Faith Fairchild is momentarily shocked to find her husband, the Reverend Thomas Fairchild, embracing Lora Deane -- and relieved to discover the distraught nursery school teacher is merely seeking solace and advice. Lora has been receiving threatening phone calls. And she's not the only resident of tiny Aleford, Massachusetts, who is being terrorized. Ever since local environmentalists have begun protesting the proposed housing development that will destroy Beecher's Bog, the more vocal opponents have become targets of a vicious campaign of intimidation-which is more than enough reason for Faith to launch into some clandestine sleuthing. But when a body turns up in the charred ruins of a very suspicious house fire, Faith is suddenly investigating a murder -- and in serious danger of getting bogged down in a very lethal mess indeed!
Sherry C. (sherryinmo) from MARSHFIELD, MO wrote on 1/25/2007...
From back of book:
When 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 environmenttalist, are outraged over 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 famous Chocolate Crunch Cookies. But when the heat is turned up on the controvery and a body is discovered in the charred ruins of a house fire, Faith finds herself investigating a murder -- while trying to make sure she's not the next victim.
Recipes included.
Susan F. (Kukana) from COLWICH, KS wrote on 4/17/2006...