Faith Fairchild is above all a mother and wife. For herself
she's built a catering company, Have Faith catering, and
because of circumstances she can't control, she investigates
crimes. In this book it is a forty year old death of Helene
Prince "Prin".
Faith Fairchild agrees to cater to a private party for a
select group of women for the world renowned author Barbara
Bailey Bishop on Bishop Island. The isolated island is more
than an hour's drive by boat from the main land. The home is
magnificent with all the luxuries of a five star hotel minus
any servants except for Faith and Brent Justice, a handy man.
Once the women arrive and settle into the luxurious home,
Eileen Prince reveals herself as Barbara Bailey Bishop.
They've been brought together under false pretenses, and the
true purpose of their attendance is explained. Even after 40
years, Eileen has not accepted that her twin sister neither
fell to her death, nor jumped. She was murdered. If one of
these women didn't commit the murder, they know what really
happened on the tower.
Unable to leave until the boat returns in two days, the
women band together in the low key events balanced around
food and the career topics the women have taken on. But not
as the dear old friends they were during the first year at
Pelham College. Tension is high. There is more than just a
murderer amongst them. There are secrets each has hidden.
Secrets Prin discovered, used and twisted for her purpose. A
storm hits the island and the gale-like winds add an extra
level to the danger.
Katherine Hall Page's novel, THE BODY IN THE IVY, is one of
those books that I couldn't put down until I found out who
the killer was. But the book is about more than just the
murder, because each of these suspects had grounds to kill
"Prin" Helene Prince. In just these few pages Ms. Page spans
four years of college and why friendships that should have
lasted a lifetime were instead destroyed beyond repair. I
had no troubles keeping up with what decade the storyline
was in and which point of view character I was reading. It
is easy to accept why Ms. Page is compared to the queen of
mystery writing, Agatha Christie.
In this homage to Agatha Christie's And Then There Were
None, Faith Fairchild is asked to cater a very small,
very private college reunion on an isolated New England
island�an event that could be her dream job. But when she
discovers the true reason for the get-together, not even the
spectacular ocean views can keep it from turning into a
nightmare. Thirty years ago, bestselling suspense writer
Barbara Bailey Bishop lost her twin sister in a tower fall
deemed a suicide. But Barbara is convinced that H�l�ne
did
not die by her own hand, and she's trapped H�l�ne's
former
classmates�her prime suspects�at her home with no phone
lines, no cell reception, and no means of escape.
One by one, the alumnae fall prey to a madwoman. A disturbed
sister's revenge . . . or a former coed's coverup? Faith
must quickly unlock the secrets of H�l�ne's last night
if
she wants to leave the island alive.
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