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Good book if you like the ski resort scene
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I love Faith Fairchild, and I have not missed any of her books so far. But I must admit that this was one of my least favorite books in the series. Maybe I was imagining it, but it seemed like there were more than a few political and environmental "digs" sprinkled throughout the story line. ("Global warming is killing the ski industry.", "I hate to think what the state of the world will be [when my kids are old enough to enlist].") I don't read cozy mysteries to be preached at, even if they ARE about a preacher's wife. I'll go on to read the next one, but if Katherine Hall Page continues in this vein, she may just lose this reader ... for good!
Linda K. (readingyoga-fan) reviewed The Body in the Snowdrift (Faith Fairchild, Bk 15) on + 143 more book reviews
A nice cozy mystery.
One in a series of mysteries starring a caterer and her family. Not necessary to have read previous titles in this series.
I really like this series.
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 her unease seems unfounded -- until Faith comes across a corpse on one of the cross-country trails, the apparent victim of a heart attack.
Then one catastrophe follows another: the mysterious disappearance of the Pine Slopes' master chef, a malicious prank at the sports center, a break-in at the Fairchild condo, the sabotage of a chairlift. And when a fatal "accident" with the snow-making machines stains the slopes blood red, Faith realizes she'll have to work fast to solve a murderous puzzle -- because suddenly not only are the reunion and the beloved resort's future in jeopardy... but Faith's life is as well.
Then one catastrophe follows another: the mysterious disappearance of the Pine Slopes' master chef, a malicious prank at the sports center, a break-in at the Fairchild condo, the sabotage of a chairlift. And when a fatal "accident" with the snow-making machines stains the slopes blood red, Faith realizes she'll have to work fast to solve a murderous puzzle -- because suddenly not only are the reunion and the beloved resort's future in jeopardy... but Faith's life is as well.
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I've read almost every book in this series and all of them are good. I haven't read one in quite some time, but am glad I read this one. Good plot. Lots of mysteries to try to figure out. There are a lot of characters, but she does a great job of explaining who everyone is very clearly. Definitely would recommend it.
Judy D. (JDT) reviewed The Body in the Snowdrift (Faith Fairchild, Bk 15) on + 109 more book reviews
Advance copy/ uncorrected proof of this new mystery from an Agatha Award-winning author.
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