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Agatha-winner Page's 24th Faith Fairchild mystery (after 2016's Body in the Wardrobe) is a cracking good traditional manor house mystery. Faith isn't enthusiastic about leaving her family for three days to cater the birthday celebration of legendary Broadway impresario Maxwell Dane-at least not until Max offers to pay her more than she has ever earned for a single event. But Max wants Faith for her sleuthing ability as much as for her catering skills. Someone recently had a coffin delivered to Rowan House, Max's mansion in Havencrest, Mass., and he suspects the grim warning came from one of the people who had roles in his last and most ignominious Broadway production, a spectacular flop entitled Heaven or Hell. Who wants Max dead? Is it the director Max fired, the embittered set designer, the slighted actress who should have had the lead, or one of the other artists whose careers were never the same again? Realistic characters and a pair of intriguing side stories contribute to a satisfying read. Agent: Faith Hamlin, Sanford J. Greenburger Associates. (Dec.) © Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved.

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Hired to cater the weekend birthday party of a retired Broadway producer, Faith -Fairchild soon learns Max Dane chose her for her sleuthing skills. After receiving a casket as a gift, he's convinced that one of his guests plans to kill him. Page's latest, following The Body in the Wardrobe, is set in an isolated country house and will tempt fans of Broadway musicals as well as Agatha Christie's readers.-LH © Copyright 2017. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

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Max Dane, a once-famous Broadway musical producer, hires Faith Fairchild to cater his birthday party and to use her sleuthing skills to discover which of his invited guests wants to kill him. The guests, who all had roles in Dane's musical Heaven or Hell, left the theater world after the show flopped, and most faded into obscurity; but Dane believes one of them wants revenge. While creating delicious meals, Faith investigates the guests, endangering herself while unmasking a killer. Meanwhile, Faith's best friend's daughter, Samantha, along with her friend Zach, is involved in her own investigation, looking into the background of her beloved grandmother's new beau. The running of a catering business in small-town Aleford, Massachusetts, the ongoing frame story in this series, is well complemented here with glimpses of the theater world. The always-engaging Fairchild and the supporting cast of spirited recurring characters will appeal to fans of Diane Mott Davidson's Goldy Schulz series and Carolyn Hart's Annie Darling novels.--O'Brien, Sue Copyright 2017 Booklist