Sidetracked Suspicions

Secrets of the Blue Hill Library Book #18

by Emily Thomas

Bill Hill is celebrating its first-ever Railroad Days Festival, and the main event is an antiques appraisal and auction. Contributions come from many of the townspeople, but the most valuable item - an ancient Chinese vase worth ten thousand dollars - has been donated anonymously. The benefactor has asked that the proceeds from the vase go to the Blue Hill Library, but Anne barely has time to wonder who could be so generous before the vase is stolen and replaced with a fake. Worse yet, Wendy seems to be the prime suspect in the crime! To clear her friend's name, Anne must find the real thief and the missing vase before the auctioneer starts the bidding.

Meanwhile, Grace Hawkins, editor of the Blue Hill Gazette, asks Anne to write a monthly book column. She uses the library's display featuring the civil rights movement as the inspiration for her first piece but is surprised to see several letters condemning the display and her judgment as a librarian. As Anne struggles with how to respond to her detractors, she finds inspiration, as always, from Aunt Edie.

Genres: Cozy Mystery

246 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2015

About the author

Emily Thomas was born in London, and has lived there most of her life – except between the ages of 13 and 18 when she lived in Maldon in Essex on board a Thames Sailing Barge, with her family of seven assorted siblings and stepsiblings and two warring cats. Emily also works as an editor of many different kinds of books, including children’s and young adult fiction. She now lives in Brixton, with no pets and a lot of books.

Reviews

[Lindsey (Books for Christian Girls) · Rating 3 out of 5]

Pre Teens- One Star
New Teens- Two Stars
Early High School Teens- Three Stars
Older High School Teens- Four Stars
My personal Rating- Three Stars
Like the prior book, this wasn’t my favorite in the series, but it was interesting to learn a bit about a Chinese vase and Russian nesting dolls. I would have liked seeing Anne’s kids more as they really weren’t mentioned or talked to often in this book. Not the most exciting mystery, but an easy read.


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[Jacquie Stricklind · Rating 5 out of 5]

An expensive Chinese vase gets donated to an auction with the proceeds to go to the library, nobody knows who donated and then it is stolen and replaced by another vase. Who stole the original vase and why is Windy a suspect? Anne is determined to clear Windy's name and find out who donated the vase and who took it. There are a few twists and turns in this story, read the book to find out why the vase was donated to benefit the library, and what book did Anne find out her Aunt Edie wrote.

[Flora Camille Lynette Moore · Rating 5 out of 5]

Absolutely amazing!!!!

[Bertina · Rating 5 out of 5]

Good clean mystery - Loved it

[Jennifer Kirkman · Rating 4 out of 5]

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[Anne · Rating 5 out of 5]

A wonderful book from my favorite series!

[Elaine · Rating 4 out of 5]

Another great story in the Secrets of The Blue Hill Library series. The town is preparing for a big Appraisal & Auction fair when a valuable auction piece goes missing. Anne sets out to find it.