Rent Murder Once Removed (Ancestry Detective)

Synopsis

The first mystery in the Ancestry Detective series by S.C. Perkins, in which a Texas genealogist deals with murders in the past and present.

"A terrific series debut!"―BookPage on Murder Once Removed

Except for a good taco, genealogist Lucy Lancaster loves nothing more than tracking down her clients' long-dead ancestors, and her job has never been so exciting as when she discovers a daguerreotype photograph and a journal proving Austin, Texas billionaire Gus Halloran's great-great-grandfather was murdered back in 1849. What's more, Lucy is able to tell Gus who was responsible for his ancestor's death. Or so it seems. . .

"A clever page-turner…from the first heart-stopping line to the final conclusion."―Carolyn Haines, USA Today bestselling author

Using clues from the journal, Lucy narrows the suspects down to two nineteenth-century Texans, one of whom is the ancestor of present-day U.S. senator Daniel Applewhite. But when Gus publicly outs the senator as the descendant of a murderer―with the accidental help of Lucy herself―and her former co-worker is murdered protecting the daguerreotype, Lucy will find that shaking the branches of some family trees proves them to be more twisted and dangerous than she ever thought possible.

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