From the back cover: "With grown-up kids and a husband always on the road, Katherine Murray's nest would be empty if it weren't for her aunt Lucy - until the elderly woman dies. Now Katherine's saddled with her aunt's worldly belongings - mostly knickknacks destined for the dumpster. But there's a priceless celtic necklace among the dross - and a diary written in German, neither of which Katherine's ever seen before.
Determined to find out where these objects came from, Katherine unwittingly discovers a branch of her family tree she never knew existed - namely Aunt Lucy's brother Carter, murdered more than fifty years ago after a mysterious trip to Austria. And when Lucy's artifacts are stolen, and the main suspect turns up dead, Katherine realizes she must solve a burglary and two unsolved homicides separated by a half-century...before more than her family secrets end up dead and buried."
This was a good mystery and I hope there will be a sequel to it. I do like Patricia Sprinkle's other series, although it is quite different from this one.

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Hope you enjoy this one eicuthbertson.

A family tree mystery - great! Thank you for thinking of me.