660 themify_builder tf_clear\">\n    \t\t\t<!-- module_row -->\n\t<div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_row themify_builder_row tb_8dic487 tb_first tf_w tf_clearfix\">\n\t    \t\t\t<div class=\"row_inner gutter-narrow col_align_top tb_col_count_2 tf_box tf_rel\">\n\t\t            <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column tb-column col3-1 tb_i9bb081 first\">\n                                                        <div class=\"tb-column-inner tf_box tf_w\">\n                        <!-- module image -->\n<div  class=\"module module-image tb_wkut220 rounded drop-shadow customBorderRad_top image-top auto_fullwidth tf_mw\" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div class=\"image-wrap tf_rel tf_mw\">\n\t\t    <img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/the-body-in-the-casket-katherine-hall-page.jpg?w=640\" title=\"Review &amp; Giveaway \u2764\ufe0f The Body in the Casket by Katherine Hall Page\" alt=\"Review &amp; Giveaway \u2764\ufe0f The Body in the Casket by Katherine Hall Page\">\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<!-- \/image-wrap -->\n    \n    \t<\/div>\n<!-- \/module image --><!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_iof2200 customBorderRad_bottom repeat \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n    <p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">For most of her adult life, resourceful caterer Faith Fairchild has called the sleepy Massachusetts village of Aleford home. While the native New Yorker has come to know the region well, she isn\u2019t familiar with Havencrest, a privileged enclave, until the owner of Rowan House, a secluded sprawling Arts and Crafts mansion, calls her about catering a weekend house party.<\/span><\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Producer\/director of a string of hit musicals, Max Dane\u2014a Broadway legend\u2014is throwing a lavish party to celebrate his seventieth birthday. At the house as they discuss the event, Faith\u2019s client makes a startling confession. &#8220;I didn\u2019t hire you for your cooking skills, fine as they may be, but for your sleuthing ability. You see, one of the guests wants to kill me.&#8221;<\/span><\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Faith\u2019s only clue is an ominous birthday gift the man received the week before\u2014an empty casket sent anonymously containing a twenty-year-old\u00a0<em>Playbill<\/em>\u00a0from Max\u2019s last, and only failed, production\u2014<em>Heaven or Hell.<\/em>\u00a0Consequently, Max has drawn his guest list for the party from the cast and crew. As the guests begin to arrive one by one, and an ice storm brews overhead, Faith must keep one eye on the menu and the other on her host to prevent his birthday bash from becoming his final curtain call.<\/span><\/p>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text -->                    <\/div>\n                            <\/div>\n                        <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column tb-column col3-2 tb_4niq010 last\">\n                                                        <div class=\"tb-column-inner tf_box tf_w\">\n                        <!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_s4sj000  repeat \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n    <p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-16467 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/3_5-hearts.jpg?resize=146%2C44\" alt=\"\" width=\"146\" height=\"44\" \/><\/p><hr \/><p><strong>Release Date:<\/strong>\u00a0Dec 5, 2017<br \/><strong>Series:<\/strong>\u00a0<em>A Faith Fairchild Mystery<\/em><br \/><strong>Publisher:<\/strong>\u00a0HarperCollins<br \/><strong>Imprint:<\/strong>\u00a0William Morrow<br \/><strong>Price:<\/strong>\u00a0$12.99<\/p><hr \/><p>\u00a0<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Faith Fairchild is married to a pastor and\u00a0owns a successful catering firm in the small Boston suburb of Aleford. She is excited for the chance at a break from the drama of small town politics and her two children to go away for a weekend job. She has been hired to cater all meals for a weekend house party to celebrate the client&#8217;s 70th birthday. The client is Max Dante, a former Broadway musical producer, and Faith is flattered that someone famous has heard of her cooking skills. She is surprised to learn that it&#8217;s actually her reputation as an amateur sleuth that\u00a0influenced Dane to hire her. Dante has received an unusual and not too subtle message that someone wants him dead and he wants Faith to figure it out before that can happen.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">This\u00a0book is the\u00a0author&#8217;s latest in a long-running series. I&#8217;ve\u00a0enjoyed some of the later books in the series, but haven&#8217;t followed it regularly. I thought the premise of this book sounded interesting and I was eager to dive in. The idea of a weekend party with a potential murderer as a\u00a0guest is right out of Agatha Christie and makes the perfect set-up for a cozy mystery. Unfortunately, the first past of the book deals with some of the domestic details in Faith&#8217;s life, some of her other jobs, and the preparations for the party.\u00a0She does some research and asks a few questions about some of the potential suspects, but doesn&#8217;t do much investigating. The actual party doesn&#8217;t begin until about two-thirds into the book. That part of the book is as good as I had anticipated, with interesting characters, all with a motive for murder, but I wish it had begun earlier in the book.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Faith is a likable main character. She&#8217;s\u00a0a hard worker and loyal wife and mother, although sometimes she comes across as a little self-centered.\u00a0She also has a tendency in both her personal life and during the course of the investigation to keep important information to herself, causing unnecessary problems for everyone. My favorite character in this book isn&#8217;t even related to the main plot. Samantha, the daughter of Faith&#8217;s best friend has moved back home after some problems with her boyfriend and her job. I really enjoyed this sweet story of what\u00a0Samantha went through and how a new friend helps her get a fresh start and even though it was a separate story, found it fit in well with the account of the main investigation.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">All issues in the investigation and for zoning issues Faith&#8217;s husband is involved in for Aleford are resolved\u00a0by the end and the book&#8217;s conclusion is satisfying. Fans of the series, as well as fans of Leslie Meier or Sheila Connolly, will enjoy reading this book<\/p><p><em>~ Christine<\/em><\/p>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text --><!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_t7q0806 customBorderRad repeat \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n    <p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span class=\"s1\"><a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/2illVkS\">Amazon<\/a><\/span><span class=\"s2\">\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/geo.itunes.apple.com\/us\/book\/the-body-in-the-casket\/id1214792586?mt=11\"><span class=\"s3\">iBooks<\/span><\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.barnesandnoble.com\/w\/the-body-in-the-casket-katherine-hall-page\/1125687345?ean=9780062439581#\/\"><span class=\"s3\">B&amp;N<\/span><\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kobo.com\/us\/en\/ebook\/the-body-in-the-casket\"><span class=\"s3\">Kobo<\/span><\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/books\/details\/Katherine_Hall_Page_The_Body_in_the_Casket?id=zD1VDgAAQBAJ\"><span class=\"s3\">Google Play<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text -->                    <\/div>\n                            <\/div>\n            \t    <\/div>\n\t    <!-- \/row_inner -->\n\t<\/div>\n\t<!-- \/module_row -->\n\t<\/div>\n<!--\/themify_builder_content-->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today I\u2019m giving away the hardcover of\u00a0The Body in the Casket, a Faith Fairchild Mystery by\u00a0\u00a0Katherine Hall Page,\u00a0to one lucky commenter. 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Giveaway \u2764\ufe0f The Body in the Casket by Katherine Hall Page\" alt=\"Review &amp; Giveaway \u2764\ufe0f The Body in the Casket by Katherine Hall Page\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">For most of her adult life, resourceful caterer Faith Fairchild has called the sleepy Massachusetts village of Aleford home. While the native New Yorker has come to know the region well, she isn\u2019t familiar with Havencrest, a privileged enclave, until the owner of Rowan House, a secluded sprawling Arts and Crafts mansion, calls her about catering a weekend house party.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Producer\/director of a string of hit musicals, Max Dane\u2014a Broadway legend\u2014is throwing a lavish party to celebrate his seventieth birthday. At the house as they discuss the event, Faith\u2019s client makes a startling confession. \"I didn\u2019t hire you for your cooking skills, fine as they may be, but for your sleuthing ability. You see, one of the guests wants to kill me.\"<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Faith\u2019s only clue is an ominous birthday gift the man received the week before\u2014an empty casket sent anonymously containing a twenty-year-old\u00a0<em>Playbill<\/em>\u00a0from Max\u2019s last, and only failed, production\u2014<em>Heaven or Hell.<\/em>\u00a0Consequently, Max has drawn his guest list for the party from the cast and crew. As the guests begin to arrive one by one, and an ice storm brews overhead, Faith must keep one eye on the menu and the other on her host to prevent his birthday bash from becoming his final curtain call.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/3_5-hearts.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"146\" height=\"44\" \/><\/p><hr \/><p><strong>Release Date:<\/strong>\u00a0Dec 5, 2017<br \/><strong>Series:<\/strong>\u00a0<em>A Faith Fairchild Mystery<\/em><br \/><strong>Publisher:<\/strong>\u00a0HarperCollins<br \/><strong>Imprint:<\/strong>\u00a0William Morrow<br \/><strong>Price:<\/strong>\u00a0$12.99<\/p><hr \/><p>\u00a0<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Faith Fairchild is married to a pastor and\u00a0owns a successful catering firm in the small Boston suburb of Aleford. She is excited for the chance at a break from the drama of small town politics and her two children to go away for a weekend job. She has been hired to cater all meals for a weekend house party to celebrate the client's 70th birthday. The client is Max Dante, a former Broadway musical producer, and Faith is flattered that someone famous has heard of her cooking skills. She is surprised to learn that it's actually her reputation as an amateur sleuth that\u00a0influenced Dane to hire her. Dante has received an unusual and not too subtle message that someone wants him dead and he wants Faith to figure it out before that can happen.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">This\u00a0book is the\u00a0author's latest in a long-running series. I've\u00a0enjoyed some of the later books in the series, but haven't followed it regularly. I thought the premise of this book sounded interesting and I was eager to dive in. The idea of a weekend party with a potential murderer as a\u00a0guest is right out of Agatha Christie and makes the perfect set-up for a cozy mystery. Unfortunately, the first past of the book deals with some of the domestic details in Faith's life, some of her other jobs, and the preparations for the party.\u00a0She does some research and asks a few questions about some of the potential suspects, but doesn't do much investigating. The actual party doesn't begin until about two-thirds into the book. That part of the book is as good as I had anticipated, with interesting characters, all with a motive for murder, but I wish it had begun earlier in the book.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Faith is a likable main character. She's\u00a0a hard worker and loyal wife and mother, although sometimes she comes across as a little self-centered.\u00a0She also has a tendency in both her personal life and during the course of the investigation to keep important information to herself, causing unnecessary problems for everyone. My favorite character in this book isn't even related to the main plot. Samantha, the daughter of Faith's best friend has moved back home after some problems with her boyfriend and her job. I really enjoyed this sweet story of what\u00a0Samantha went through and how a new friend helps her get a fresh start and even though it was a separate story, found it fit in well with the account of the main investigation.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">All issues in the investigation and for zoning issues Faith's husband is involved in for Aleford are resolved\u00a0by the end and the book's conclusion is satisfying. Fans of the series, as well as fans of Leslie Meier or Sheila Connolly, will enjoy reading this book<\/p><p><em>~ Christine<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/2illVkS\">Amazon<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/geo.itunes.apple.com\/us\/book\/the-body-in-the-casket\/id1214792586?mt=11\">iBooks<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.barnesandnoble.com\/w\/the-body-in-the-casket-katherine-hall-page\/1125687345?ean=9780062439581#\/\">B&amp;N<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kobo.com\/us\/en\/ebook\/the-body-in-the-casket\">Kobo<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/books\/details\/Katherine_Hall_Page_The_Body_in_the_Casket?id=zD1VDgAAQBAJ\">Google Play<\/a><\/strong><\/p>","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19660","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19660"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19660\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19660"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19660"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19660"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}