2013 read by Tanya Eby. Faith Fairchild married to Reverend Tom Fairchild take a 10th anniversary trip to Rome and Tuscany. They befriend a local who is suddenly murdered right before them. The plan to attend Faith's friends cooking school at Cucina della Rossi, goes on but mysterious events k...
In this 21st episode of the Faith Fairchild mysteries, Faith and Tom take a romantic anniversary trip to Italy and wind up entangled in murder. The plot is slow, even for a cosy mystery, but the descriptions of Rome, Florence, and the Tuscan countryside, not to mention the fantastic food they hav...
This was a freebie, or nearly so. I read it because it was Christmastime. It revolves around a good girl gone bad who is found dead of an overdose on a sleigh in the middle of an island town in Maine. A week earlier a newborn was found in a goatshed not far away. (The connection is not as di...
I think I've read one other by this author and probably enjoyed it for the same reason. Thoughtful, kind self-employed chef of "Have Faith" catering meets a wonderful man and they decide to marry. She closes up shop in New York City and moves into the settled suburban life of a minister's wife....
Another cozy Faith Fairchild mystery but a few things I didn't get:1. Why was the main story backlogged till the end of the book? I felt like we didn't even get to the "good" part until 50 pages before the end!2. What was the point of the story about Pix and Dr. Cohen? I really didn't care, espec...
Pix Miller's son is getting married and Pix and her husband travel from Aleford, Massachusetts to Hilton Head and Charleston to meet the new in-laws and enjoy a round of pre-wedding showers and parties. Faith Fairchild agrees to watch over Pix's seriously ill mother, Ursula, during Pix's absence...
Something was very wrong on Sanpere this summer . . . To escape the misery of a sweltering August in Aleford, Massachusetts, caterer and minister's wife Faith Fairchild and her family head for their cottage on Maine's peaceful Sanpere Island in Penobscot Bay. But things have changed since their ...
Caterer Faith Fairchild has a bad feeling about her father-in-law's decision to celebrate his seventieth birthday with a family reunion ski week at the Pine Slopes resort in Vermont -- the Fairchilds' favorite getaway since Faith's husband, the Reverend Thomas Fairchild, was a toddler. At first h...
Reviewed by K. Osborn Sullivan for TeensReadToo.comNearly forty years ago, Pelham College senior Helene Prince plummeted to her death from the school's tower. A wealthy, popular, beautiful woman, Prin, as she was known, seemed to have everything going for her. Which made her suicide that much mor...
Faith Fairchild is momentarily shocked to find her husband, the Reverend Thomas Fairchild, embracing Lora Deane -- and relieved to discover the distraught nursery school teacher is merely seeking solace and advice. Lora has been receiving threatening phone calls. And she's not the only resident o...
Before she met and married the Reverend Thomas Fairchild and moved to sleepy little Aleford, Massachusetts, Faith Sibley Fairchild had a catering business in the most colorful, frenetic, and exciting city in the world... Young, ambitious and single in New York City in the late '809s, Faith Sib...
Rating: 2.5* of five The Book Description: During her years spent in New York City. Faith Fairchild was convinced she had seen pretty much everything. But the transplanted caterer/minister's wife was unprepared for the surprises awaiting her in the sleepy Massachusetts village of Aleford. And she...
Nice little cozy mystery. To keep things fresh, our heroine, Faith Fairchild, her husband Tom and child Ben are in Lyon, France. Tom has an opportunity to do a fellowship which will help him complete his doctorate of divinity. Faith, gregarious one that she is, has been meeting people and maki...
Ah, the joys of election time in a small New England town. All that energy and excitement can be overshadowed by only one thing—the making of a movie. This is a fun book where a New England town, an election, and the making of a movie come together in some, well, delectably murderous ways. Per...
Murder Served Piping Hot Minister's wife, sometime sleuth, and culinary artist Faith Sibley Fairchild is intrigued by rumors of mysterious doings at Hubbard House -- an elegant, secluded retirement home for the well-heeled Yankees of Aleford, Massachusetts. Determined to do some surreptitious sno...
Minister's wife Faith Fairchild is excited about catering her church's restoration campaign kickoff at historic Ballou House. But when a beautiful young woman dies moments after finishing dessert, Faith is suddenly in serious trouble. Not only is her business in jeopardy -- but Aleford's wagging ...
It seems as if nothing is going to liven up Faith Fairchild's deathly dull vacation on Maine's Sanpere Island -- until she buys a beautiful handmade quilt at an estate auction. Lovingly constructed by wealthy, deceased, and detested Matilda Prescott, Faith's purchase turns out to be quite a barga...
Caterer Faith Fairchild and family are living in one of historic Cambridge, Massachusetts', venerable Brattle Street houses while the Reverend Tom teaches a course at the Harvard Divinity School and does some soul searching -- is his Aleford parish his true calling? One night in downtown Boston, ...
Stretched almost to the limit by the capricious demands of a Boston Brahmin bride-to-be, caterer and minister's wife, Faith Fairchild, faces real tragedy when she discovers the body of an elderly friend. Sarah Winslow had apparently surprised burglars ransacking her Aleford, Massachusetts, house....
A Good Foundation ... For MurderPix Miller, Faith Fairchild's next-door neighbor, expects to find more than a hole in the ground when she goes to check on the progress of the summer cottage the Fairchilds are having built on Maine's Sanpere Island. She expects a concrete foundation. What she does...
This time out, smalltown caterer and minister's wife Faith Fairchild's neighbor, Pix Miller, takes center stage, heading off to Norway to investigate the sudden disappearance of a family friend. Determined to discover the truth, Pix is drawn into a suspenseful world of intrigue, stolen antiques, ...
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Ursula announced. Faith and she were sitting on the back porch of The Pines shelling peas. They hadn’t had the traditional salmon and peas on the Fourth, so they were having it now for Sunday dinner at the Millers’ cottage later. “They’ll be here Tuesday and he said he has a surprise for us.” “No...
Faith smiled brightly, “I see you’re a World War Two buff. A collector,” she said, stepping back into the room. It was quite possibly the worst thing she could have said. “A collector!” he exploded, closing the door firmly behind him. “Do you think this is some sort of idle pursuit?” He glanced i...
Oh, Faith, it broke my heart even more. Randy is a happy-go-lucky guy. I never thought he would be the type to break down like this—he couldn’t talk. Carlene took the phone and told me what had happened.” Sophie’s words were coming fast. Faith murmured, “I’m so sorry!” and Sophie barely paused. “...