The Body in the Birches
A Faith Fairchild Mystery
Reeks: Faith Fairchild Mysteries
Katherine Hall Page
- At
- home
- on
- Sanpere
- Island,
- Maine,
- caterer
- and
- amateur
- sleuth
- Faith
- Fairchild
- discovers
- that
- real
- estate
- can
- be
- murder,
- especially
- when
- it’s
- all
- in
- the
- family,
- in
- this
- twenty-second
- book
- in
- the
- popular
- mystery
- series.The
- Fourth
- of
- July
- is
- one
- of
- the
- hottest
- on
- record
- and
- even
- the
- breeze
- off
- Penobscot
- Bay
- can’t
- seem
- to
- cool
- things
- down
- for
- Faith
- Fairchild
- and
- the
- rest
- of
- the
- folks
- on
- Sanpere
- Island.
- But
- the
- fireworks
- are
- just
- beginning.
- After
- the
- celebrations
- are
- over,
- Faith
- discovers
- a
- body
- in
- the
- woods
- near
- The
- Birches,
- an
- early
- twentieth-century
- “cottage.”The
- body
- is
- identified
- as
- The
- Birches’
- housekeeper,
- who
- seems
- to
- have
- succumbed
- to
- a
- heart
- attack.
- The
- death
- is
- only
- one
- of
- the
- dramatic
- events
- upending
- the
- historic
- house.
- A
- family
- gathering
- has
- been
- called
- to
- decide
- who
- will
- inherit
- the
- much
- loved,
- and
- very
- valuable,
- estate
- that
- has
- been
- in
- the
- Proctor
- family
- for
- generations.
- With
- this
- much
- money
- involved,
- it’s
- just
- a
- matter
- of
- time
- before
- trouble
- arises.Faith
- is
- juggling
- her
- own
- family
- problems.
- Her
- teenage
- son,
- Ben,
- has
- started
- a
- new
- job
- as
- a
- dishwasher
- at
- The
- Laughing
- Gull
- Lodge—learning
- things
- that
- could
- land
- him
- in
- very
- hot
- water.
- And
- her
- daughter
- Amy
- is
- worried
- about
- her
- new
- friend,
- Daisy
- Proctor.
- Daisy
- is
- terrified—convinced
- that
- someone
- is
- trying
- to
- eliminate
- her
- mother
- from
- getting
- a
- share
- of
- The
- Birches.
- To
- protect
- her
- children,
- Faith
- has
- to
- find
- a
- possible
- murderer—before
- he
- strikes
- too
- close
- to
- her
- own home.
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