About
this book:
“During the first meeting of the Winter Warmth Book Chat, the lights in Mary’s Mystery Bookshop go out. When the power comes back on, Mary realizes a book has been stolen from the front counter of her shop. But not just any book; This was a signed early edition of "The Murder of Roger Ackroyd" by Agatha Christie! Mary intended to sell the rare and valuable copy and donate the money to help a little girl receive a kidney transplant. Now every person at the event is a suspect in the theft, and Mary has to solve one of her most important mysteries yet. Can she find the stolen book in time to help Isabella?”
Series: Book #5 (of 24) 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, #19, #20, #21, #22, #23, and #24.
Spiritual Content- Scriptures are mentioned, quoted, read, & prayed; Prayers, Thanking God, & Blessings over food; Church going & Hymns; Talks about God; ‘H’s are capital when referring to God; Mentions of God; Mentions of prayers, praying, & praises; Mentions of Bibles & Bible reading; Mentions of churches, church going, services, a pastor, & Sunday school classes; Mentions of being blessed & blessings; A couple mentions of a missionary; A mention of a prayer group.
“During the first meeting of the Winter Warmth Book Chat, the lights in Mary’s Mystery Bookshop go out. When the power comes back on, Mary realizes a book has been stolen from the front counter of her shop. But not just any book; This was a signed early edition of "The Murder of Roger Ackroyd" by Agatha Christie! Mary intended to sell the rare and valuable copy and donate the money to help a little girl receive a kidney transplant. Now every person at the event is a suspect in the theft, and Mary has to solve one of her most important mysteries yet. Can she find the stolen book in time to help Isabella?”
Series: Book #5 (of 24) 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, #19, #20, #21, #22, #23, and #24.
Spiritual Content- Scriptures are mentioned, quoted, read, & prayed; Prayers, Thanking God, & Blessings over food; Church going & Hymns; Talks about God; ‘H’s are capital when referring to God; Mentions of God; Mentions of prayers, praying, & praises; Mentions of Bibles & Bible reading; Mentions of churches, church going, services, a pastor, & Sunday school classes; Mentions of being blessed & blessings; A couple mentions of a missionary; A mention of a prayer group.
Negative Content- A tiny bit of sarcasm & eye rolling; Mentions of a theft, thief, & stolen item; Mentions of a possible robbery/break-in & stealing an item; Mentions of past break-ins; Mentions of lies; Mentions of rumors & gossip; A couple mentions of robbing a bank & getting money illegal means; A couple mentions of threatening; A mention of gambling;
*Note: Many mentions of Agatha
Christie books & other authors and their books; Mentions of car brands; A few
mentions of an actress; A mention of a TV show.
Sexual
Content- A couple mentions of accusations of infidelity; A couple mentions of blushes.
-Mary
Fisher, age 62
P.O.V. of Mary
252 pages
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P.O.V. of Mary
252 pages
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My personal Rating-
While not
my favorite mystery, the Spiritual content was great and the plot was clean. :)
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.
