Synopsis
Amateur sleuth Faith Fairchild, runs a catering business in Aleford, Massachusetts when she's not busy solving mysteries. When Margaret Batcheldor is murdered, Faith goes to work. Along with a slew of other town characters, Margaret was active in the POW (Preserve Our Wetlands) campaign to prevent developer Joe Madsen from filling-in the bog in order to build high-priced houses. When Faith's husband barely survives being poisoned at a Patriot's Day celebration, the action is a little closer to home. Will Faith be able to catch the killer and still keep her catering business running smoothly?
| Details | | Publication Date: | 1997-03-01 |
| Size | | Height: | 6.8 in | | Width: | 4.3 in | | Thickness: | 1.0 in | | Weight: | 6.4 oz |
Publisher's Note
A DEADLY ENVIRONMENTWhen Faith Fairchild finds her husband Tom embracing nursery school teacher Lora Deane, she's alarmed, if only for an instant. The Reverend Thomas Fairchild has never been known for philandering, so Faith waits for the explanation. It seems that Lora, terrified by some threatening phone calls, has come seeking solace and advice from both Faith and Tom. It doesn't take Faith long to discover that Lora isn't the only Aleford resident being terrorized. Local environmentalists are outraged over a proposed housing development that will destroy Beecher's Bog and the more vocal opponents of the plan have become the targets of vicious anonymous letters. The police are called in, yet Faith can't help doing her own sleuthing--while whipping up a batch of her famous Chocolate Crunch Cookies. But when the heat is turned up on the controversy and a body is discovered in he charred ruins of a house fire, Faith finds herself investigating a murder. . .while trying to make sure she's not the next victim.
The seventh mystery in the Agatha Award-winning series featuring the irrepressible parson's wife/sleuth Faith Fairchild. In the midst of Aleford's annual Patriot's Day celebration, a woman's corpse is discovered in an unfinished house that has been burned to the ground by an arsonist. Faith finds herself investigating the murder--and being stalked herself.
Industry Reviews
"Good-humored."
Swanson
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