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tobyyy's review against another edition
4.0
Another installment of the Faith Fairchild series did not disappoint. I didn’t guess the whodunit, and getting to meet Faith (since the other book in the series I’ve read featured Faith’s BFF Pix) and see Pix in a cameo was kinda nice. Also featured a missing person and some family drama. Overall thumbs up; I recommend this series to anyone who enjoys cozy mysteries with good character building, actual character growth, and a homey New England setting.
zermeena's review against another edition
4.0
This book was enjoyable. Faith uses her catering gigs to get clues to a clever museum heist. I was wrong about who committed the murder because there was plot twist at the end. While Faith was trying to solve the mysteries, she was dealing with bad behavior from her adolescent son. I have to say she and Tom missed some glaring warning signs from Ben.
lazygal's review against another edition
2.0
Ugh. I really dislike Brand Name writing (where all the nouns are proper nouns, like Sub-Zero and agnes b), and this book was filled with it. The exposition-by-criminal-as-they're-disposing-of-the-detective is another literary device I dislike. Beyond that, the book tried to do too much: mystery, social comment, recipes. I suspect that this is not an author thinking long term but one who realizes the product will be dated (much like Seinfeld reruns).
vkemp's review against another edition
3.0
This is the 17th book in the long-running series by Katherine Hall Page. Faith Fairchild, wife of the Reverend Tom Fairchild, rector of the Aleford Episcopal Church returns to find out who murdered the woman with the shaved head floating in the fish tank of a contemporary art gallery. Faith has been asked by her friend, Patsy Avery, to investigate the disappearance of a Romare Bearden collage from the art gallery where Patsy is a trustee. Murder and mayhem ensue. Faith’s investigation is not helped by family problems: Ben is now in middle school and her formerly placid son is now rebelling against parental constraints and Tom blames her for working outside the home at her catering business, Have Faith. Faith begins working at the gallery’s restaurant and brings good food and her sharp mind to the problem at hand. I enjoy this cozy series and am looking forward to the publication of Page’s cookbook, “Have Faith in your kitchen,” which will include all the tasty recipes from these books. I also always enjoy the author’s notes that give many details about the subject matter of each book.
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