Grace McCaffery is a recent immigrant from Ireland and has a very hard time trusting anyone, especially policemen. She thinks that her Brownie Camera will be a good way to earn extra money. Grace's Pictures Cindy Thomson Tyndale House Publishers May 2013 Grace’s Pictures by Cindy Thomson is a heart warming story set in 1900 and takes place in New York City. Grace McCaffery is a recent immigrant from Ireland and she has an extremely hard time trusting anyone, especially policemen. Grace feels very unworthy due to the abusive words her deceased father often spoke to her. Most of the time he was drunk and yelled at her telling her she was worthless, simple minded, and other derogatory words. Her mother tried to combat his words by telling Grace that she was smart, important, and able. Grace does not have much faith in God for she feels that He does not care about her. Grace is befriended by Mrs. Hawkins from the Benevolent Society and helps her to get a job as a nanny and housekeeper. Grace is determined to earn enough money to bring her mother to America and she thinks that maybe her new Brownie Camera may be the way to make extra money. While walking in the park, she unwittingly takes a picture of a mob leader and this causes a great deal of trouble for Grace. Owen is from a well to do family and feels called of God to be a policeman and help those less fortunate and downtrodden. He finds Grace attractive and wants to help her but she believes that no policeman can be trusted. Because of all her troubles, Grace finally has to trust a few people and this helps her learn courage and forgiveness. The characters were very realistic and each one simply came alive on the pages of the book. Grace was so real that at times I just wanted to give her a lecture about trust. I suppose if I had grown up as she did that I would not have trusted anyone either. All the scenes were so well described that I was enjoying the walk in the park, tea with the ladies, or whatever was taking place. The plot was filled with suspense, romance, and history and there was never a dull moment in the action. It was evident that the author did her homework when it came to research and I thoroughly enjoyed all the historical facts that she included in the book. Not only did the author write a book that was very enjoyable to read, she gave us things to think about. I recommend this book highly to anyone that likes a great story set in the early twentieth century, is based on historical facts, has romance, and a lot of suspense.