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Synopsis:
In Rett MacPherson’s charming cozy mysteries,
genealogist Torie O’Shea always seems to be right in
the middle of it all in the goings-on in New Kassel,
Missouri. When a drought hits the tiny river town and the
depth of the mighty Mississippi lowers, Torie is one of the
first on the scene to see what the water has revealed: the
decades-old wreckage of a riverboat. Soon, the rumors that
surrounded its sinking have resurfaced as well and are
swirling all over town, most notably about the existence of a
cache of diamonds thought to be on board that was never
recovered. Before long, a trove of treasure seekers flocks to
town, and inevitably, tragedy strikes amid the feverish
competition of the treasure hunt.
Meanwhile, Torie is staggered by another discovery---the
existence of a half sister she never knew she had. Shocked
and surprised, she looks around for a distraction, and
decides to dig into what really caused the wreck, as well as
the location of the missing diamonds. All in all, the
combination of personal intrigue and cold-blooded murder
makes Blood Relations a sparkling addition to a terrific
mystery series.
Publishers Weekly:
Old secrets are brought to light when a drought hits the
small town of New Kassel, Mo., the setting for
MacPherson's sixth delightful Torie O'Shea mystery
(after 2002's Killing Cousins). As the river goes down,
the bones of the wreck of the steamboat Phantom are revealed,
and soon the old stories of a cache of diamonds that went
down with the ship in 1919 are drawing visitors to town.
Among the curious are a slick television reporter and his
cameraman and a team from a nearby junior college, who claim
to be working on a documentary about the wreck. As an
authority on local history and genealogy, Torie is naturally
interested in the mystery, and when a murderer strikes, Torie
and her friend, another reporter, are the first to find the
body. While Torie digs for the truth, she's also dealing
with the discovery that she has a half-sister, a fact that
her charming and feckless father has neglected to tell her.
Weaving the story and the characters into the believable
minutiae of small-town life, MacPherson provides a stellar
example of the traditional cozy. Copyright 2003 Reed Business
Information, Inc.
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