Texas genealogy and murder cozy mystery

Fatal Family Ties: An Ancestry Detective Mystery

By: S. C. Perkins

Rating: 5 of 5

This is the third book in this cozy mystery series. It has, as its sleuth, a genealogist named Lucy Lancaster. While I haven’t paid much attention to my family tree, there are individuals in my family who do so. It’s pretty amazing what can be discovered when one looks into it.

In this story, Lucy is approached by a former co-worker, Camilla, who wishes to hire Lucy to clear a smear against one of her ancestors. While Lucy doesn’t really care for this co-worker (though there are two others she dislikes even more), she does decide to help her.

As they start working together, a close and beloved relative of Camilla is murdered. It seems to tie into the mystery surrounding some artwork of the questionable ancestor as a piece of his artwork goes missing from the place of the murder.

There are twists and turns and appearances by some of my favorite characters in the series as well as the advent of some new ones. I enjoyed reading the book and look forward to more novels in the future.

I was provided a digital advance reader copy of this book by the publisher via Netgalley.