"The Rightful Owner" by Emily Thomas

About this book:

  “Anne and Wendy decide to organize a used books sale to raise money for the library. As Anne is sorting through a box of donations, she discovers a first edition of Edgar Allen Poe's 'Tales of the Grotesque & Arabesque.' The book is beautiful and, Anne suspects, very valuable. Clearly a mistake has been made, and she decides to find out who it belongs to. After an appraiser announces the book's worth, Anne is besieged by townspeople claiming it it theirs. How will she ever find the rightful owner? Meanwhile, Ben has become enthralled with a children's book series called Coastal Club, to the point that he would rather read than do anything else. Anne has begun to worry about him, but she also has to keep an eye on Liddie, whose game of 'trading treasures' with her friends starts to drift out of control.”


Series: Book #10 in the “Secrets of the Blue Hilly Library” series. Reviews of #1 Here, #2 Here, #3 Here, #5 Here, #6 Here, #7 Here, #8 Here, and #9 Here! (The fourth book has not been reviewed yet.)


Spiritual Content- Prayers & Blessings over food; Church going; Talks about God; Some ‘H’s are capital when referring to God; Mentions of God; Mentions of prayers, praying, & blessings over food; Mentions of churches, church going, a pastor, services, & sermons; A few mentions of Sunday school classes & Vacation Bible School; A few mentions of blessings; A mention of missionaries;

             *Note: A couple mentions of a book with the word ‘devil’ in the title; A mention of a caveman.

Negative Content- Minor cussing including: a ‘shut up’, two ‘rats’s, and four ‘stupid’s; Mentions of illegal actions, forging documents, arrests for fraud, & scam artists; Mentions of stolen items, breaking and entering, & thieves; Mentions of injuries; Mentions of lies & lying; Mentions of a family with hateful men; A few mentions of a war; A few mentions of a fire & death; A few mentions of small, dead animals; A few mentions of a drunk & mugging; A couple mentions of deaths from a car accident; A couple mentions of freak accidents that caused a death; A mention of a tsunami; A mention of a divorce; A mention of nightmares;

             *Note: Many mentions of (secular) books & authors; Mentions of a couple of designers; A couple mentions of car brands; A couple mentions of vampires, werewolves, & wizards.

Sexual Content- Mentions of dates & dating; A couple mentions of high school sweethearts.

-Anne Gibson, age 34
                                P.O.V. of Anne
                                        268 pages

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My personal Rating-

While I’ve never read an Edgar Allen Poe book and have no plans to do so, I found this mystery to be interesting, but I especially liked all the parts with Anne’s kids, Ben and Liddie. They’re so cute!

See y’all on Monday with a new review!

*BFCG may (Read the review to see) recommend this book by this author. It does not mean I recommend all the books by this author.