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Daughter of Deceit (Family Tree Mysteries, No. 3) Kindle Edition

by Patricia Sprinkle (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
4.3 4.3 out of 5 stars 75 ratings
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Katharine Murray's elegant Atlanta home has been viciously vandalized! She's prepared to devote all her time to getting it back in tip-top shape—until she meets Bara Weidenauer. Once a picture-perfect socialite, Bara has fallen on some hard times. Her husband, Foley, has hightailed it out of their marriage, and she's convinced he'll try to take her for every penny she's got. While scouring her house for anything of value to hide from her greedy ex, Bara finds a box of military medals that once belonged to her father, a beloved war hero. Eager to know the story behind these precious trinkets, she enlists Katharine's help.

But as Katharine digs deeper into Weidenauer family history, she discovers that everything Bara believed about her father may have been a lie. And when Foley is found shot to death, Bara's world turns to complete chaos. It's up to Katharine to expose this family's secrets from the past and the present . . . or the future will be very grim indeed.

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    978-0060819835
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    William Morrow Paperbacks
  4. Publication date
    September 18, 2008
  5. Book 3 of 3
    Family Tree Mysteries
  6. Language
    English
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“This mystery keeps you turning each page in suspense….I can’t wait for the next adventurous mystery!”

About the Author

Patricia Sprinkle grew up in North Carolina and Florida, graduated from Vassar College, and afterwards spent a year writing in the Scottish Highlands. She has been writing mysteries full time since 1988, and currently lives in Smyrna, Georgia, a suburb of Atlanta. She and her husband have two grown sons. When she is not writing, Patricia is active in advocacy for abused, neglected, and deprived children.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B001ANUOY8
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ William Morrow Paperbacks (September 18, 2008)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ September 18, 2008
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 4785 KB
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 370 pages
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.3 4.3 out of 5 stars 75 ratings

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Like to gamble? Read one of my twenty humorous southern mysteries! Written in the tradition of Agatha Christie, Ngaio Marsh, or Patricia Wentworth, they are strong in plot as well as character, with all the clues you need to solve them. In each of my mystery series, though, I am wagering you can't solve the mystery before my female amateur sleuth. Want to bet you can? Let me know if you succeed.

Raised in the South and spending most of my life there, I love mild winters, sweet tea, Coca-Cola, warm beaches, and strong women. I also love children and helping make this a better world for them. That's why my mysteries, novels, and even non-fiction combine these ingredients. Set in the contemporary south, my fiction depicts women growing stronger as they deal with issues such as caregiving, widowhood, divorce, alcoholism, drugs, and abuse. In Hold Up the Sky, as four women with dark secrets can produce together in a steaming Georgia kitchen, they discover that true strength comes not from independence but from interdependence. In Carley's Song, as young Carley Marshall comes of age in a North Carolina preacher's home, she learns there are many kinds of love, not all of them kind.

But southerners love humor, too, so pirate skeletons tumble out of a family closet in Sins of the Fathers. A former boyfriend shows up to complicate MacLaren Yarbrough's marriage in When Will the Dead Lady Sing? In Murder in the Charleston Manner, a woman is murdered in her own side yard because Charlestonians are too polite to look out their northside windows. In Who Invited the Dead Man?, a body is discovered behind a screen at newly-appointed Judge MacLaren Yarbrough's party just after she has ordered the police chief, "Don't look back there. I put up that screen to hide things I don't want seen."

Women Who Do Too Much and Children Who Do Too Little (non-fiction) both are practical , sometimes humorous guides to reducing stress for women and teaching practical household skills to children.

And Our Cherished Things is a book in which to record your own cherished possessions and the stories that make them special. One woman described it: "Where I'm telling the kids what not to put in my estate sale, and why."

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5.0 out of 5 stars Another Sprinkle Winner
Reviewed in the United States on February 4, 2024
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The intrepid Katherine again stars in a sensitive story of family. The action crackles, the tensions are real and heart-breaking, and by the end order in the universe is restored and Katherine’s husband Tom is finally beginning to appreciate the fine woman he married who is finally standing up for herself. The writing is strong with an appealing layer of humor. I hope there is another one?
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4.0 out of 5 stars Who shot Foley?
Reviewed in the United States on March 25, 2019
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Easy read, clean, cozy murder mystery with a small amount of genealogy thrown in. This is book 3. Family can be murder!
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3.0 out of 5 stars Three Stars
Reviewed in the United States on June 21, 2017
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Not as good as earlier books by this author.
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Karen S. Lebeter
5.0 out of 5 stars Mystery about a WW2 hero and his society daughter
Reviewed in the United States on April 10, 2015
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At times it appears to be 1st person narrative, with quoted statements, but overall it is third person with the characters thoughts revealed. This is a murder mystery with a bit more violence than her other books, but would be suitable for older teens. I really like mysteries that are guessing games until the last of the book. She is an excellent writer. You really get to know the characters. In each of her books is some information regarding genealogy or family history. You might just learn some new things or skills after reading this. If you are into genealogy, you will probably love this book. A fast read with few to no printing or editing errors. Makes you realize that families don't always open up and tell the whole truth about the other famiy members.
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Micknan
4.0 out of 5 stars Great read
Reviewed in the United States on June 6, 2017
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Its fascinating to watch Katharine's emerging independence & to eavesdrop, in a sense, of her thoughts & feelings as she grows. And solves mysteries on the side.
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Karen
5.0 out of 5 stars Sprinkle's characters become my good friends!
Reviewed in the United States on September 24, 2011
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I began reading Patricia Sprinkle's books when she was writing the Sheila Travis series (loved it....great plots and humor!). I then introduced myself to McLauren Yarbrough and visited her often in that series (truly wonderful!!!!). Loving history and genealogy, I knew this series was right up my alley.....and it is! Sprinkle's characters become good friends of mine. They are real, and I enjoy visiting them so much. I highly recommend all three series to any cozy mystery lover.
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Elizabeth A. Crean
4.0 out of 5 stars Liked it a lot
Reviewed in the United States on July 10, 2015
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Another good solid mystery in this series. I like the way Patricia Sprinkle weaves the stories of the past and how relationships are such a product of that past
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5.0 out of 5 stars Family History & Detectives combined great
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 18, 2009
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Great series of books, especially if interested in Family History & Detective Stories (which somehow go hand in hand for me), Cannot wait for more to be written. If you enjoyed this read the 2 Dan Waddell books they too are great!
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