The Body in the Piazza: A Faith Fairchild Mystery

The twenty-first Faith Fairchild mystery takes Faith and her husband, the Reverend Tom Fairchild, to Italy, where murder and mayhem mix with pecorino, panna cotta, and prosecco.

To celebrate their twentieth wedding anniversary, amateur sleuth Faith Fairchild and her husband, the Reverend Tom Fairchild, leave placid New England behind for a week of romance and fine food in Italy. The bruschetta, the biscotti, the Chianti—Faith can’t wait! She’s also looking forward to seeing her former assistant Francesca, and take a class at her new cooking school in Florence.

But on their very first night, a travel writer Faith meets in their Roman hotel turns up dead. Then, in their cooking class in Florence, they find themselves surrounded by a number of suspiciously familiar faces they recognize from Rome.

Someone is cooking up some unsavory business, including sabotaging Francesca’s school. To save her anniversary vacation and protect her friend, Faith must follow a twisting trail of clues to unmask a killer—while learning to master a mean Spaghetti a la Foriana, too!

Faith Fairchild and her husband are celebrating a big anniversary with a trip to Italy, filled with exquisite indulgences—the art, the Chianti, the food, the Ferragamos! After a weekend in Rome, they'll travel to Tuscany, where Faith's former assistant Francesca has opened a cooking school.

But, along with pecorino, panna cotta, and prosecco, it looks like murder and mayhem are also on the menu! On their fist night in the Eternal City, the Fairchilds stumble upon a dying man in the Piazza Farnese. Mysterious characters from Rome resurface in Tuscany. And somebody is intent on sabotaging Francesca's new business. It's up to Faith to put everything right—and still whip up a mean Spaghetti a la Foriana, of course!

Readers who might have drifted away from Katherine Hall Page’s pleasing mysteries...should accept the homecoming invitation extended in The Body in the Boudoir...[and] the retro fun of perusing a vintage wedding menu, shopping at Bergdorf’s bridal salon and having tea at the Palm Court in the Plaza Hotel. - New York Times Book Review

Katherine Hall Page is my favorite writer of the traditional mystery. - Harlan Coben, New York Times bestselling author of Live Wire

“Katherine Hall Page’s intellect and wit shine through in every line...Hungry readers, enjoy! - Diane Mott Davidson, New York Times bestselling author of Crunch Time

[Page] is an expert at the puzzle mystery. - South Florida Sun Sentinel

[An] endearing series. - Denver Post

A highly entertaining mystery series [that] effectively mixes modern-day moral dilemmas with charm, warmth, and humor. - Booklist

“Delightful . . . Hungry readers will rush to the kitchen if not to their travel agent to book tickets to Italy.” - Publishers Weekly

“Page’s ability to keep her characters and plots fresh for more htan two decades is quite remarkable...Page has yet to disappointe readers...[The Body in the Piazza] is one of the most entertaining and most sophisticated entries in the series...[it] is just about perfect escapism.” - Connecticut Post

“Enticing recipes at the back of the book and cooking tips sprinkled throughout ... The crime is solved satisfactorily...[but] let’s be honest: most of us came for the food.” - New York Times Book Review