The Body in the Gallery

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Busyness is my only excuse for not keeping up with this series for a number of years, how foolish of me! Faith Fairchild is a likeable protagonist who finds herself coming across a body in a different location with each book, and sleuths to solve the who-done-it with a cast of friends. In each one, the reader is exposed to learning whatever research the author has done to make the background of each mystery unique. It is then up to the reader to learn, and to appreciate the work put in to the story and the research. This one gives us insight into the art world, and is well-written, never boring, show more occasioning groans at times, but never blatant silliness. A nice cozy read. show less

Synopsis: The setting for this murder is in an art gallery. Her friend, Patsy, believes that the collage she donated has been stolen and a copy substituted. Faith is asked to take over the museum snack bar and do some snooping. The usual characters make appearances and Faith gets swept into another dangerous situation. Family issues that arise from raising a teenager are added to keep the narrative moving.
Review: With a bit more complexity than some of her tales, Ms. Page keeps the reader entertained.

This is the latest Faith Fairchild murder mystery, complete with recipes. The mystery is intriguing, as well as a side story about Faith's son Ben being involved in cyberbullying. A body is found immersed in an art gallery work of modern art, and Faith becomes involved in trying to solve the mystery of who she is and why she was murderered, much to the chagrin of her minister husband Tom.

I always enjoy this series- a reasonabe mystery to solve, complex characters, and the comfort of yummy recipes and good sounding meals from have Faith catering.

This book is typical of all the earlier books in the "Body in" series as it mixes a growing family's problems with a mystery caterer Faith Fairchild stumbles upon. (How do these women do it?) It's an easy read and many people can sympathize with the problems her family goes through.

The writing style of this author made this book entirely too difficult to get into. As such, I was not interested in this story. It might be an ok read for a plane or long car ride.

I just couldn't enjoy this book because I just kept thinking about how selfish she was with her husband and about how she needed to be paying attention to her kids.