The Body in the Belfry
Set in a small New England town, the novel follows the discovery of a body in a church belfry. Faith Fairchild traces the town's secrets and tangled relationships in a classic mystery plot.
Work Information
A body in the belfry turns a quiet town upside down.
The first Faith Fairchild novel. Set in a small New England town where cooking, church life, and neighborhood ties intersect, it traces the private tensions and communal strains behind the murder.
Book Information
- Publisher
- Minotaur Books
- Published
- 1990-02-01
- Language
- 英語
- Size
- 15.24 x 2.54 x 21.59 cm
- ISBN-13
- 9780312037987
- ISBN-10
- 0312037988
- Price
- 18737 JPY
- Category
- 洋書/Mystery & Thrillers/Mystery
Ex-Manhattanite Faith Fairchild copes not only with the culture shock of the Massachusetts village in which she, her minister husband, and their baby have settled, but with the shock of finding a woman's body in the church's belfry
Katherine Hall Page is the author of ten previous Faith Fairchild mysteries. Her first book, The Body in the Belfry , received the Agatha Award for Best First Mystery Novel. She lives with her husband and son in Massachusetts.
Reviews
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楽しくておいしいシリーズ
生粋のN.Y娘フェイスが、たまたま知り合った男性トムと恋に落ち、仕事を捨てて結婚。ところがトムは、ニューイングランドの片田舎での牧師だった。ニューイングランドへやってきたフェイスだが、平和でのんきな村に殺人事件が起こる…。 アガサ賞最優秀処女長篇賞に輝いただけあって、何ともウィットのきいたミステリーです。主人公のフェイスはもちろん、温厚で素敵な旦那さまのトム、近所に住んでいるミリセント(こういう口うるさい小姑タイプのおばちゃんは、平和な村には欠かせません)など、脇役も個性的で何ともGood!まだどこか少女のような一面を残した若妻、フェイスの活躍が爽快です。 ダイアン・デヴィットソンの『クッキングママ・シリーズ』と並行して読むことをお勧めします。
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Four Stars
Great read for those rainy days when you just want tea, cosy chair, and a good story.
Related Literary Awards
- Agatha Awards Edition 3 (1990) ・Winner