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might have enjoyed this book more if I had any knowledge about France or the French language,

This author often has so many characters in her books that I have trouble remembering who is who, Bah. You can't place a book in France and then write the exact same story as if it took place in the US, There are cultural differences to account for,
And talking about the main character's iffy French is problematic when she gets kidnapped and can suddenly follow every nuanced discussion, Always entertaining. Not as good as the later ones but good This was my favorite of the series so far, possibly even a,, though still not quite at the level where I'd round up to thatth star, I found Faith less cloying in this novel, probably because she was happy in Lyon and therefore less apt to compare everything unfavorably to Manhattan.
We'll see how the next book is when she's back in Aleford,

I did find the random French vocabulary scattered throughout to be pretentious and distracting, and I LOVE languages, There just didn't seem to be any rhyme or reason to which words were in French or why, I do like the Faith Fairchild series but this one had too much writing about French food, It seemed to take a long time before the mystery started, Sometimes I got confused as to who was who in the book, I guess I like a little more structure, Maybe the French language through me off, It did get good near the end and I never would have guessed how it nearly ended, I love a good mystery, but this wasn't one, I picked it up because I love France where it is set, The premise is good a clergyman's wife embroiled in a mystery while on a working sabbatical in France, The story moves very slowly, however, and I found myself skipping pages to get through, I hardly ever totally quit reading a book, Absolutely wonderful, except for two completely incongruous moments the fbomb and a totally unnecessary masturbation scene, Faith Fairchild Mysteryis set in Lyon Fr, where Tom is doing research to finish his doctoral dissertation, while four month pregnant Faith cares for three year old Be, shops daily for fresh foods form the open air markets and while taking out a he smelly remains of bouillabaisse at two in the morning, discovers a clochard tramp in the garbage bins in their apartment buildings vestibule.
Again a well hidden mystery with many angles to solve it, Thank goodness for inspector Michel Ravier and Faiths resourcefulness, A good addition to the series More like,stars, I enjoyed the Lyon setting and the food details always, The mystery wasn't particularly compelling to me, 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, It made me want to go to France, . . and then it didn't make me want to go to France, A little hard to get into at first but overall enjoyable, All of the French in this book took

away from the storyline But at other times it was kind of interesting to see how similar French words are to Spanish or English.
I also didnt realize I skipped book in the series So now Im gonna go back to book, Faith Fairchild, her New England minister husband Tom and their toddler Benjamin get the opportunity to spend a glorious month in Lyon while Tom does research.
Faith, once and future caterer, naturally adores the fresh, delicious Lyonnaise cuisine, and she soon befriends the local grocers, her neighbors and even les filles de joie prostitutes.
Indeed, it is one of them who gives Faith a warning after a homeless man is found dead,

No.in this smart cozy series proves as irresistible as the rest, and the European location was a nice change a pace and a look into what life is like in provincial France.

See "Voices" review for contextclearing out, This is the fourth entry in a mystery series with another caterer in a small town see "The Last Suppers", but Faith Fairchild is solidly married to a New England clergyman throughout the series, births two children, and has a privileged past in New York City.
The "vestibule" is in an apartment building in Lyon, France, where Tom is working for a month on his dissertation, Benjamin, their son is in preschool in the mornings, and Faith, past early days of pregnancy, is reveling in the food markets and cooking, I read the first books of the series with great interest until the earlys, then moved on, It is up tobooks now, A skim of the opening suggests that I kept this as one of two favorites because of its lovely opening description of Lyon which I visited for two days in September.
This one was harder for me to get into, For some reason, I couldn't keep the auxiliary characters straight at all, Always love the descriptions of food, though I wish Faith weren't QUITE so selfrighteous about it, While this series is cute and entertaining and usually gets at leastfrom me I was beyond disgusted with little Miss Faith this go round because she is pregnant and yet she blithely risks her life and hence the life of her unborn baby chasing murderers.
You know what, Faith Your primary responsibility is to the baby in your womb, Let les gendarmes handle the murders this time around, Okay Got it Good. Creme de la Crime
"Amateur sleuth Faith Fairchild, who gave up bigtime New York catering for smalltown New England family life, is satisfying her hunger for epicurean adventure in the French provinces, writing a cookbook and reveling in the abundance of incredible edibles.
What better place to throw the perfect dinner party, . . or, as it turn out, to solve a notsoperfect murder

"The party is a social and gastronomical triumph, with no hint of foul play.
Only after the last guest has departed and Faith begins her late night cleanup does she discover the body in he vestibule, When the body mysteriously disappears before the local gendarmes arrive, they conclude that la belle americanine has taken leave of her senses, But at least one person is taking Faith very seriously, . . and planning to dish up a final course that could make this French dinner party her last, "
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The first/of the book was fairly boring an epicurean ode to the various French dishes, and very minimal action about the dead body, or lack thereof.
The last quarter will have you hanging on your seat, biting your nails, I suppose I would have liked a more even plot structure, and it was exciting, Excellent. Faith can be quite the snob, however, especially when it comes to food, I will read the next one, recommend! Surely one of her best in the series, Mouthwatering descriptions of Lyons and its food, and a harrowing escapade, I continue to be charmed by these rather unusual books that seems to me to be a perfect cross between a cozy and a rather gritty murder mystery series.
This entry has Faith, a gourmet chef and former successful NY caterer and her minister husband Tom in Lyon, France with theiryear old son.
Tom a charming and vastly underused character, in my opinion, is in France to continue research for a theological degree, Faith, as has become de rigueur in this series, discovers a dead body this time in the apartment dumpster, The usual adventure follows with the complication that the body, a local street dweller, has disappeared by the time the police arrive, and it's up to Faith to convince herself, her husband, and the authorities that her discovery was not just the result of hormone caused hallucinations of a pregnant woman.
The author manages to include numerous gatherings of friends and neighbors and the succulent and beautifully described culinary feasts which this highend bunch seem to consume regularly.
Also included in the plot, and another reason I like this series so much, were some detailed and researched descriptions of the traboules in Lyon, which are popular tourist destinations and have been preserved and restored by French historians.
Touring and dining aside, her investigation is not without genuine risk to Faith and her unborn child, In her efforts to find out what happened to the beggar, as well as the truth about the death of a local prostitute who tries to warn Faith off, a ring of criminals who turn out to be behind the murders realize Faith is about to blow their cover.
I enjoyed this book a lot, I'm curious to see how being the mother of two little ones will or won't cramp her style in the next one, AND, to see if she reopens her catering business.
This series is not only fun for mystery lovers, but it's a foodie delight, .