In the Blood (a Genealogical Crime Mystery) (Genealogical Crime Mysteries) - Softcover

Robinson, Steve

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9781908603944: In the Blood (a Genealogical Crime Mystery) (Genealogical Crime Mysteries)

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ISBN 10: 1908603941 ISBN 13: 9781908603944

Publisher: FeedaRead, 2011

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Family history was never supposed to be like this... When American genealogist, Jefferson Tayte, accepted his latest assignment, he had no idea it might kill him. But while murder was never part of the curriculum, he is kidding himself if he thinks he can walk away from this one. Driven by the all-consuming irony of being a genealogist who doesn't know who his own parents are, Tayte soon finds that the assignment shares a stark similarity to his own struggle. Someone has gone to great lengths to erase an entire family bloodline from recorded history and he's not going home until he's found out why. After all, if he's not good enough to find this family, how can he ever expect to be good enough to someday find his own? Set in Cornwall, England, past and present, Tayte's research centres around the tragic life of a young Cornish girl, a writing box, and the discovery of a dark family secret that he believes will lead him to the family he is looking for. Trouble is, someone else is lookin

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From the Author:

Books in this series. #1 In the Blood: A dark secret locked in the past - a family historian trying against the odds to unlock it. #2 To the Grave: A wartime secret with deadly repercussions. #3 The Last Queen of England: A centuries-old royal conspiracy. The ultimate heir hunt.

About the Author:

Steve Robinson drew upon his own family history for inspiration when he imagined the life and quest of his genealogist-hero, Jefferson Tayte. The talented London-based crime writer, who was first published at age 16, always wondered about his own maternal grandfather—‘He was an American GI billeted in England during the Second World War,’ Robinson says. ‘A few years after the war ended he went back to America, leaving a young family behind and, to my knowledge, no further contact was made. I traced him to Los Angeles through his 1943 enlistment record and discovered that he was born in Arkansas...’ Robinson cites crime writing and genealogy as ardent hobbies—a passion that is readily apparent in his work. He can be contacted via his website www.steve-robinson.me or his blog at www.ancestryauthor.blogspot.com.

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