Leaf Me Alone
Leaf Me Alone
Relatively Seeking Mysteries
by Julie B. Cosgrove
Celebrate Lit Book Review
About the Book Leaf Me Alone:
A long lost child . . . and secrets that insist the lost remain lost! Word spreads through town about the genealogy researches of Shannon, Bailey, and Jessica. So far, it’s been a fun hobby and an eye-opening experience as they helped to solve two murders.
But when old Mrs Perkins, their Bible study leader, wants to hire Shannon and her husband Jayden to find her long-lost nephew, the couple soon learns that moving forward along the Perkins family tree may leave them dangling out on a limb . . . and someone is holding a saw!
About the Author of Leaf Me Alone:
Freelance writer, award-winning author, and professional speaker, Julie B. Cosgrove leads religious retreats, workshops for churches and writer groups, and Bible studies. She writes regularly for several devotional publications and is on staff with Campus Crusades of Canada’s Power to Change digital ministry as editor and writer for The Life Project. Their websites help to lead thousands of people worldwide to know Christ, one mouse click at a time. Her own blog, Where Did You Find God Today? has readership in 52 countries.
Julie has published three Bible studies, a devotional, two inspirational guides, and has fifteen faith-based fiction novels published or contracted, including two cozy mysteries series, The Bunco Biddies Mysteries and the Relatively Seeking Mysteries. All can be viewed on her website: www.juliebcosgrove.com.
Awarded one of the 50 Writers You Should Be Reading by the Author’s Show in 2015 and 2016, and Best Religious Fiction 2016, Best Cozy Mystery 2017 by Texas Association of Authors, Julie was also an INSPY semi-finalist and a Grace Awards Finalist in 2016. She is a member of the American Christian Fiction Writers, Advanced Writers and Speakers Association, and the Christian Authors’ Network. She achieved the highest public speaking level in Toastmasters International, the Advanced Communication Gold, in 2015.
Julie is widowed and lives in Fort Worth, Texas where she is involved in mission and women’s ministries. She is a murder mystery aficionado—especially British ones—and loves word games.
Social media:
website: http://www.juliebcosgrove.com
blog: https://wheredidyoufidngodtoday.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/julieb.cosgrove.tx
Twitter: https://twitter.com/JulieBcosgrove
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My Thoughts on Leaf Me Alone:
I love a good suspense book. And a good genealogy book is a favorite of mine. So add the two together and you’ve got me hooked. Leaf Me Alone is funny and captivating.
This is the third book in a series but the first one that I had the pleasure of reading. I did not feel that I was lost starting with this book but I’m sure as I start reading the other two books that I will find out some backstory and probably wish that I had read them in order. But that being said if you want to start with book three it’ll be okay. Go for it!
I loved this book! I have a soft spot for genealogy and this book gave it to me. The team of three friends are off on an adventure looking for a sweet old ladies long lost nephew because they know she’s missing something and that something is something they can do something about!
Did you follow that? Yes, it gets a bit jumbled at times but that makes the characters all the more loveable and I like that they are trying to help others with their sleuthing skills. Plus they know Mrs Perkins from a Bible study so you know right off that you’re going to get some words of God within the book.
I loved this book. It read fast and furious and I really did not want to put it down. I’m off to read the rest of this series. This was my first experience with this author and I loved how vividly she wrote her story. I could see it all happening in my mind and it played like a well-done movie. Can’t wait to read the next one! I highly recommend this book and hope you enjoy it as much as I did.
I have voluntarily reviewed a complimentary copy of this book which I received from Celebrate Lit. All views expressed are only my honest opinion. I was not required to write a positive review nor was I compensated in any other way. All opinions expressed are my own. I am disclosing this in accordance with the FTC regulations.
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