Shortly after the birth of her third child, genealogist Torie O'Shea finds herself more than ready to get back to work. So when she's asked to write a biography of the late Catherine Finch, a famed 30s jazz singer who was a resident of the small town of New Kassel, Missouri, where Torie lives and se
Rett MacPherson - Torie O'Shea 01 - Family Skeletons
โ Scribed by MacPherson, Rett
- Book ID
- 109153787
- Publisher
- St. Martin's Press
- Year
- 1997
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 123 KB
- Series
- Torie O'Shea 1
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN
- 0312966024
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
โฆ Synopsis
As resident genealogist, historian, tour guide, and occasional amateur snoop, Victory "Torie" O'Shea can be found anywhere in the historic German town of New Kassel, Missouri๏ฟฝmixing fudge, giving tours, tracing family trees, and even investigating murder.
When shopowner Norah Zumwalt asks Torie for help in piecing together her family lineage to find her missing father, Torie cheerfully agrees. But before Torie delivers her results, Norah is brutally murdered. Now Torie must use her formidable skills at prying into the past๏ฟฝand the human heart๏ฟฝto solve a case of passionate secrets and betrayal.
But as the Mississippi floods, she may be in deep trouble when evidence of another killing surfaces๏ฟฝand Torie comes face to face with a family skeleton that will chill her to the bone.
๐ SIMILAR VOLUMES
When a drought hits the tiny river town of New Kassel, Missouri, 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 an
Torie O'Shea has her hands full. Aside from her new duties as president of the Historical Society in New Kassel, Missouri, and her interest in genealogy, she's having a new house built, coordinating the town's Oktoberfest, and coping with her teenage daughter who's beginning to date. Then at the req
When genealogist Torie O'Shea returns home to New Kassell, Missouri, from a vacation in Minnesota, she finds two surprises: first, her mother-in-law is coming to town, and second, her mentor and boss, Sylvia, has finally passed away at the age of 102. Grief-stricken and further distressed by her mot
A ten-hour car trip with your 80-year-old grandmother is never much fun, especially if you're seven months pregnant. But when Torie O'Shea's longtime family friend Clarissa Hart Campbell insists that she and Grandma Gert come for a visit at her West Virginia boarding house, they just can't say no to
The December annual O'Shea family reunion is just kicking off when genealogist and town historian Torie O'Shea discovers a bad apple in her family tree. Someone has sent her several newspaper clippings reporting a 50-year-old unsolved murder. The dead man is her great-grandfather๏ฟฝshot on his own fro