the Body In The Kelp [Paperback]

Katherine hall Page (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback
• Publisher: Avon (1991)
• ASIN: B001G4HGP6
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)

More About the Author

Katherine Hall Page is the author of seventeen previous Faith Fairchild mysteries, the first of which received the Agatha Award for best first mystery, and recently 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." She lives in Massachusetts with her husband and son.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Fun Mystery Series!, February 15, 1999

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Mrs. Fitz "fitzeesmrs" (MA/NH Border, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Body in the Kelp: A Faith Fairchild Mystery (Mass Market Paperback)

This was my first Faith Fairchild mystery. I really enjoyed it. Faith seems like the kind of woman who could live next door, someone you'd want for a friend. Her habit of falling into mysteries (alluded to in this book as happening in previous books) makes for fun, fast reading. My only criticism? Her child is TOO good, never around, never fussing. But then if he was a normal kid, Faith would be like the rest of us, never getting ANYTHING done. If you enjoy mysteries, you'll love Faith. I'll be reading the rest of the series for sure!

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Clues in a quilt, November 25, 2000

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Karen Potts (Lake Jackson, Texas) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Body in the Kelp: A Faith Fairchild Mystery (Mass Market Paperback)

This second Faith Fairchild book is even better than the first one. Faith and her family are vacationing on an island off the coast of Maine, along with her friend Pix and her family. An elderly woman is found dead and her newly-completed quilt seems to have clues to the woman's stash of gold coins. Faith and Pix have a real challenge in unraveling the clues, while even more people begin to die. The setting and character interactions in this book are delightful and the mystery has just enough twists and turns to be interesting.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars A Pleasant Cozy Mystery, September 8, 2004

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Lynn the book lover (Elk Grove Village, IL) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Body in the Kelp: A Faith Fairchild Mystery (Mass Market Paperback)

I've always found the Faith Fairchild series enjoyable and better than the average cozy. However, in "The Body in the Kelp" too much time is spent on incidental facts instead of working on the major plot points. This causes the solution to be a little disappointing-the motives for the crimes were murky and there were too many underdeveloped story threads.
One other major flaw is the high number of typos, on almost every page it seemed. Shame on publisher Avon Twilight for letting this go through. I wish publishers would realize how unprofessional this is and how it spoils the enjoyment of reading the book.
But, even though this book starts out more promising than it finishes up, there are some clever plot devices, including clues placed in a quilt pattern. That was fun to see solved, and there is enough of a story overall to satisfy the reader.
If you enjoy the cozy mystery genre, this book is worth checking out.