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The Body in the Gazebo (Faith Fairchild #19)

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From award-winning author Katherine Hall Page comes the next book in the Faith Fairchild mystery series, where the caterer and amateur sleuth must solve a case more than eighty years in the making

The Body in the Gazebo

"I have to tell you something . . . something that happened a long time ago." When Ursula Lyman Rowe speaks these words to Faith Fairchild from her sickbed i...more

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Published April 19th 2011 by William Morrow (first published March 31st 2011)

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May 07, 2012 Jeannie and Louis Rigod rated it 4 of 5 stars

Faith Fairchild, wife of Pastor Tom Fairchild, finds secrets every where she turns lately. First is the decades old mystery of Ursula, a parishioner who has found the secret coming back to life and needs Faith's help in settling the pain once and for all. Second, Faith learns an outside audit has discovered the church's discretionary fund has been embezzled and it is up to Tom to find out what the truth is or lose his job and reputation. Thirdly, Faith's friend, Pix is spending time with her Son...more

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Oct 08, 2011 Kathy Davie rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: mystery, history, homey

Nineteenth in the Faith Fairchild culinary-religious mystery series. This one challenges Tom and also takes us back to the 1920s of Ursula's teens.

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Ursula is getting nasty letters that hearken back to her teens when her brother, Theo, was murdered. A new parishioner with the heart of a Scrooge has gotten very active with the church and has coerced an independent audit of the Church's books. It appears that Tom has embezzled $10,000 of church funds.

On a positive note, Pix is panicking ove...more

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Jun 12, 2011 Darcy Odden rated it 4 of 5 stars

Catering sleuth Faith Fairchild of Aleford, Mass., finds herself surrounded by intrigue in Katherine Hall Page's latest installment.

Faith is asked to watch over Ursula Rowe, the invalid mother of her friend Pix Miller, while Pix travels to Hilton Head to meet her son's in-laws-to-be. While Ursula recovers from a bad case of the flu, she insists that Faith listen to a story about Ursula's past but must never tell the story to Pix. Also, Ursula will need Faith's help once her story of the body in...more

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Jun 12, 2011 Martha Cheves rated it 5 of 5 stars

The Body in the Gazebo – Review by Martha A. Cheves, Author of Stir, Laugh, Repeat

‘Where could she hid it? It wouldn’t do to have her daughter come across it. Not that Pix was nosy, but she sometimes put Ursula’s wash away, so the Sheraton chest of drawers was out. And the blanket chest at the foot of the bed that had been her grandmother’s was out, too. Pix regularly aired the contents. There wasn’t much furniture in the room. Some years after Arnold died, Ursula had removed his marble-topped n...more The Body in the Gazebo – Review by Martha A. Cheves, Author of Stir, Laugh, Repeat

‘Where could she hid it? It wouldn’t do to have her daughter come across it. Not that Pix was nosy, but she sometimes put Ursula’s wash away, so the Sheraton chest of drawers was out. And the blanket chest at the foot of the bed that had been her grandmother’s was out, too. Pix regularly aired the contents. There wasn’t much furniture in the room. Some years after Arnold died, Ursula had removed his marble-topped nightstand – the repository of books, eyeglasses, reading lamp, alarm clock, and eventually pill bottles – replacing it with a chaise and small candlestick table, angled into the room It felt wrong to go into bed during the day, but she wanted a place to stretch out to read and, increasingly, to nap. Somehow the chase made her feel a bit more like a grande dame than an old one. There was a nightstand on her side of the bed, but her granddaughter, Samantha, often left little notes in the drawer and might notice the envelope. Ursula always saved the notes – bits of poetry Samantha liked or just a few words, “Have sweet dreams, Granny.” Generally Ursula did. Her days had been good ones and she felt blessed. Arnold, the two children, although Arnold junior lived in Santa Fe and she only saw him and his wife during the summer in Maine and on her annual visit out there. Three grandchildren, all healthy and finding their ways without too much difficulty so far. But you never know what life will hand you. She stood up, chiding herself. The six words – “Are you sure you were right?” – had entered her system like a poison, seeping into the very marrow of her bones and replacing her normal optimism with dark thoughts.’

Ursula Rowe has a problem. Someone is sending her notes pertaining to something that happened years before when her brother Theo was still alive. The notes threaten to tell her family about Theo whom her family doesn’t even know existed. When she was young, her parents never talked about him and Ursula never found the right time to tell her own family that she had a brother. This is something she can’t handle alone so she decides to solicit the help of her daughter Pix’s best friend Faith Fairchild.

Faith finds Ursula’s story quite intriguing and will do whatever needs to be done to help but she too is faced with her own family problems. Her husband, the Reverend Tom Fairchild has been “accused” in so many words, of dipping his hand into one of the church funds. It appears that there is $10,000.00 missing and only he has access to the account. As for Pix, she has gone to Charleston to meet her son’s new in-laws and help plan for the wedding. But she adds to Faith’s building plate of problems by admitting that she recognized the bride’s father. He turns out to be someone she met while in college and that the over a weekend party, the 2 got to know each other “very” well. Problem is, she recognized him but he apparently didn’t recognize her.

So in The Body in the Gazebo, I found Faith with her plate full in trying to solve everyone’s problems as well as comfort those who needed comforting. But, being the true friend and the creative person she is, she can handle just about anything. See, she isn’t like her husband, seeing only the good in people. And that’s just part of what made The Body in the Gazebo such a fun read. Oh, did I forget to tell you, Faith is also a caterer? Throughout the book you will find her preparing different dishes for different events with the treat of the recipes for her dishes being given at the end of the book! Being a cook myself, this made a good read even better.

2011
HarperCollins
259 pages
ISBN# 978-0-06-147426-2

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Mar 14, 2012 Karen rated it 3 of 5 stars

""I have to tell you something . . . something that happened a long time ago."" When Ursula Lyman Rowe speaks these words to Faith Fairchild from her sickbed in Aleford, Massachusetts, Faith has no idea what lies in store for her.

It all starts when Ursula's daughter, Pix Miller, Faith's best friend and neighbor, reluctantly leaves town for her son's wedding preparations. Pix knows that Faith and her husband, the Reverend Thomas Fairchild, will keep an eye on the slowly recovering Ursula. What s...more

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May 10, 2011 Tracey rated it 3 of 5 stars

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I received the hardcover of The Body in the Gazebo as a LibraryThing Early Reader book, and I was tickled - I've liked Katherine Hall Page's Faith Fairchild series from the beginning. It's one of several "cozy mystery" series about a caterer who keeps finding bodies and solving the attached mysteries, and then after you find out who dunnit you can apply yourself to the recipes in the back of the book. (I always wonder with these series, though, why characters lik...more A bit more to this is on my blog.

I received the hardcover of The Body in the Gazebo as a LibraryThing Early Reader book, and I was tickled - I've liked Katherine Hall Page's Faith Fairchild series from the beginning. It's one of several "cozy mystery" series about a caterer who keeps finding bodies and solving the attached mysteries, and then after you find out who dunnit you can apply yourself to the recipes in the back of the book. (I always wonder with these series, though, why characters like Faith Fairchild or Goldy Schulz or [insert cozy hero/ine here] don't send friends and family screaming away from them; would you really want to be friends with someone who seems to (sometimes literally) stumble over a body every six months?)

The jacket art is very attractive, but odd; I don't know what the red-and-white-check tablecloth is supposed to represent. It makes it look as though Faith opens an Italian restaurant, or goes on a picnic.

I like the series ... but I don't like Faith that much. She is, avowedly and proudly, a snob. Any food which costs less than one of my hours' pay, or clothing which costs less than one of my weeks' pay, is beneath her, and it's annoying and extremely unattractive. And she's *still* stunned that she can bring herself to live in this tiny provincial place.

Besides that snobbery - an irritation that is not unique to Faith among fictional characters - this was a well-done mystery with a very different slant. There is a body, but Faith isn't the one to stumble over it here, and in fact it's a body long gone to dust before she was born. As Pix frantically prepares for her son's wedding and the two-week-long gathering his soon-to-be in-laws have arranged for the two families, her mother (Ursula) falls abruptly, alarmingly ill. Faith promises to help look after her while Pix is gone, which is one of the only reasons Pix goes - and almost as soon as Pix is gone, her mother begins to unfold a story to Faith, looking for her help. It is a secret, even from Pix and her brother, which has been dormant for decades - and isn't anymore. Intertwined with the old murder story is a current mystery involving funds missing from a church account to which only Tom has access, along with a smaller but still personally important mystery involving a person from Pix's past at the wedding.

The storytelling is excellent. The interludes of Ursula's story drew me in, and I would honestly have enjoyed staying there for the whole book; Ursula as a girl was engaging, and that story was terrific. It's fascinating to see how Katherine Hall Page has grown as a storyteller from the first Faith Fairchild mystery, which was very much in the frothy cozy vein; later books like Gazebo show greater depth and almost, at times, poetry. (I wonder if KHP has written anything in a different vein under a different name. I'd like to see it.) However I feel in general about Faith, I love her marriage to Tom. The problems they have had in past books have been believable and painful, and I like them much better than I do her. I like Faith's assistants, and I like Pix, though she carries some cliches with her. Actually, many of the characters and situations carry along some been-there-done-that baggage, which is one reason I like the Fairchild marriage so much: it feels genuine.

The reason I rate this at three and a half stars instead of higher has quite a bit to do with said cliches, and the tiresome repetition that series like this can't seem to manage to avoid: in each book there is a certain set of touchstones which have to be included, such as a synopsis of the first book, and the story of how Faith got to where she is as a caterer and as a minister's wife in Aleford, and brief summaries of any other books that are touched upon in the current story. Some of these are more necessary than others, and I'm sure I'm wrong when I grumble that the wording is always the same. There just has to be a better way than this infodump. The main reason, though, for the less than very high rating has a great deal to do with part of the climax. Melodramatic and over the top, it felt absurd, and as though it had been dropped in from another book (either an earlier one in this series, from which it felt very familiar, or ... Robert Ludlum or something). Pity; I enjoyed most of the rest quite a lot.(less)

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Jun 30, 2011 Beverly rated it 4 of 5 stars

I received a copy of this book from the Amazon Vine Program in exchange for an honest review.

From the inside cover flap:

"I have to tell you something . . . something that happened a long time ago." When Ursula Lyman Rowe speaks these words to Faith Fairchild from her sickbed in Aleford, Massachusetts, Faith has no idea what lies in store for her.

It all starts when Ursula's daughter, Pix Miller, Faith's best friend and neighbor, reluctantly leaves town for her son's wedding prepartations. Pix kno...more I received a copy of this book from the Amazon Vine Program in exchange for an honest review.

From the inside cover flap:

"I have to tell you something . . . something that happened a long time ago." When Ursula Lyman Rowe speaks these words to Faith Fairchild from her sickbed in Aleford, Massachusetts, Faith has no idea what lies in store for her.

It all starts when Ursula's daughter, Pix Miller, Faith's best friend and neighbor, reluctantly leaves town for her son's wedding prepartations. Pix knows that Faith and her husband, the Reverend Thomas Fairchild, will keep an eye on the slowly recovering Ursula. What she and Faith don't know is that the tale Ursula spins over the course of several weeks will reveal an unsolved crime dating back to 1929 and the Great Depression.

Meanwhile, more current mysteries are brewing. The discretionary fund at the church has been pilfered and the Reverend Fairchild is the only person with access to it. As a rumors spread through town, Faith must clear her husbands' name before it's irreparably damaged. And when Pix meets her in-laws-to-be for the first time, she's in for the surprise of her life . . .

The Faith Fairchild Mysteries are one of my favorite cozy series.

What I liked about the book: In this book there are two mysteries - one vintage and one modern day. At first I thought that might make for a confusing read, but Page does a nice job of moving between the mysteries.While this was not a fast paced, on the edge of your seat, page turner of a read it was a rather enjoyable one. It's a light read and the murder having occurred so many years ago allows the reader some distance. I enjoyed learning more about the minor characters in Faith's world. Not only do we learn more about Ursula, but we get some insight into Faith's assistant, Niki and Urusula's daughter Pix. Of course the recipes included at the end of the book are always an added bonus.

What I didn't like about the book: There really wasn't anything I didn't like about the book.It was a nice light entertaining read.

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Jun 09, 2011 Shana rated it 3 of 5 stars

This is this first book that I've ever read in the Faith Fairchild Mystery series. You should have no trouble getting to know the characters even if you haven't read another of this series. It wasn't difficult to get to know Faith, Tom, Pix, Ursula, Niki and the other various characters in Aleford. I couldn't wait to start reading this because, the cover intrigued me, the mystery described was in the 1920's & it sounded really interesting.

Honestly, I had to really make myself keep reading t...more This is this first book that I've ever read in the Faith Fairchild Mystery series. You should have no trouble getting to know the characters even if you haven't read another of this series. It wasn't difficult to get to know Faith, Tom, Pix, Ursula, Niki and the other various characters in Aleford. I couldn't wait to start reading this because, the cover intrigued me, the mystery described was in the 1920's & it sounded really interesting.

Honestly, I had to really make myself keep reading this book through the first 100 pages. Throughout these first 100 pages the main mystery (Ursula's story) was barely touched on. Those first pages were mainly about Pix and her son's upcoming marriage and meeting her soon to be son's in-laws. It felt like the author was trying to provide too much information on a few of the characters for people who hadn't read this series before. After reading so many details about Pix's soon to be son's in-laws and the upcoming wedding plans I felt like it was a bit of an information overload. I kept wondering "where's more of Ursula's story?". After the first 100 pages Ursula's story picks up the pace and it kept me interested and wanting to read on.

In this book there's basically 3 other subplots going on at the same time of Ursula's story (the main mystery). There's an embezzlement found at the church where Faith's hubbie Tom is pastor, Pix's son's marriage and her knowing her son's soon to be father-in-law and Faith's assistant Niki's pregnancy that she has been hiding from her husband. The story kept going from present-to-past and story-to-story, sometimes all in one chapter. In my opinion, I think this book would've been better with just one subplot or just sticking to Ursula's story.

Also, at times the main character Faith seems to be a bit of a snob. At times she talks as though that anyone who is less financially blessed than her or anyone less educated is a tasteless clod. Of which, she at times prides herself on. Of course many of the suspects are poor, uneducated, have filthy homes and have "bad taste". I found it odd since she was a pastor's wife.'

Overall, it's still a good cozy type mystery which, after the first 100 pages was pretty interesting. Ursula's story was great and the descriptions of the old homes and the traditions of that era were really well done. Also, there's some tasty recipes included in the book. I really enjoyed this book when Ursula's story was being told. I'd probably read another of this series but, only if I stumble upon one.

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Jul 20, 2011 Lauren Fidler rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: mystery, books-i-can-read-in-under-3-hours, predictable-villain, cookbook-in-a-mystery, didn-t-read-the-first-and-this-is-t

here's the thing - i like these mysteries, for the most part. hall does a decent job of developing characters and story. she goes back and forth between character arcs smoothly enough. and she is SO an english teacher - this book was definitely inspired by the great gatsy (violet eyes on the vapid girl who lowers her voice so men have to lean in to listen to her, come on!). at one point, i think hall eventually even fesses up to it. that's not my problem.

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Aug 06, 2011 Judy rated it 3 of 5 stars

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. Of course, Ursula decides to tell Faith a story that she never told her own children--about the unsolved murder of her brother in 1929. Ursula has recently received some unsigned notes attempting to bla...more

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Nov 17, 2012 Elle Lothlorien rated it 3 of 5 stars

So, here's the thing about series mysteries; either there's a central character that draws you through, or every new situation is so compelling that you savor each book in its own right. In Page's Faith Fairchild series, however, it's the town itself that hooks you, so appealing and realistic you can almost remember driving through it at some time in the past.

In The Body in the Gazebo, caterer Faith Fairchild works hard to solve an ancient mystery that has resurfaced to trouble an elderly frien...more

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May 09, 2013 Jenny rated it 3 of 5 stars

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, especially when it was clear it wasn't going to tie into things at all.

3. On that same token, I didn't like that the narrative shifted so unevenly. I feel like this is becoming a common theme in authors' book...more

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Jun 11, 2011 Jill Gilbert rated it 4 of 5 stars

This is the 20th book in the Faith Fairchild series of mysteries, and I think it is among the best! Faith is a caterer in a historic Boston-area town, married to an Episcopal minister, with two kids, 9 and 13. The mystery here is told through the eyes of a long-time supporting character in the books, and takes place on Martha's Vineyard in summer 1929.

There are actually four plot threads in the book, so it moves right along, and the historic mystery was gripping. The only thing that kept buggin...more

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May 17, 2011 Marlyn rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: cozies, food, mystery

Secrets.

One of the disadvantages of being discreet and an easy person to talk to is that many people entrust you with their secrets. Faith Fairchild is finding this a problem in the 19th book in Katherine Hall Page's popular series.

Faith's dear friend Pix Miller and her husband are planning a week in Hilton Head to meet their oldest son Mark's prospective in-laws. From there, Pix is going to Charleston for a week for wedding attire fittings and a bridal shower. Pix's mother Ursula has been very...more

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May 25, 2012 Diana Sandberg rated it 1 of 5 stars

Rather blah. I read it because my mother-in-law liked it and I wanted to see what kind of thing she likes. There were several faintly-related plotlines, which were all mildly interesting, but it was Really Slow and seemed to me to be full of interminable inconsequential detail. I found it soporific; I continue to be mystified by what Charlotte does and doesn’t like - some cozies appeal to her, others not; some she has said were “too complicated”, but this one seemed pretty - well, if not complic...more

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Sep 02, 2011 Roxann rated it 3 of 5 stars

If possible I would have given this book 3 1/2 stars. This is the third book in the Faith Fairchild series I have read. The other two were from the early days of this series. Faith is still Faith--that hasn't changed.
It's a cozy little mystery-a fast read.
There are three plots in this book--an old murder (of course in the gazebo), embezzlement and Pix getting ready for her son's wedding. For me it was way too much info about Pix and the soon to be wedding. I could have done without that part o...more

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Aug 28, 2012 Jennifer rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: 2012reads, cotcbookclub, mystery

Finally finished this one. I liked it, but it was definitely a slow mover. The recipes look good and I'm particularly interested in trying the individual fruit puffs. If I'd read the rest of the series I assume some of the character beats would have had more impact. I actually did better with this one than I do with a lot of cozies featuring amateur detectives. Nobody did anything particularly idiotic which helped a lot. I also really liked the historical details and plot in this one, but it's n...more

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May 30, 2011 Lynda rated it 4 of 5 stars

This was one of the most enjoyable Faith Fairchild mysteries I have read in awhile. While her friend Pix is preparing for her son's wedding in South Carolina, Faith is trying to solve the case of the money missing from the Pastor's Discretionary Fund while daily visiting Ursula, Pix's mother. Ursula is troubled by events that happened in her teen years and hopes Faith can help her unmask a blackmailer. Chapters alternate between Ursula's teen years with current day events both in Aleford and Sou...more

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Nov 03, 2011 Carol rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: 2011, cozy-mysteries

Sometimes a mystery does not to be a page turner to be enjoyed. Katherine Hall Page, the author had several spinning plates in the air at the same time with this story. The sleuth in this story is Faith Fairchild. I haven't read any of the previous books of this series so this is a new experience for me.

Faith Fairchild 's long time friend, Pix, is going to her son's wedding party and rehearsals and she feels unsure of herself. Another friend of Faith's, Niki, told her that she just found out th...more Sometimes a mystery does not to be a page turner to be enjoyed. Katherine Hall Page, the author had several spinning plates in the air at the same time with this story. The sleuth in this story is Faith Fairchild. I haven't read any of the previous books of this series so this is a new experience for me.

Faith Fairchild 's long time friend, Pix, is going to her son's wedding party and rehearsals and she feels unsure of herself. Another friend of Faith's, Niki, told her that she just found out that she was pregnant and didn't want to tell her husband. Faith's husband has a big problem of his own. There is $10,000 missing from the church's discretionary fund. Will he loose his job?

To top it all, Pix's mother, Ursula, is compelled to tell Faith a richly detailed story that include family secrets and also requires action from Faith! It was this story that drew me in the most. This family tale goes from just before the Great Depression to Depression. It includes important facts unknown to even Pix, her daughter. Since I love historical fiction this really hooked me. I was struck by telling of differences in living situations that the Great Depression made to the rich socialites. The setting was mostly, Martha's Vineyard and Aleford. Martha's Vineyard is very different from Aleford, both in the beauty of the physical surroundings and the feeling of the place.

The whole book is fairly light and entertaining but it also whets my interest for more books set in the time period of what I call Ursula's family story. I must say that I am glad that I am not Faith Fairchild and I wonder in the other books in the series, doesn't she always have too much on her plate? This is so ironic because I wondered while I was reading, why are there plates on the cover of the book and only a cut off portion of the gazebo that is in the title. Now I understand.

I recommend this book to all who love light mysteries.

I received this book as part of the Amazon Vine program but that in no way influenced my review. My thoughs are my own.

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Aug 24, 2011 Rebecca Talkie rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

This is something like #19 in the Faith Fairchild series of books. I have probably read everyone of them and this one was the best overall. There actually was no body, it dealt with a death from the past as seen and recalled by an elderly woman. Yet, despite spending time in the past it was very much a book of this era with the current subjects of bullying, the financial collapse and safety on the Internet intertwined in the story. I could not put this book down and finished it in a day.

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Jun 03, 2011 Margaret Herrin rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Just finished this book. It was my least favorite of any of her books. I don't really like books that flip flop back and forth between the past and present, although normally that is done in individual chapters. Not this one. It flip flops back and forth in paragraphs. I repeatedly noticed I would start a paragraph and by the time I got to the end of the paragraph, the subject had completely changed. So much for topic sentences.

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Jun 21, 2011 Scilla rated it 3 of 5 stars

Three stories sort of merge together. One is the wedding of Pix's son Mark and the meeting of Pix with the future inlaws. A second is a problem at the church in which some money has been pilfered, and Reverend Fairchild is suspected. Lastly, is the story of Pix's Mom, Ursula about the death of her brother when she was a teenager. This is told to Faith while Pix is involved with wedding plans.

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Jun 17, 2011 Mary Bannon added it

A very entertaining cozy, with my favorite sleuth, Faith Fairchild. This is maybe the 15th book in this series, and each one I think gets better. The Body in the Gazebo, the newest in the series, weaves several current mysteries in the little town of Aleford, MA, while taking a detour to the past (the 1930's) to uncover a killer and exonerate the man wrongly accused of murder.

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Nov 26, 2012 Kim rated it 2 of 5 stars

Too much backstory and too much narrative for my tastes. The characters were okay but more dialogue to balance the narrative would've been nice. Way too much description of food. I understand that food is important to the main character but having each meal described was overkill. The side-by-side mysteries was fun but neither were exceptionally plotted.

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Oct 14, 2011 Mary Kay rated it 3 of 5 stars

Faith is a caterer married to a minister in a little town near Boston. She has solved an astonishing number of homicides over the years. This murder took place more than 80 years ago - an interesting twist. In the present day, Faith's husband is suspected of stealing money from a church fund. How Faith keeps all her irons in the fire is a mystery to me.

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Apr 25, 2011 Mascanlon rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: 2011

One of my favorite books in this series to date. Faith has 2 puzzles facing her. $10, 000 is missing from a church fund only her husband has access too. And the second is set 60 yrs ago when a young girl witnesses a brutal slaying that is reaching back to her today. And a 3rd mystery for whimsey and this book is a wonderful read with old friends.

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Jun 06, 2013 Jackie rated it 3 of 5 stars

A light mystery featuring Faith Fairchild: caterer, minister's wife, amateur sleuth. Faith's best friend's mother tells her a tale from long ago that no one else knows about...even the best friend. Faith attempts to find out the truth while also helping her husband who is suspected of robbing the till at his church.

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May 26, 2011 Janette rated it 3 of 5 stars

Just another one in the series, I don't get too excited about these, but it has been awhile since I read one. It is a mystery within a mystery, a little more complicated than usual. I liked the money problem mystery better than the murder in the past mystery. Ok for reading instead of watching TV!

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Jun 06, 2012 Karen added it

Great fun! Faith and her family and friends are great company for a summer read. This one goes back in time to an event in the life of Pix's mother, Ursula. Plus Pix is meeting her son's in-laws-to-be, money is missing from Tom's discretionary fund, and Niki just found out she's pregnant. These are people to care about.

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Aug 03, 2012 Susan rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: historical-mystery, mystery-massachusetts, murder-culinary

Faith Fairchild's best friend Pix reluctantly goes to finalize her son's wedding arrangements. She's reluctant because it means leaving her ill mother Ursula, but Faith promises to spend time with Ursula while Pix is gone. Ursula gradually reveals to Faith the story of a family tragedy that occurred when she was a teen in the 1920's, a story which even Pix does not know. And at the end of the story, she has something she wants Faith to do for her. Meanwhile, Pix finds that her daughter-in-law-to...more

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Katherine Hall Page is the author of fifteen previous Faith Fairchild mysteries, the first of which received the Agatha Award for best first mystery and the most recent of which, The Body in the Snowdrift, was honored with the Agatha Award for best novel. Page also won an Agatha for her short story "The Would-Be Widower." She lives in Massachusetts with her husband and son. (from the publisher's w...more

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The Body in the Gazebo (Faith Fairchild #19)

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