Lineage Most Lethal

An Ancestry Detective Mystery

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  • 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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