The Body in the Wake by Katherine Hall Page is the 25th book in the “Faith Fairchild” cozy mystery series. Publisher: William Morrow, May 7, 2019.

Amateur detective and caterer Faith Fairchild is at her Penobscot Bay, Maine cottage preparing for a summer wedding, when she stumbles across . . . another body in this 25th entry in the beloved mystery series.

For the first time in years, Faith Fairchild has time for herself. Her husband Tom is spending days on the other side of the island using a friend’s enhanced WiFi for a project; their son, Ben, after his first year in college, is studying abroad for the summer; and their daughter Amy is working at the old Laughing Gulls Lodge, now a revamped conference center.

Faith is looking forward to some projects of her own. Her friend Sophie Maxwell is also spending the summer on Sanpere Island, hoping for distractions from her worries that she isn’t yet pregnant. And the daughter of Faith’s good friend Pix Miller is getting married to a wonderful guy . . . with a less-than-wonderful mother. Between keeping Sophie’s spirits up and Pix’s blood pressure down, Faith has her hands full.

And that’s before a body with a mysterious tattoo and connections far away from small Sanpere Island appears in the Lily Pond. Once again, Faith will get to the bottom of this strange case—and whip up a delicious blueberry buckle on the side.
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She thought she was going to have a good and quiet summer, that is until the first body was found and then the second and that put Faith on a mission to determine who these people were and why were they killed.

With a strong and solid plot, I knew immediately that this well-executed mystery will have me immersed in all that was happening. The author knows how to tell a story that captured my attention and kept me enthralled in the escapades of the various characters taking part in this tightly woven drama where suspense and intrigue go hand-in-hand in the telling of this drama. What is going on? Leave it to Faith to figure it out. With suspects here and there, it was the clues that had me gingerly take them apart as one by one the pieces fell into place and I had an inkling as to the killer’s identity, of course after a few twists and turns that helped narrow the field. When all was said and done, this was a terrific read and one of the best books in this endearing series.