Customer Reviews

Tangled Roots

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This is the first book I have read by Mrs. Vandagriff and I loved it! The storyline was intriguing and entertaining and the characters have caused me to find the rest of her books!

I would say this is a must-read for lovers of family history, a good mystery, or a sweet romance.

This is a great book. I should know because I'm married to the author.

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I read this book in July and loved every ounce of it!!!! Since I am a Genealgy buff myself, reading mysteries is right up my alley. Even though Alex and Briggie, along with her mom and cousin, had to use ancient methods of doing their detecting, it was great!!! Since I know GG, We can all look forward to more from Alex and Briggie. Thanks, GG!!! I loved the ending,as Alex is always very clever with her weapons. If you're into Genealogy and researching your roots, this series of three is just for you!!!

That it is all in the genes is certainly true as professional genealogist Alexandra Campbell and her loyal partner in genealogical detection, Briggie, solve yet another murder that has its roots in family secrets. Third in G.G. Vandagriff's murder mystery series, "Of Deadly Descent," "Tangled Roots" is the story of murder in the family line of steel magnate William Williams and his complicated descendants. Alexandra and Briggie are on the job as they race to discover his family tree which will reveal "who done it."

The thrill in G.G. Vandagriff's mystery novels is as much in her cast of characters as it is in her story lines. Alexandra heart has flip flopped between Charles and Daniel, two complete opposites in the world of male attractivness, and the unsolved mystery of whom Alexandra will finally choose will ensure continued interest in her series. The ongoing friendship between Briggie and Alexandra and the complexities of Alexandra's family life are as intriguing and tangled as the murders themselves. As in all good mystery series, I find myself reading as much for the ongoing story of the characters as for the detection plots. I eagerly await Book Number Four.

This was a good book, but too many characters. I couldn't leave it and come back without going back a few paragraphs to remind me where I was.
The genograms were not very clear because of all the characters. It was very much tangled roots.

At first when I started reading this book I thought of it not being very enjoyable. Not very much was going on and every thing was going pretty slowly. I have also read another book of his "The Arthurian Omen" and that book started off extremely slowly also. But the way G.G. Vandagriff works is that something starts off fairly small but works and works its way up to a big action story! That is the way this book is. After getting to page 100 or so, I just could not put it down and I would read it for hours on end. The way everything ties together is so simple yet elegant. It will keep the reader wanting more and more. The ending would be the part that I didn't like the most. It ends by saying "And the rest they say is history" .Who ends a book like that really!!!! I mean they don't even find this one girl, which is one of the super important characters. Which really ticked me off. For that is what gave it four stars instead of five. The rest of the book was great. And each page that I turned there was a new adventure or they would figure out a riddle of some sort. And that is what I believe kept me reading. The characters in the book each have a great and interesting personality. Which adds a sense of excitement while reading. Briggie, for example is a getter done kind of person while she likes to also think things out and carry a deer-hunting gun around. (That was probably what I liked the best out of her). And Alex was a more slow and thoughtful person that loved romance but did not enjoy being romantic with someone else. And Charles is a "Hunk" per say, which all the girls are in love with except for Alex, which is the only person he really likes and adores. But she does not love him. Which pretty much ruins everything. (By the way I wrote that for all the girls out there. Because im not really into the whole romance thing myself. ' ) The way they all tie together and somehow get along is beyond me. But it happens and that is what keeps so many readers hooked to the book, it's not the story that makes it a good book it's always the character, this is what I believe G.G Vandagriff excelled at the most. I also love the suspenseful stories. But on the contrary this book did not very many suspenseful parts in it. Although there were but a few I extremely enjoyed the book. The whole thing that they were genealogists trying to uncover a murder just really sealed the deal on this book. Overall I thought it was a pretty good book and I would surely recommend it to people who like this kind of book. I would also suggest it to people that are genealogists who like to read. Overall a fantastic book.

Love this Authors work, wow! Once you start you will be hooked on finding everything ever written by this author,consider yourself warned! This is better then chocolate and alot more fun then movies!

My used book purchase appeared to be a new book. It is a murder mystery, I never bought into it and did not care who the killer was.