I previously
read book 3 in this series and met Jillian Duffy, whose business is to do
genealogical research for others, including estate lawyers. Her father Nolan, is an attorney and amateur
chef who is quite the celebrity in their little mountain town in Colorado. In this story Nolan is working to help Tisha
Crowder, a troubled teen facing community service for a shoplifting charge. Nolan is to keep an eye on the process and he
asks Jillian to let Tisha work for her doing filing etc. Jillian is researching a situation where in
the early 1900s many babies were stolen from their families and adopted
out. Even though most of the parents
were now deceased, families were wanting to find their missing family members
still and some of those children that were kidnapped are still alive and
searching for their family history. Jillian is working with others to try to
find as many of these histories as she can.
The problem is the girl doesn’t want to be here and doesn’t do a good
job of sorting and filing, causing Jillian a lot of checking and redoing at
night. Meanwhile, this story goes back
and forth with the story of a merchant from their town in the late 1800s whose
silver mines were closed because of the price dropping out on silver. The story of this family becomes part of some
research Jillian is doing and is very interesting.
The previous book I read started out a little confusing, but this time I fully understood what was happening and was immediately drawn into the characters and the subject. This one was a page turner. I recommend it to anyone who is interested in genealogy, Colorado history, or just a good read.
I have
voluntarily reviewed a complimentary copy of this book which I received from
NetGalley. All views expressed are only
my honest opinion.
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