I'll Be Your Sweetheart

Molly and Nellie #8

by Joan Jonker

Not a day goes by without Molly Bennett and Nellie McDonough counting their blessings. But when an elderly neighbour, Flora Parker, is robbed of her most treasured possession, and left without a penny to her name, the two friends jump at the chance of setting their detecting skills in motion. Meanwhile, Molly's youngest daughter, Ruthie, and her best friend, Bella, are making plans for their joint sixteenth birthday party. Ruthie is determined to look glamorous, a real knock out, to catch the eye of a certain boy for whom she's got more than a soft spot.

Genres: Fiction

416 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2005

About the author

Joan Jonker was born and bred in Liverpool. She founded the charity-run organisation Victims of Violence and she lives in Southport. She has two sons and two grandsons.

Reviews

[Ria · Rating 5 out of 5]

A lovely story telling an adventure of the Bennett and McDonaugh family, Nellie and Molly are best friends and the two families are united as some of their children are even married to each other. Add to this the wonderful camraderie they have with all their neighbours so when an old lady named Flora Parker is broken into and has her all her money stolen and even more precious than that, the watch of her dear dead husband Wally Flora and Mollie and the rest of the local gang take Flora under her wing and with the help of one of the pair's best friends Corker, they set out to investigate the crime and see if they can try to get the watch back for flora.
A really charming tale set in a bygone era when friends and family really mattered and neighbours actually put themselves out to help one another and the whole story is infused with a sense of community spirit and some great characters also help the adventure along.
A wonderful read and will appeal to all readers of the period genre.

[Catherine · Rating 5 out of 5]

Another warm, amusing, engaging book in the wonderful Molly and Nellie series. The characters, setting and timeframe are so well developed. When I read these books, I am transported to the time and place. There is only one more book to go and I will will have read the whole series. Although I love reading these books, I think I'll wait a few weeks before I start the next book so that the series doesn't end soon.....
Highly recommend this series and author!

[Jayne · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was my first ever 'blind date with a book', meaning the book was covered in brown paper and only had a few select words to describe it. And in all honesty, I'd never have read this book otherwise. I always avoid these types of books as I suppose the assumption is they're for older readers. Yet, I felt committed to the idea of not judging a book by its cover and off I went. Evidently this book is the 8th in a series, but I don't feel I really missed anything as it read as a standalone. It did take me a while to get into, I found the dialect/accent really off-putting for a long time as I'm not used to it but I suppose if you're a fan of the series it's part of the charm. However, the story is undeniably warm and charming, and is really based on friendship which was a refreshing change, and was all the things the 'blind date with a book' packaging said it would be.

[Shirley Morigeau · Rating 2 out of 5]

Too repitive

[Hayley Marsland · Rating 4 out of 5]

I think I probably read most of Joan Jonker's books way back many years ago, they are all good stories, all tend to follow the same theme as most good series do.
Enjoyable.

[Tania · Rating 5 out of 5]

Absolutely beautiful read .. if you want light read with a lovely characters and will make you smile 😃 Joanne jonker book are 👏 amazing

[Zippy · Rating 1 out of 5]

One of the worst written books I have ever read, I could not manage more than two chapters. I wanted to bang my head against the wall, it was so irritatingly badly written - it was something that could have been written by a school child, but probably better. Absolutely ridden with cringe-inducing cliches, and characters who are not characters but charicatures, this book treats the reader like they are an imbecile.

If I read one of the main characters calling another character "Sunshine" again, I think my head would have exploded.

This goes to the top of the heap of my "worst books ever read".

[Tania Angel · Rating 4 out of 5]

beautiful story..very funny.
highly recommended this book.