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Death on the Family Tree

por Patricia Sprinkle

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With grown-up kids and a husband always on the road, Katharine Murray's nest would be empty if it weren't for her Aunt Lucy--until the elderly woman dies. Now Katharine's saddled with her Aunt's worldly belongings--mostly knickknacks destined for the dumpster. But there's a priceless Celtic necklace among the dross--and a diary written in German, neither of which Katharine's ever seen before. Determined to find out where these objects came from, Katharine unwittingly discovers a branch of her family tree she never knew existed--namely Aunt Lucy's brother Carter, murdered more than fifty years ago after a mysterious trip to Austria. And when Lucy's artifacts are stolen, and the main suspect turns up dead, Katharine realizes she must solve a burglary and two unsolved homicides separated by a half-century . . . before more than her family secrets end up dead and buried.… (mais)
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I liked the idea of bringing a genealogical slant to things, but not enough to compensate for the things I didn't like, so I won't be finishing this series.

I don't see much benefit to spelling out all my objections, since most of them stem from my personal experience as a southerner, a liberal and a genealogist. The writing is perfectly fine for light reading, and most of her facts are correct so far as I know, i just didn't particularly like the reliance on stereotypes and misleading generalizatons. ( )
  Kim.Sasso | Aug 27, 2023 |
Good mystery, lots of clues and some suspense. I liked the characters and the flow of the story for the first two-thirds of the book. I was really excited that I had found another, new to me, author and series and was enjoying the story. Then it just started to fizzle out - the characters changed personality, the story lost its direction, and it stuttered along to the end. ( )
  Bettesbooks | Aug 24, 2018 |
I liked the idea of bringing a genealogical slant to things, but not enough to compensate for the things I didn't like, so I won't be finishing this series.

I don't see much benefit to spelling out all my objections, since most of them stem from my personal experience as a southerner, a liberal and a genealogist. The writing is perfectly fine for light reading, and most of her facts are correct so far as I know, i just didn't particularly like the reliance on stereotypes and misleading generalizatons. ( )
  Kim_Sasso | Mar 14, 2018 |
I like the thought of combining genealogy (one of my favorite hobbies) with mysteries (one of my favorite genres). I could also apreciate the Atlanta setting, since I was born there and have visited the city a number of times since.

That being said, I wish this story had utilized more genealogical sleuthing. The protagonist just gets introduced to genealogy in this book, and she doesn't do much of it. The research she does do is primarily for a family that's not her own, but that of an "adopted" aunt.

Since this is the first of three (so far) books in Sprinkle's "A Family Tree Mystery" series, I can see how this book could serve as the protagonist's introduction to genealogy. I liked this book enough to pick up the next two in the series and see how the genealogy line plays out. ( )
1 vote dukefan86 | May 29, 2013 |
Enjoyable book. I liked Katherine and enjoyed her evolving sense of self and strength. Her choices and progress through the book made sense. I wasn't crazy about her relationship with her former boyfriend, especially given his current behavior. I am curious to see how that evolves in the future. There was one character totally left hanging - why was he even there? While there was some red herrings, I found the primary protagonist behind the problems likely early on as well as the reasons behind other events that took place. However, the book held my interest. ( )
  jour149 | Nov 22, 2012 |
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With grown-up kids and a husband always on the road, Katharine Murray's nest would be empty if it weren't for her Aunt Lucy--until the elderly woman dies. Now Katharine's saddled with her Aunt's worldly belongings--mostly knickknacks destined for the dumpster. But there's a priceless Celtic necklace among the dross--and a diary written in German, neither of which Katharine's ever seen before. Determined to find out where these objects came from, Katharine unwittingly discovers a branch of her family tree she never knew existed--namely Aunt Lucy's brother Carter, murdered more than fifty years ago after a mysterious trip to Austria. And when Lucy's artifacts are stolen, and the main suspect turns up dead, Katharine realizes she must solve a burglary and two unsolved homicides separated by a half-century . . . before more than her family secrets end up dead and buried.

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