Theft and Thanksgiving by Emily Thomas #bookreview

Title: Theft and Thanksgiving
Series: Secrets of the Blue Hill's Library
Author: Emily Thomas
Publisher: Guideposts
Published Date: 2013
Genre: Cozy mystery, Adult, Christian Fiction
Page Count:283
Format: Hardcover

My Rating: ★ ★ ★

Goodreads Summary: 
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 could have imagined.

Meanwhile, when Anne learns that her parents can't come for Thanksgiving, she and her children plan a big dinner at the library for their new friends. But will their guests' last-minute cancellations make the family's first Blue Hill Thanksgiving a lonely one? 

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 My Review:

Theft and Thanksgiving is the fourth book in the Secrets of the Blue Hill Library series.

While running the library Anne is also now hosting a book club with some help from volunteers. Except something sinister could be happening in town and one of the suspects might just be a new member of the club. With the town on high alert due to identity theft, running the library, and the kids getting ready for the holidays Anne has her hands full.

Overall this book felt like a step back to me, Anne and the rest of the group became extremely judgy about new people again (yes I know this is just small town mentality but so much progress had been made in the last book), not only is everyone a suspect, but they also start doing their own investigation and following of people. At first, I was okay with this, but after awhile when I could tell that the person they suspected wasn't a bad person (about halfway through the book) it just got to be rather annoying to me.
One thing I did like about this book is how caring towards the kids Anne was again, they weren't just in the background this time she was actually interacting with them again and being involved. I'm hoping in the next book which is a Christmas one I'm back to liking the characters and the town again.