Kathleen K. (katydid597) -
This is my first Faith Fairchild book and I won it from Goodreads! The good news is the book is great, I really enjoyed it, and I so didn't predict the ending, and the bad news is it's book #21, so now I have to find the first 20 and read them too. Goodreads has introduced me to so many great and new to me authors. Love you guys!
This story covers the death of one of the owners and the subsequent bequeathing of a Maine "cottage", The Birches, (and the good Lord knows their idea of cottages and mine is vastly different, my cottage doesn't have more rooms than an English castle), and the land that accompanies it. Faith is a neighbor to the Proctor family, the owners of The Birches, and between having a family crisis of her own, her mother-in-law is taken to the hospital and her husband Tom has to travel to her bedside, and the murder/murders(?) at the neighboring estate due to the wording of the bequest, Faith's plate is full. Throw in one of the hottest July 4th's on record in this part of Maine (no air conditioning) and a hurricane, both of which contribute to tempers and temperatures, and you have the perfect kettle of fish for a great mystery.
Since Faith is a caterer too, and I love to cook (and will definitely try at least 2 of the recipes in this book, you can see why I enjoyed it so much.
If you like a great mystery with a great family story line and very little sexual content (just a mention of a previous love and a dab of a current one), I think you will also enjoy this book.
Now I'm off to see if I can collect the first 20!
This story covers the death of one of the owners and the subsequent bequeathing of a Maine "cottage", The Birches, (and the good Lord knows their idea of cottages and mine is vastly different, my cottage doesn't have more rooms than an English castle), and the land that accompanies it. Faith is a neighbor to the Proctor family, the owners of The Birches, and between having a family crisis of her own, her mother-in-law is taken to the hospital and her husband Tom has to travel to her bedside, and the murder/murders(?) at the neighboring estate due to the wording of the bequest, Faith's plate is full. Throw in one of the hottest July 4th's on record in this part of Maine (no air conditioning) and a hurricane, both of which contribute to tempers and temperatures, and you have the perfect kettle of fish for a great mystery.
Since Faith is a caterer too, and I love to cook (and will definitely try at least 2 of the recipes in this book, you can see why I enjoyed it so much.
If you like a great mystery with a great family story line and very little sexual content (just a mention of a previous love and a dab of a current one), I think you will also enjoy this book.
Now I'm off to see if I can collect the first 20!
