"Maureen the Detective" by Veda Boyd Jones

About this book:

  “Maureen Stevenson wants to belong.

She left her native Ireland and lost her parents. Now she’s trying to fit into her adoptive family in the United States. While she makes that adjustment, she finds herself caught up in a mystery: Who is stealing artwork from the mansion of old Mrs. Hoag, the eccentric widow who pays Maureen to help catalog her collection?

As the eleven-year-old stumbles over clues to the burglaries, she makes plans to become a U.S. citizen—and enjoy the full benefit on the heaven-blessed “land of opportunity.””


Series: Book #17 in the “Sisters in Time” series. Click on the numbers to be taken to that review: #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6, #7, #8, #9, #10, #11, #12, #13, #14, #15, & #16.


Spiritual Content- Prayers; Church going; Talks about God; ‘H’s are capitalized when referring to God; Mentions of God; Mentions of prayers, praying, & thanking God; Mentions of churches, church going, services, Sunday school classes, being baptized, & a minister; Mentions of Christians & missionaries; Mentions of Palm Sunday & Easter; A few mentions of Bibles & Bible reading; A couple mentions of Heaven; A couple mentions of blessings; A mention of the Christian thing to do;

             *Note: Mentions of the evils of alcohol; A mention of a witch doctor.

Negative Content- Minor cussing including: a ‘stupid’; A girl says some insensitive/mean things to Maureen & Maureen is hurt by them, but tries to ignore them; Being hit by a fire poker & pain (barely-above-not-detailed); Mentions of Maureen’s parents’ deaths (her father from an accident and her mother recently from the flu); Mentions of a sudden death, pain, & sadness from the family; Mentions of injuries & blood/bleeding; Mentions of thieves, burglars, & stolen items; Mentions of arrests & jail-time; Mentions of alcohol & a temperance union; Mentions of rumors; Mentions of dead birds, them being poisoned, & burning the carcasses (barely-above-not-detailed); A couple mentions of jealousy; A few mentions of saloons & violence;

             *Note: A couple mentions of a book & author.

Sexual Content- N/A

-Maureen O’Callaghan Stevenson, age 10

                                P.O.V. of Maureen

                                            Set in 1903
                                                    142 pages

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My personal Rating-

This was a fun mystery. It really reminded me of a Nancy Drew style mystery set in the early 1900s. Maybe my second favorite in this series thus far. :)

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.