About
this book:
“It’s baseball season in Ivy Bay, and the entire town is cheering for its team, the Blue Jays. Mary has agreed to help organize and maintain an exhibit of baseball memorabilia at the town hall, even loaning her late husband’s prized possession: a ball signed by the 1970 Red Sox. But while straightening the display one day, Mary realizes her husband’s ball has been switched for a fake. Who pulled off such a clever forgery?
Soon other items are discovered to be phony as well, and Mary has quite a mystery on her hands! The playoffs mean Ivy Bay is full of people who love baseball and baseball memorabilia. As Mary investigates, she discovers her husband’s ball is worth far more than she ever imagined and that he had intended to donate it to a children’s charity before he died. Mary wants nothing more than to fulfill his wish, but she has to find the thief—and the baseball—first!”
Series: Book #11 in the “Secrets of Mary’s Bookshop” series. Please click on the number to be taken to that review: Book #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6, #7, #8, #9, and #10!
Spiritual Content- Proverbs 18:15 at the end in the bonus pages; Scriptures are mentioned, remembered, & quoted; Prayers, Thanking God, & Blessings over food; ‘H’s are capitalized when referring to God; Mentions of God & thanking Him; Mentions of prayers, praying, & blessings over food; Mentions of churches, church going, services, a pastor, hymns, & a prayer group; Mentions of devotions & devotional books; A couple mentions of Bibles; A couple mentions of being Blessed & blessings;
“It’s baseball season in Ivy Bay, and the entire town is cheering for its team, the Blue Jays. Mary has agreed to help organize and maintain an exhibit of baseball memorabilia at the town hall, even loaning her late husband’s prized possession: a ball signed by the 1970 Red Sox. But while straightening the display one day, Mary realizes her husband’s ball has been switched for a fake. Who pulled off such a clever forgery?
Soon other items are discovered to be phony as well, and Mary has quite a mystery on her hands! The playoffs mean Ivy Bay is full of people who love baseball and baseball memorabilia. As Mary investigates, she discovers her husband’s ball is worth far more than she ever imagined and that he had intended to donate it to a children’s charity before he died. Mary wants nothing more than to fulfill his wish, but she has to find the thief—and the baseball—first!”
Series: Book #11 in the “Secrets of Mary’s Bookshop” series. Please click on the number to be taken to that review: Book #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6, #7, #8, #9, and #10!
Spiritual Content- Proverbs 18:15 at the end in the bonus pages; Scriptures are mentioned, remembered, & quoted; Prayers, Thanking God, & Blessings over food; ‘H’s are capitalized when referring to God; Mentions of God & thanking Him; Mentions of prayers, praying, & blessings over food; Mentions of churches, church going, services, a pastor, hymns, & a prayer group; Mentions of devotions & devotional books; A couple mentions of Bibles; A couple mentions of being Blessed & blessings;
*Note: A couple mentions of a
curse on a baseball team.
Negative Content- Minor cussing including: am unfinished ‘what the—‘; A bit of eye rolling & sarcasm; All about stolen (and counterfeit) items & the thief; Mentions of forgeries, crimes, & break-ins; Mentions of arrests & jail; A few mentions of wars; A few mentions of a girl never knowing her father who left before she was born; A couple mentions of rumors;
*Note: Mentions of baseball
players & teams; Mentions of authors, books, & series; Mentions of car
brands; A mention of a TV show.
Sexual
Content- A few mentions of dates, dating, & crushes; A couple mentions of
kisses;
*Note: A mention of a young man’s
muscles.
-Mary
Fisher
P.O.V. of Mary
281 pages
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P.O.V. of Mary
281 pages
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My personal Rating-
I would
easily say that baseball is my favorite sport (Go Cubs!), so I did quite enjoy
this mystery and all the baseball facts throw into the plot. I wish the ending
would have been a little more drawn out through where questions are answered,
because I do have a couple questions. Overall, though, it was a fun and light
read that’s good for when you don’t want to think too hard. ;)
See y’all
on Friday 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.
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