Both find themselves with a multiple-murder on their hands! Use the clues provided, including family charts, to help them solve the mystery! Even professional genealogists will enjoy this unique challenge!
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Genealogy, genetics and keen detective work mesh effectively, if ponderously, in this first novel set on isolated Fogge Island off the New England coast. Mort Sinclair is a respected genealogist and lawyer, hired as a consultant by the state police who think his particular expertise in exploring family histories will help them solve three cyanide poisonings in the island's prominent and densely interrelated Gorges family. (Ample genealogical charts are provided to aid the reader in tracing the byzantine family connections.) When more, puzzling murders are committed, Sinclair's astute detective work with library and courthouse documents reveals nasty, long-hidden family secrets: the island's respected doctor is up to his elbows in deceitful practices; the Gorges family fortune was made unscrupulously; and, astonishingly enough, two babies were switched at birth. Sinclair works closely with Sergeant Priscilla Booth, a witty, bright and capable officer who proves to be a relentless though diplomatic interrogator. Their quietly romantic relationship lends strength and continuity to a book overly burdened with complex entanglements and labored explanations. This is the first fiction title for Ancestry Inc.
Copyright 1989 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1989 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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Use the clues provided, including family charts, to help solve this fictional mystery by genealogist Stratton!
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16 of 17 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great mystery by a professional genealogist.,
By A Customer
This review is from: Killing Cousins (Mort Sinclair Mysteries) (Hardcover)
I read this book when it was first published. As a true mystery fan (and amateur genealogist) I was not expecting such a puzzler. I can usually figure out 'whodunit' before the final few pages 80% of the time. This one kept me guessing all the way. I wish Gene Stratton would write several more of these Mort Sinclair mysteries.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Unique and fascinating mystery; wonderful who-dun-it,
By Ginger Ann (USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Killing Cousins (Mort Sinclair Mysteries) (Hardcover)
I greatly enjoyed this book. The plot involves both genealogy and genetics - and I didn't have a clue who the killer was. This was a marvelous and very different who-dun-it; highly unique, and very enjoyable. I strongly recommend it.
8 of 13 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Classical mystery story for people enjoying problem-solving,
By A Customer
This review is from: Killing Cousins (Mort Sinclair Mysteries) (Hardcover)
KILLING COUSINS by Gene Stratton, published by Ancestry, Inc.is a classical Agatha Christie-style tale brimming over with suspects and clues (Kirkus Service called it "a prime example of the bygone, ever-so-civilized mystery"). The detectives are a middle-aged savant and a vivacious younger woman who mesh beautifully as they solve a series of murders on an isolated island where everyone is related to everyone else. The story educates and entertains against a background of genealogy and genetics. The fact that the author is my husband doesn't interfere with my complete objectivity in this review in any way. Ginger Stratton
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