IN THE BLOOD (A Genealogical Crime Mystery) - Steve Robinson

[Steve Robinson]

Hello,

Please take a look at my debut novel IN THE BLOOD (A Genealogical Crime Mystery). It's available for all eBook readers and is now also in paperback.

** Featured in Amazon UK's 'Best Books of 2011'. A Top 100 Kindle Customer Favourite **


Here's the description:

Family history was never supposed to be like this…

A dark genealogical secret locked in the past. A family historian trying against the odds to unlock it.

When American genealogist, Jefferson Tayte, accepted his latest assignment, he had no idea it might kill him. But while murder was never part of the curriculum, he is kidding himself if he thinks he can walk away from this one.

Driven by the all-consuming irony of being a genealogist who doesn’t know who his own parents are, Tayte soon finds that the assignment shares a stark similarity to his own struggle. Someone has gone to great lengths to erase an entire family bloodline from recorded history and he’s not going home until he’s found out why. After all, if he’s not good enough to find this family, how can he ever expect to be good enough to someday find his own?

Set in Cornwall, England, past and present, Tayte's research centres around the tragic life of a young Cornish girl, a writing box, and the discovery of a dark family secret that he believes will lead him to the family he is looking for. Trouble is, someone else is looking for the same answers and they will stop at nothing to find them.

BOOK CLUBS
Chosen by Goodreads UK Kindle Forum as book of the month for August 2011.
Voted book club reading choice for November 2011 by the Kindle Users Forum.

REVIEW HIGHLIGHTS
- This is a great, cleverly-written book by an author with a descriptive style that is really much better than we have any right to expect from a narrative thriller. Matt James 8 Nov 2011
- I came across this book via the UK Kindle Users Forum where I saw it nominated for November's Book Club read. One of the best books I've read this year. Phil 6 Nov 2011
- It is a fantastic début book from a brilliant writer. Sujay 12 Oct 2011
- This author has written a début novel of such quality it stands up easily among best selling main stream authors. Mrs S.A.Blane 14 Sep 2011
- This has got to be one of my all time favourite crime novels. Neil E. 1 Sep 2011
- Steve Robinson's début novel is a tour de force. Val Roberts 12 Aug 2011
- The combination of genealogy research, heavenly setting, believable, witty dialogue and cliff-hanging action created one bang-up read. Marcia Pitts 12 Aug 2011
- If you want a great mystery that thrills right to the end, you cannot choose better than In The Blood. G.Robbins 4 Aug 2011
- I highly recommend this book, one of the best thrillers I've read. Stewart Watkiss 4 Aug 2011
- Well written and fast paced. So fast sometimes I had to catch my breath. Seaholly 31 Juy 2011
- A book you will read, recommend and keep to read again. P E 26 July 2011

[covingtoncat73]

Okay. I bit. I like genealogy and, while I know who my parents and grandparents are, there is a bit of a mystery about my paternal great-grandfather as he and that great-grandmother weren't married and, since they produced my paternal grandfather, that is the side whose last name I have. Otherwise, I know to at least greatx2s and, in the case of the Creole French side (there were in Louisiana the longest, so more records here), to greatx5. Anyway, the book sounds interesting!

[Pablo]

Looks interesting. Found it at Smashwords.
Good luck

[Steve Robinson]

Thanks for dropping in, covingtoncat73. There aren't many genealogists taking lead roles in fiction, so this offers something a little different for mystery and thriller lovers. It's being very well received. I have a series planned and I'm working on the sequel now, which was inspired by secrets in my own family history.

[Steve Robinson]

Originally Posted by Pablo

Looks interesting. Found it at Smashwords.
Good luck

Thanks Pablo.