Reviews

The Body in the Sleigh by Katherine Hall Page

iamnotamerryman's review against another edition

https://www.goodreads.com/review/new/6382603-the-body-in-the-sleigh#

marystevens's review against another edition

3.0

This was a freebie, or nearly so. I read it because it was Christmastime. It revolves around a good girl gone bad who is found dead of an overdose on a sleigh in the middle of an island town in Maine. A week earlier a newborn was found in a goatshed not far away. (The connection is not as direct as you might think.) The sleuth is the wife of a minister who is recovering from surgery in their summer home on the island. The book is ok. Not a bad way to spend the time on the train going to visit my daughter in Philadelphia for Christmas.

vkemp's review

3.0

This is the 18th book in the Faith Fairchild series. I normally do not care for cozies, but I really like all the characters in this series. Faith is a nice person; her husband is a nice person; her children are nice people and except for Faith's propensity for getting involved in murders over the years, they seem to have nice lives. This is a lovely Christmas story with Faith and her family staying on Sanpere Island while Tom recuperates from a serious bout with gallstones. As one can imagine the weather in Maine during December is quite exhilerating, snow and ice everywhere. Mary Bethany discovers a baby in a manger in her goat barn days before Christmas Who is the mother? Why did she bring this baby to Mary? Faith helps Mary uncover the mystery and along the way solves the murder of a local girl.
There is a lovely dedication to librarians everywhere, with an accompanying author's note discussing the importance of libraries in her life. Makes you understand why I do what I do.