{"product_id":"small-plates-short-fiction-isbn-9780062326515","title":"Small Plates: Short Fiction","description":"\u003cp\u003eAgatha Award winner Katherine Hall Page presents a book of short stories featuring her famed heroine Faith Fairchild.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor years, Katherine Hall Page has delighted readers with her Faith Fairchild series, each book like a delicious, satisfying meal. Now, Page has whipped up a tasty collection of appetizing bites.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn “The Body in the Dunes,” Faith’s vacation offers more excitement than she and her husband bargained for when a terrified woman knocks on their hotel room door looking to hide from her husband. A case hits close to home in “The Proof is Always in the Pudding,” when Faith investigates a generations-old superstition that has been passed down in her husband’s family. Faith and her sister, Hope, counsel a bride-to-be suffering a number of alarming “accidents” before the big day in “Across the Pond.” In “Sliced,” Faith switches from contestant to detective when a killer reality television cooking competition turns deadly.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSmall Plates\u003c\/em\u003e also includes some irresistible standalone treats, including the Agatha Award–winning “The Would-Be Widower,” about a husband who longs to be rid of his wife, and “Hiding Places” in which a young wife’s new husband may not be all that he appears.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese stories and more will entice Faith Fairchild fans and new readers alike. Filled with the charm, wit, and the appeal of her beloved novels, \u003cem\u003eSmall Plates\u003c\/em\u003e is a feast for every lover of traditional mysteries.\u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cp\u003eKatherine Hall Page, author of the beloved Faith Fairchild series, invites you to enjoy her first ever collection of short fiction. Readers will delight in the broad range of these mysteries—tales to suit every taste and mood.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePage's stories will take readers from the skyscrapers of Manhattan to the dunes of Cape Cod and \"Across the Pond.\" Her characters include a man who longs for widowhood, dreaming of attention from the casserole brigade—good women lining up at his door with offerings of food and perhaps themselves. A British bride calls Faith and her sister for help after a series of alarming \"accidents.\" And Faith herself is almost \"Sliced\" in a reality TV show when the competition turns deadly.\u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cp\u003e“A variety of tasty short morsels that will whet [Page’s] fans’ appetites...Well paced and will leave the reader satisfied, as a good short story should... [A] delectable treat.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“A tasty introduction to Agatha Award–winner Page’s popular mystery series.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“One of the delights of short stories is that the reader can graze. If you start one and it doesn’t grab you, just move to the next. In [SMALL PLATES], however, I finished all I started and wanted more, precisely what great “Small Plates” should do.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNewark Star Ledger\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“The perfect accompaniment to the summer vacation or a simple afternoon on the porch swing...delicious.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eDaily News\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Serves up, in miniature, the kinds of old-fashioned puzzle mysteries that fans of writers like Agatha Christie crave.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBoston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"William Morrow Large Print","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44888219680997,"sku":"NP9780062326515","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780062326515.jpg?v=1730228481","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/small-plates-short-fiction-isbn-9780062326515","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}