Publisher Description

Genealogy-enthusiast Suzie Fewings and her family are on a family-history trip to Saddlers Wood Farm when they hear a gunshot ringing out. The local farmer and his wife, Philip and Eileen, seem strangely agitated and upset, and direct them to a ruined cottage in the wood ...where Suzie gets the strangest feeling she's being watched. Two days later, they hear that Eileen has been shot dead and her husband arrested. Suzie is convinced there is more to this than meets the eye, and she and her family investigate. But the police seem uninterested in their findings, and Suzie soon begins to feel as if wherever she goes there is someone watching her ...

Author Biography

Fay Sampson, three-time nominee for "The Guardian" Children's Fiction Prize, is the author of many books, including the Pangur Ban Celtic Fantasies "Shape-Shifter," "Pangur Ban the White Cat," "Finnglas of the Horses," and "Finnglas and the Stones of Choosing,"

Review

A good choice for genealogists and cozy lovers." Booklist "Genealogy buffs will appreciate how the protagonist's inherent curiosity about her past morphs into amateur detecting. Low-key, almost cozy, and great for readers who enjoy family ensemble casts." Library Journal

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"Genealogy buffs will appreciate how the protagonist's inherent curiosity about her past morphs into amateur detecting. Low-key, almost cozy, and great for readers who enjoy family ensemble casts."

Promotional "Headline"

Genealogy-enthusiast Suzie Fewings gets mixed up in a murder that seems like a domestic - but is there more to it than meets the eye?

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