Lineage Most Lethal
An Ancestry Detective Mystery
Reeks: Ancestry Detective
S. C. Perkins
- In
- S.
- C.
- Perkins's
- Lineage
- Most
- Lethal,
-
- the
- captivating
- second
- mystery
- in
- the
- Ancestry
- Detective
- series,
- Texas
- genealogist
- Lucy
- Lancaster
- grapples
- with
- a
- mystery
- rooted
- in
- World
- War
- II
- and
- espionage.It's
- the
- week
- before
- New
- Year's
- Eve
- and
- genealogist
- Lucy
- Lancaster
- is
- ready
- to
- mix
- work
- and
- play
- at
- the
- beautiful
- Hotel
- Sutton,
- enjoying
- herself
- while
- finalizing
- the
- presentation
- for
- her
- latest
- client,
- hotel
- heiress
- Pippa
- Sutton.Freshly
- arrived
- at
- the
- hotel—and
- determined
- not
- to
- think
- about
- Special
- Agent
- Ben
- Turner,
- who
- went
- radio
- silent
- on
- her
- after
- one
- date—Lucy
- is
- stopped
- in
- her
- tracks
- when
- a
- strange
- man
- comes
- staggering
- toward
- her.
- She
- barely
- has
- time
- to
- notice
- his
- weak,
- sweaty
- appearance
- before
- he
- presses
- a
- classic
- Montblanc
- pen
- onto
- her
- hand,
- gasps,
- “Keep
- them
- safe,”
- and
- collapses
- at
- her
- feet,
- dead.When
- Lucy
- shows
- the
- fountain
- pen
- to
- her
- grandfather,
- an
- avid
- collector
- and
- World
- War
- II
- veteran,
- she’s
- in
- for
- another
- shock.
- Not
- only
- does
- Grandpa
- recognize
- the
- Montblanc,
- he
- also
- reveals
- a
- secret:
- he
- was
- an
- Allied
- spy
- during
- the
- war
- and
- the
- pen
- is
- both
- a
- message
- regarding
- one
- of
- his
- wartime
- missions
- and
- the
- key
- to
- reading
- a
- microdot
- left
- by
- the
- dead
- man.On
- the
- microdot
- is
- a
- series
- of
- ciphers,
- some
- decrypted
- to
- form
- names.
- Could
- they
- be
- the
- descendants
- of
- Grandpa’s
- fellow
- spies?
- When
- two
- from
- the
- list
- end
- up
- murdered—including
- the
- chef
- at
- the
- Hotel
- Sutton—and
- Grandpa’s
- life
- is
- put
- in
- jeopardy,
- Lucy’s
- sure
- she’s
- right.
- And
- with
- Lucy’s
- and
- Pippa’s
- names
- possibly
- on
- the
- list,
- too,
- she’s
- got
- to
- uncover
- the
- past
- to
- protect
- those
- in
- the
- present.With
- a
- secret
- Allied
- mission,
- old
- grievances,
- and
- traitors
- hiding
- behind
- every
- corner,
- Lucy
- must
- use
- her
- research
- skills
- to
- trace
- the
- list’s
- World
- War
- II
- ancestors
- and
- connect
- the
- dots
- to
- find
- a
- killer
- in
- their
- midst—a
- killer
- who’s
- determined
- to
- make
- sure
- some
- lineages
- end
- once
- and
- for all.
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