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    The Body in the Piazza: A Faith Fairchild Mystery

    Written by Katherine Hall Page

    Narrated by Tanya Eby

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    To celebrate their wedding anniversary, intrepid caterer and sometime sleuth Faith Fairchild and her husband, the Reverend Tom Fairchild, are off to Italy for a vacation filled with exquisite indulgences-the art, the Chianti, the food, the Ferragamos! The plan is to spend a romantic weekend in Rome before heading to Tuscany for a stay at Cucina della Rossi, a cooking school founded by Faith's back-in-the-day assistant Francesca Rossi.

    Faith is certain that the only intrigue in store for her will be learning the secret recipe for Nona Rossi's ragu. But a thicker plot begins to simmer when the Fairchilds accidentally stumble upon a dying man in the Piazza Farnese. It's clear from the knife in the victim's chest that murder is on the menu.

    Mysterious faces from Rome reappear in Tuscany. To Faith, this is no coincidence. And somebody is intent on sabotaging Francesca's new business by spoiling the cream and salting the flour. As Faith struggles to follow a trail more twisting than fusilli, she may be putting both herself and her husband in hot water.

    ©2013 Katherine Hall Page (P)2013 Dreamscape Media, LLC

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherDreamscape Media Audio
    Release dateMay 14, 2013
    ISBN9781624064265
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    Katherine Hall Page

    Katherine Hall Page is the author of twenty-five previous Faith Fairchild mysteries, the first of which received the Agatha Award for best first mystery. The Body in the Snowdrift was honored with the Agatha Award for best novel of 2006. Page also won an Agatha for her short story “The Would-Be Widower.” The recipient of the Malice Domestic Award for Lifetime Achievement, she has been nominated for the Edgar, the Mary Higgins Clark, the Maine Literary, and the Macavity awards. She lives in Massachusetts and Maine with her husband.

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    • 3/5
      Cute. Too cozy for my liking, but Mom suggested this one as it was set in familiar countryside.
      Beautiful.
    • 5/5
      Loved, loved, loved the travelogue and the food descriptions
    • 3/5
      Synopsis: Faith and Tom are in Italy, sans children, to go to a cooking school and enjoy some 'alone time'. They meet a charming man who is a travel writer who directs them to some lovely sites that many tourists don't see. Unfortunately, they also witness his murder. The participants in the cooking school aren't what they expect either; all of the students seem to have secrets that may or may not have anything to do with their friend's murder.Review: Long on food and short on mystery, this story is interesting, but not a page-turner. The descriptions of the foods did cause me to make a few notes, but without these descriptions the mystery was a short-story.
    • 2/5
      Amateurish and simplistic, but set in lovely Rome and Tuscany with tons of food descriptions.
    • 4/5
      Faith and her husband, clergyman Tom, after years of sermons for him, salads and sauces for her, and sporting events for their children, are finally able to get away by themselves for a relaxing and romantic second honeymoon in Italy. Faith's former catering helper Francesca has opened an Italian cooking school in the hills of Tuscany, and has asked Tom and Faith to be among her first guests.Naturally, the Fairchilds become embroiled in a murder mystery before they even get out of Rome to head for the hills. As all of you who have read the series know, Faith can't leave this one alone, but unlike previous stories, the mystery really takes a back seat to the food and Italian scenery. The recipes while not over-whelming in number are, as always, mouth-watering. The characters are a rather eclectic assortment of odd-balls who don't always meld as a group. Faith has always known when NOT to try to solve something on her own, but during this story, I often wondered if she had forgotten all about the poor dead Freddie. It took her awhile, but Page finally managed to wrap everything up like a big fat well sauced canneloni.Overall, it's another delightful episode in the peripatetic career of Faith Fairchild, girl snoop. The setting is one that makes the reader want to book a flight to Italy immediately. If only Francesca's hostel were real and affordable. In the meantime, we can drift away in a wonderful dream of what might be.
    • 4/5
      Tom and Faith ditch the kids and go off to Italy for an anniversary celebration. A new acquaintance is murdered shortly after they meet him, and Faith noses around to see what she can find out while they attending a culinary school. The book is really more about food than crime, but fans of Faith will enjoy spending some time with her. Newcomers to the series will probably not find this entry particularly scintillating, however.
    • 3/5
      The 21st Faith Fairchild mystery, Faith and Tom are on an anniversary trip to Italy to see the sites, art and of course enjoy the food. After, a weekend in Rome, they are to travel to Tuscany, where Faith's former assistant Francesca has opened a cooking school. However, on their first night in Rome, the Fairchilds stumble upon a dying man in the Piazza Farnese—Freddy a travel writer they have just spent the evening with. When they leave Rome for the cooking school, the mystery follows them, many of the guests at the school are not who they seem, and somebody is intent on sabotaging Francesca's new business. As always, Faith will need to use her skills to determine the truth and find the culprit. I have always enjoyed this series—particularly our heroine Faith and the wonderful recipes at the end of the book. The descriptions of Italy and the food were enticing—making me wanting to take a trip to Italy by the end! However the “mystery” was a little wanting and felt convoluted and rushed at the end. A 3 out of 5 stars.
    • 4/5
      While Faith Fairchild and her husband Tom are visiting Rome, Italy, they meet and are charmed by Freddie Ives, a Brit who writes travel guides. Then they see him murdered. The next leg of their trip takes them to Tuscany, where they’re scheduled for a cooking school led by a Francesca, a former employee of Faith’s, and her husband Gianni.But Faith can’t keep her mind on cooking because she’s still distressed by Freddie’s death – and she’s convinced that one of her fellow cooking students (all of whom stayed at the same Rome hotel as the Fairchilds and were in Rome when Freddie was murdered) might have had something to do with his death.Katherine Hall Page is so great at writing with sensory detail, that it’s easy for readers to picture themselves travelling alongside the Fairchilds. And that’s a good thing, because Faith’s investigation moves along at such a leisurely pace that it’s easy for readers to forget they’re reading a mystery. At first, I was a bit miffed because of the lack of focus on the investigation. But when I decided to go with the flow, I found it as enjoyable as any of the 20 other books in the series. As usual, there are recipes – a select few. Katherine Hall Page isn’t one of those mystery authors who include so many recipes that the mystery gets lost among them. Highly recommended, as usual.