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Sto caricando le informazioni... The Body in the Vestibule (1993)di Katherine Hall Page
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Iscriviti per consentire a LibraryThing di scoprire se ti piacerà questo libro. Attualmente non vi sono conversazioni su questo libro. I certainly picked the right book to read as my first Katherine Hall Page novel. This book takes Faith Fairchild, her minister husband, and their small son to live in Lyon, France for a short sabbatical. I've loved books in which families go to live abroad ever since a non-fiction book called [book: Cornflakes and Beaujolais] captured my interest in junior high. I'd previously avoided Page's books because the uniformity of titles (they're all called "The Body in the ...) and inclusion of recipes (after the first four books) made me think they might be the gimmicky, "hobby-of-the-month" type of mystery I don't care for. I'm happy to report I was wrong. The setting and characters are lovingly drawn, but besides that, the plots in the two books I've read so far are excellent. Engaging characters, many plot twists, and a heroine who is not only inquisitive but resourceful when she finds herself in a tight spot make this a very good book. (There are mouth-watering descriptions of French food, but no recipes; Page began including them in the fifth book of the series). Fourth in the Faith Fairchild cosy mystery series. Faith's husband Tom spent a semester in France while a college student and loved it. One of the friends he made while there suggests he come to Lyon for a month and use the university library to complete research for his Ph.D. Faith, lover of good food, is thrilled about the trip, even though it means traveling with a three-year old and while she is pregnant with her second child. She and Tom have a delightful time with the people and the food, at least until Faith finds the body of a beggar in the building where they are staying. By the time the police come, however, the body is gone. The beggar seems to be back in his usual place the next morning, but Faith believes it is an imposter. So far this series has yet to disappoint. The setting for this one is particularly nice. nessuna recensione | aggiungi una recensione
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Satisfying her hunger for epicurean adventure in the French provinces, small town caterer and minister's wife Faith Fairchild decides to throw the perfect dinner party. But during cleanup after the last guest has departed her gastronomical triumph, she encounters something neither expected nor welcome: a dead body lying in her vestibule. Unfortunately it doesn't help la belle americaine's credibility when the corpse vanishes before the local gendarmes arrive. But Faith realizes that, though the police refuse to take her seriously, a killer just might. And if she doesn't get to the bottom of this fiendish French conundrum, Faith's recent successful feast could end up being her last. Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
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This one irritated me simply because of all the "french" which was fine if it was translated (which it rarely was). Instead, it came across as one of those snobby people that you find at dinner parties that kind of look down their nose at you because you're not sophisticated enough to speak it and thus not worth bothering with. Irritating. ( )