About this book:
“A house call to care for an injured horse leads Dr. Harriet Bailey-Knight to the imposing manor owned by siblings Clifford and Edwina Castlegate. She is just wrapping up her visit when a housekeeper rushes in to alert Lady Edwina that her valuable silver elephant statue has been stolen! All eyes are on Pierre Aubert, a skilled craftsman who has just left the manor in a huff. Could he have taken the statue in retaliation for a bad business deal…or for some other nefarious reason?
When Harriet learns the complicated history between Pierre and the Castlegates, she's suspicious that the accusations against him are a little too convenient. With her eyewitness account being the key to the case, she can't stand by and watch Pierre go to jail if there is a chance he is innocent.
Can Harriet unravel the truth, clear Pierre's name, and bring the real perpetrator to justice?”
Series: Book #18 in the “Mysteries of Cobble Hill Farm” series. Click on the numbers to be taken to the prior books’ reviews: Book #1, Book #2, Book #3, Book #4, Book #5, Book #6, Book #7, Book #8, Book #9, Book #10, Book #11, Book #12, Book #13, Book #14, Book #15, Book #16, and Book #17!
Spiritual Content- Proverbs 22:1 at the beginning & is later quoted and talked about as well; A few talks about God; ’H’s are capital when referring to God; Mentions of God; Mentions of prayers, praying, & blessings over food; Mentions of churches, church going, services, sermons, & a pastor; A few mentions of a Bible study; A mention of being blessed; A mention of a couple people not showing much interest in going to church;
*Note: Mentions of luck & being lucky.
Negative Content- Minor cussing including: Eye rolling; Eavesdropping; Being locked in a room & Being chased (border-line barely-above-not-detailed // semi-detailed); Receiving a threatening note; Seeing someone faint (barely-above-not-detailed); All about & many mentions of stolen items, stealing, thieves, money laundering, crimes, criminals, & organized crime rings/the mafia; Many mentions of arrests & jails/prisons; Mentions of a hit-and-run, a pedestrian being hit and unconscious, & injuries; Mentions of break-ins, intruders, & vandalism; Mentions of threats, blackmail, & bullies; Mentions of lies & lying; Mentions of injured or sick animals (including accidentally poisoned), needed surgeries, & Harriet’s veterinary clinic treatments (including vaccines, antibiotics, and needles; barely-above-not-detailed); A few mentions of deaths (including of a girl’s father while in prison); A few mentions of gossip; A few mentions of eavesdropping; A couple mentions of alcohol and drinking (implied); A couple mentions of illegal poaching; A couple mentions of some farmers drugging their animals at an auction to disguise and injury or ailment; A mention of possible murderers; A mention of tobacco;
*Note: A quote from ‘Hamlet’; Mentions of suspicion on those who live at a halfway house due to prior convictions; Mentions of car brands; A couple mentions of sports teams; A mention of Harriet never knowing a “nasty Staffie” (Staffordshire bull terrier) & how it depends on how the animal is raised.
Sexual Content- Four cheek kisses, three head/forehead kisses, four not-detailed kisses, and a barely-above-not-detailed kiss; Touches, Embraces, Hand holding, Warmth, & Smelling (barely-above-not-detailed); A bit of jealousy (because of a possible old flame of her husband’s being in town); Mentions of boyfriends/girlfriends, dates, & dating; A couple mentions of married couples kissing; A couple mentions of jealousy; Love, falling in love, & the emotions;
*Note: Harriet hears about a man who seems to be interested in a married woman (they used to date, but were forced apart by his parents and they were not in contact for many years; She recently married another man and the old boyfriend didn’t know, so he talks about how he never stopped caring for her; Some characters comment on him still being interested in her despite her being married and one says he has no business trifling with her heart; He comments about wishing things were different, but she has no interest in the old boyfriend; Eventually, he wants to put all of that behind him); A woman comments about “a woman does what she must to survive” when talking about another woman’s male companions lavishing her with gifts and cash; A mention of a couple being “disappointed before” with a possible pregnancy and waiting to announce to friends and family.
-Harriet Bailey-Knight
P.O.V. of Harriet
270 pages
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My personal Rating-
This book was supposed to be the final one in the series before the publisher decided to expand the series and I’m very glad it’s not the last one! This wasn’t my favorite mystery in the series because I had a time keeping track of all the names—I truly think it was because of my tired brain rather than there being a bunch of characters, though!—but I was interested in seeing how it would all end.
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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