Friday, July 21, 2023

"Cooking the Books" by Vera Dodge

About this book:

  “When Mary's friend Henry calls her one spring afternoon, she assumes he's calling to invite her out for ice cream. Instead, he needs her sleuthing help. As a member of Grace Church's financial team, Henry was going over the church's accounting records and getting everything in order when he realized that fifty thousand dollars had gone missing!
   Mary and Henry investigate who could have taken the money, even though neither one of them can believe someone from Grace Church would do such a thing. But who else except staff or a few parishioners had access to the funds? Mary clings to the hope that there is an explanation, but Henry only gets more upset the more they learn. Can they find the missing money while still showing grace toward whoever might be responsible?”


Series: Book #19 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#10#11#12#13,#14#15#16#17#18, and #19.


Spiritual Content- 1 John 4:18 at the end in bonus content; Set around Easter; A couple Scriptures are mentioned; Prayers & Thanking God; Talks about God, praying, & the meaning of Easter; 'H's are capital when referring to God; Church going & Prayer meetings; All about many mentions of churches, church going, church events, pastors, & sermons/services; Mentions of God & faiths; Mentions of Thanking God, blessing over food, prayers, praying, & a prayer group; Mentions of Easter; A few mentions of someone saying another has become “religious”; A couple mentions of missionaries; A couple mentions of blessings; 
             *Note: A mention of bad luck.
 

Negative Content- All about many mentions of stealing, theft, missing money, crimes, & the culprit; Mentions of cybercrimes & hackers; Mentions of embezzlement; Mentions of gambling & debts; Mentions of lies, lying, & liars; Mentions of gossip; A couple mentions of a father not being around his son much; A couple mentions of tattoos; A mention of addictions; A mention of struggling marriages; 
             *Note: Mentions of Boy Scouts; A few mentions of a social media site (Facebook); A couple mentions of brand names (Tiffany and Co & Post-it notes).
 
 
Sexual Content- A few mentions of dating; A couple mentions of seeing a married couple kiss (twice); A mention of a blown kiss.
 
-Mary Fischer, 
                                P.O.V. of Mary 

                                                        240 pages

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My personal Rating- 

Despite one of the possible culprits of the missing money having my name, I did like this book. Particularly Mary and that there was a lot the faith content. I will say that Henry frustrated me a bit at times, but I could understand where he was coming from with the seriousness of the situation. I wasn’t positive on the culprit, so the ending had a good reveal. 

 


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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