Finding Home

Secrets of the Blue Hill Library Book #20

by Emily Thomas

When Alex Ochs receives a bank overdraft statement on an account in his sister's name, he brings it to Anne for help. After his sister, Marla, and her husband died in a car accident four years ago, Alex made sure all of their accounts were closed. He never knew of this overdrawn account until now but quickly learns it is tied to Marla's work at Heaven's Child, an organization that provides funding to families planning to adopt. Someone is clearly still using this account ... and stealing money from Heaven's Child. Can Anne and Alex find the thief and recover funds that should be going where Marla intended - to help orphaned children join their new adoptive families?

Meanwhile, missionaries from India tell Anne that Aunt Edie once visited them. Curious about her great-aunt's trip, Anne delves into Edie photographs and discovers that she was working to found an adoption agency and even adopt a child of her own, a boy named Thomas Gee. But where is he now?

Genres: Cozy Mystery

291 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 4 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- Four Stars

Did I really enjoy this book because of all the adoption content? Yes. Was more enjoyment added when Korean traditions were mentioned? Also yes. I’m biased, what can I say? 😉 Truly, though, this is probably one of my favorites in this series thus far. I really enjoyed many different aspects of it and the mystery kept me interesting to see who was taking the money.


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[Cheryl · Rating 4 out of 5]

Anne’s boyfriend Alex brings a notice from the bank of an overdraft on his sister’s account. His sister has been dead 4 years and he was told the account had been closed. Anne and Alex start looking into the account from a place that helps people afford adoption, where his sister worked. He also found his sister had been planning on adopting and he goes looking for the child. Anne has a bad health scar and it is hard for her to do research while worried about her health and her children.

[Jacquie Stricklind · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book was so riveting, I could hardly put it down! Alex finds out that an account that was closed after his sister died four years ago is overdrawn, so Anne is determined to find out what is going on. This will lead Anne to find out that her Aunt Edie went to India and met Mother Theresa and decided to start an adoption business that would help people adopt children from places like India less expensively. Meanwhile, Alex finds out that the account his sister managed at Heaven Child's is still open and someone is using to embezzle money from. Also, Alex finds out that his sister and husband wanted to adopt a child, and he wants to find out what happened to the child. A husband and wife who grew up in Blue Hill return for a visit and are teaching a camp that Ben and Liddie are attending learning about different cultures. So who is taking the money and why, read the book to find out. Really, really, good book!

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

Awesome 👌 👏 👍 😍

[Elaine · Rating 4 out of 5]

Anne discovers that someone has been stealing money from a foundation her Aunt set up to help finance foreign adoptions & sets out to discover who would do that.