Small Plates: Short Fiction
A short mystery story collected in Small Plates, centered on a husband who wants to be rid of his wife.
Work Information
A twisty short story with a memorable premise.
Katherine Hall Page's short story 'The Would-Be Widower' won the Agatha Award and was later collected in Small Plates. No standalone Japanese edition could be confirmed.
Book Information
- Publisher
- William Morrow
- Published
- 2014-05-27
- Pages
- 240 pages
- Language
- 英語
- Size
- 5.59 x 15.75 x 24.13 cm
- ISBN-13
- 9780062310798
- ISBN-10
- 0062310798
- Price
- 5852 JPY
- Category
- 洋書/Mystery & Thrillers/Mystery/Anthologies
Agatha Award winner Katherine Hall Page presents a book of short stories featuring her famed heroine Faith Fairchild. For years, Katherine Hall Page has delighted readers with her Faith Fairchild series, each book like a delicious, satisfying meal. Now, Page has whipped up a tasty collection of appetizing bites. In “The Body in the Dunes,” Faith’s vacation offers more excitement than she and her husband bargained for when a terrified woman knocks on their hotel room door looking to hide from her husband. A case hits close to home in “The Proof is Always in the Pudding,” when Faith investigates a generations-old superstition that has been passed down in her husband’s family. Faith and her sister, Hope, counsel a bride-to-be suffering a number of alarming “accidents” before the big day in “Across the Pond.” In “Sliced,” Faith switches from contestant to detective when a killer reality television cooking competition turns deadly. Small Plates also includes some irresistible standalone treats, including the Agatha Award–winning “The Would-Be Widower,” about a husband who longs to be rid of his wife, and “Hiding Places” in which a young wife’s new husband may not be all that he appears. These stories and more will entice Faith Fairchild fans and new readers alike. Filled with the charm, wit, and the appeal of her beloved novels, Small Plates is a feast for every lover of traditional mysteries.
Katherine Hall Page is the author of twenty-five previous Faith Fairchild mysteries, the first of which received the Agatha Award for best first mystery. The Body in the Snowdrift was honored with the Agatha Award for best novel of 2006. Page also won an Agatha for her short story “The Would-Be Widower.” The recipient of the Malice Domestic Award for Lifetime Achievement, she has been nominated for the Edgar, the Mary Higgins Clark, the Maine Literary, and the Macavity awards. She lives in Massachusetts and Maine with her husband.
Reviews
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3stars
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I love all of her books, this one included!
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I love Page's series about Faith and her preacher. These are fine stories, intelligently crafted and fun to read. I imagine that she had fun writing them. My only complaint over the years in the chronic, compulsive name dropping of high-end brands. We know that Faith is a New Yorker of means with great taste,but the steady drumbeat of labels is wearing. They feel like product placements! But don't let that stop you, because her books are intelligent fun. (BTW, not all of the stories are about Faith.)
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The stories were good, but not what I expected. A couple of them left me hanging. Not the ending I have come to expect in Page's books. It did have good story lines, but I prefer a novel. These all ended too quickly. I did like the characters and they were well developed for short stories. I would recommend this as it is easy to read a couple of stories at the end of the day. I would recommend it.
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Not quite the same as the Author's successively progressive Series, but nevertheless still 'readable'....
Related Literary Awards
- Agatha Awards Edition 14 (2001) ・Excellence Award