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Author
Publisher
Guideposts
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
Anne finds a key among her Aunt Edie's holiday decorations as she is busy preparing for Christmas and soon discovers that it unlocks a cubby in the church's Advent cabinet, which contains a beautiful sapphire ring. She wonders if the ring may belong to her recently deceased great-aunt and if so, why it is not among her other jewelry? Meanwhile, the production of the Christmas play is in jeopardy when costumes go missing and the director becomes ill....
Author
Publisher
Guideposts
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
While converting the Victorian home left by her great-aunt Edie into a library, Anne Gibson stumbles upon a fascinating find. Hidden behind an old star quilt is a tiny sealed-off room with a small writing desk and a faded photograph of Edie in a wedding gown that provides the first puzzling clue to the rooms significance. Anne is certain Aunt Edie never married, so who is the handsome young man with her in the photograph? Could he still hold claim...
Author
Publisher
Guideposts
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
When the mayor of Blue Hill visits Anne to talk about a new tax proposal that will soon go before the town council, she's excited about the possibilities. The additional funding could provide more library resources and programs, as well as pay some of Anne's dedicated volunteers. But when popular children's books begin vanishing from the shelves, Anne discovers that it is just the tip of an iceberg of political intrigue involving the proposed levy....
Author
Publisher
Guideposts
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
While cataloging books at the library, Anne stumbles on an old, yellowed map of Pennsylvania tucked inside the pages of a historical book from Aunt Edies private collection. When Anne studies the map, she sees markings that hint that it was used by Lewis and Clark! Could it really be authentic? And if it is, how did Aunt Edie come to possess a map that had been stolen from the now-defunct Blue Hill Historical Society one hundred years ago? Meanwhile,...
Author
Publisher
Guideposts
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
Anne Gibson is alarmed when identity thefts leave elderly Blue Hill citizens with bank accounts drained and credit cards maxed out. When a mysterious young woman arrives at the library's first book club meeting and starts asking personal questions of Anne's friend Mildred Farley, Anne wonders if the stranger is behind the thefts. As Anne sets out to uncover the truth, she discovers that there is far more behind the woman's curious behavior than she...
Author
Publisher
Guideposts
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
An unmarked package arrives at the library containing an old handwritten manuscript. As Anne reads through the brittle pages, she becomes completely captivated by the fascinating story of a war-torn romance. Shes filled with questions too. Who wrote it? Is it a true story? Who sent it to Anne, and why? As she sets out to solve the riddle of the manuscript, God will challenge Anne to examine her own heart and let down the walls she has built around...
7) All sewn up
Author
Series
Secrets of the Blue Hill Library volume 8
Publisher
Guideposts
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
While scouring Aunt Edie's attic for supplies to help Wendy with her latest project, Anne discovers a receipt for two dozen top-of-the-line sewing machines paid for with cash. Anne has seen only one sewing machine in Aunt Edie's house, and it's a different model than the ones listed on the receipt. Why did her aunt buy so many sewing machines and what happened to them? Meanwhile, when kindergartner Liddie notices that one of her classmates doesn't...
Author
Publisher
Guideposts
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
When Anne finds a roll of undeveloped film in an old camera of her great-aunt Edie's and has it processed, she makes a startling discovery. Anne's father's cousin Carl was reported killed in action in Vietnam in 1970, so how is it possible that he is standing next to Aunt Edie in a photograph taken at the bicentennial celebration in Washington, D.C.? While digging through the newly revealed family photographs and the storehouse of albums and scrapbooks...
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