Book Review: Death on the Family Tree

Reviewed By: Shirley - RAM

Death on the Family Tree     Amazon US PB Amazon Canada PB
Patricia Houck Sprinkle
Class/Genre:   Mystery   Woman Main Character   Amateur Sleuth
Series: Family Tree Mysteries # 1
Avon Books

Kathryn Murray is 46 and going through a mid-life crisis. Her husband is often away on business and her youngest son is in China. When Aunt Lucy dies, she has no one left to take care of. Going through Lucy¹s things she finds an ancient necklace and an old diary written in German. Searching this puzzle will give her something to do.

The diary might be a missing record of Celtic excavations from the 1850¹s. Too many people want the necklace and the diary, and when someone is willing to rob and perhaps even kill for them, things are becoming dangerous for Kathryn.

This is listed as the first of a series although Sprinkle has written more than a dozen books before this one. Characters are well done in this intelligently written story with a great Southern flavor. For those who don¹t know her, Patricia Sprinkle is an author worth checking out.

Shirley - RAM

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