The Body in the Piazza : A Faith Fairchild Mystery
Author(s): Katherine Hall Page
The twenty-first Faith Fairchild mystery takes Faith and her husband, the Reverend Tom Fairchild, to Italy, where murder and mayhem mix with pecorino, panna cotta, and prosecco.
To celebrate their twentieth wedding anniversary, amateur sleuth Faith Fairchild and her husband, the Reverend Tom Fairchild, leave placid New England behind for a week of romance and fine food in Italy. The bruschetta, the biscotti, the Chianti—Faith can’t wait! She’s also looking forward to seeing her former assistant Francesca, and take a class at her new cooking school in Florence.
But on their very first night, a travel writer Faith meets in their Roman hotel turns up dead. Then, in their cooking class in Florence, they find themselves surrounded by a number of suspiciously familiar faces they recognize from Rome.
Someone is cooking up some unsavory business, including sabotaging Francesca’s school. To save her anniversary vacation and protect her friend, Faith must follow a twisting trail of clues to unmask a killer—while learning to master a mean Spaghetti a la Foriana, too!
Review(s):
“Enticing recipes at the back of the book and cooking tips sprinkled throughout ... The crime is solved satisfactorily...[but] let’s be honest: most of us came for the food.”
“Delightful . . . Hungry readers will rush to the kitchen if not to their travel agent to book tickets to Italy.”
Katherine Hall Page is my favorite writer of the traditional mystery.
“Katherine Hall Page’s intellect and wit shine through in every line...Hungry readers, enjoy!
[Page] is an expert at the puzzle mystery.
[An] endearing series.
A highly entertaining mystery series [that] effectively mixes modern-day moral dilemmas with charm, warmth, and humor.
“Page’s ability to keep her characters and plots fresh for more htan two decades is quite remarkable...Page has yet to disappointe readers...[The Body in the Piazza] is one of the most entertaining and most sophisticated entries in the series...[it] is just about perfect escapism.”
ISBN: 9780062068569