Who's That Girl

Mystery and the Minister's Wife #13

by Carol Cox

When Kate gets a call from the local hospital requesting that she identify a young woman who asked for her by name, she rushes to the hospital only to discover that she's never laid eyes on the comatose patient before. Never one to avoid a mystery, Kate travels from an abandoned campground to a college campus and all around Copper Mill in an effort to discover not only the woman's identity, but how she ended up in the hospital in the first place. But not everything is what it seems. Millie Lovelace's mysterious behavior raises suspicions, and Paul's mentor Nehemiah Jacobs has a few secrets of his own. As Kate and Paul struggle to make sense of it all, Kate realizes that spreading a little faith might be all that she needs to do to crack the case wide open.

Genres: Mystery, Fiction, Christian Fiction, Cozy Mystery

232 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2008

About the author

Carol Cox has an abiding love for history and romance, especially when it’s set in her native Southwest. As a third-generation Arizonan, she takes a keen interest in the Old West and hopes to make it live again in the hearts of her readers. A pastor’s wife, Carol lives with her husband and daughter in northern Arizona, where the deer and the antelope really do play—within view of the family’s front porch.

Reviews

[Lavender · Rating 4 out of 5]

This had me guessing right up to the end. These mysteries aren't as good to read at bedtime, compared to some other "foo-foo" series because they get me reading far too late into the night, trying to figure things out.

[Linda · Rating 4 out of 5]

A young woman is found unconscious and badly hurt on the side of the road. When they get her to the hospital, she tells the doctor to get Kate Hanlon. Kate arrives and cannot identify her at all. Kate looks for clues and tries to identify the young woman. A pretty good mystery.

[Michael · Rating 3 out of 5]

Good enjoyable read.

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[Theresa Lange · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good read

[Linda · Rating 2 out of 5]

Although this wasn't a BAD book, I found this religious publisher mystery to be rather too preachy for my tastes. Also, I felt like Kate Hanlon, the Minister's Wife, was rather nosy. That's saying a lot coming from me, who loves girls' mystery series and doesn't find sleuths who poke their noses in where they don't belong any problem at all. It just seemed a bit unseemly for a minister's wife. Also, for someone who had been married for 30 years and was supposedly an accomplished cook and baker, it became tiresome to read about all of the baking and cooking mistakes she made because she was thinking about other things. Waste not, want not, you know! Final complaint: I didn't feel like I "knew" the characters. They were not especially well developed. Maybe that's the fault of the series being written by many different people and the fact that there's no order to them.

Kate receives a call from the local hospital: a teenaged girl had been brought in and was unconscious but the one thing she had said was Kate's name. Rushing to the hospital, Kate realizes that she has never seen the girl before in her life. With no identification Kate begins to unravel the story of the girl. The premise of the story is good but the execution, not as good.

[Guitargirl · Rating 4 out of 5]

i really enjoyed this book, brooke recommended this book to me. i like mysteries so it was good but i didn't like it as much as 'for the least of these', 'funny money' and 'the missing ingredient'. they were so good! they are all in the same series called 'mystery and the minister's wife' the wife is kate and she ends up solving all these mysteries. i love them!

[Brooke · Rating 5 out of 5]

It was really, really good!! it was so intresting!! It never was boring and the ending is not what you would exspect! I am so happy I finished it because now i have over 1000 pages read!!! So excited!

[Carla Sokotuk · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love the Minister's Wife Mystery series.

[Mary Keroson · Rating 4 out of 5]

A mystery with likeable characters and interesting plot.

[D.L. · Rating 4 out of 5]

Quite enjoyable.