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"Enticing recipes at the back of the book and cooking tips sprinkled throughout...The crime is solved satisfactorily...[but] let''s be honest: most of us came for the food." -- New York Times Book Review Attorney Sophie Maxwell has come to Savannah to be with her new husband, Will. But nothing throws cold water on a hot relationship faster than a dead body. Worse for Sophie, no one believes the body she knows she saw is real. Will is spending an awful lot of time in Atlanta on a case he claims is urgent, and she''s been tasked with house hunting for them with his former sweetheart, who Sophie can''t help but suspect wishes Sophie would return to her Yankee roots! Fortunately, Sophie has a good friend in Faith Fairchild. With teenage Amy being bullied by mean girls and husband Tom contemplating a major life change that will affect all the Fairchilds, Faith is eager for distraction in the form of some sleuthing. In between discussions of newlywed agita , surprising Savannah customs and, of course, fabulous low country food, Faith and Sophie will pair up to unmask a killer. "Readers will enjoy this entry in which danger--and clues turn up in unexpected places." -- Publishers Weekly "Rich in details of the city of Savannah, its cuisine, and the particulars of southern living, this satisfying mystery nicely weaves in the backstories of series characters'' lives that cozy readers relish--and it includes recipes of southern delicacies." --Booklist
About the author
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.
