Show Me 5 Saturday: The Body in the Ivy by Katherine Hall Page

Alipet813 at That's a Novel Idea has started a new MEME called Show Me Five Saturday. This meme will give each blogger an opportunity to give a brief description of a book they have read or reviewed during the week. It will work like this: Each Saturday you will post the answer to these questions. The number indicates the number of answers you will provide.

1. Book you read and/or reviewed this week

The Body in the Ivy by Katherine Hall Page (2006)

2. Words that describe the book

Cozy , fun

3. Settings where it took place or characters you met:

Maine island

Faith Fairchild: MA caterer, wife of local minister, mother of two and amateur sleuth.

Pelham an exclusive women's college where all the women enticed by Barbara Bishop to the Island met originally

4. Things you liked and/or disliked about it:

I loved the the New England setting and descriptions of the island: home of reclusive wealthy author with no need to communicate with outside world

Faith, believable main character who is logically narrowing down the suspects and keeps a cool head during all the ensuing brouhaha

I liked the way the author went back and forth from present to past to show more layers of the characters and events that led to the present.

Finely paced plot and mystery denouement kept up my interest level from page one to the end.

5. Stars or less for a rating

For its genre, I'd rate this one a 5***** as I couldn't put it down until I found out "whodunnit"!