Book Review: Grave Misgivings

Reviewed By: Carol Schwaderer Dickinson - RAM

[5 stars]

Grave Misgivings Amazon US PB Amazon Canada PB
Kate Gallison
Class/Genre: Mystery Cozy Religious Fiction Woman Main Character
Series: Mother Lavinia Gray # 3
Dell/Random House 1998 US $ 5.99 245 pages

As a genealogist I am always delighted to find another entry into the extremely small collection of mysteries with any genealogical theme. Nothing on the back cover gave me a clue a genealogical search was the primary theme. What a delightful surprise.

Mother Lavinia Gray stumbles across a son and granddaughter attempting to bury a deceased woman's ashes with her husband Mr. Smith. An un-locateable grave and missing gravestones and multiple Mr. Smith's leads them through a complicated decades old mystery with several twists.

Within the genealogy sub-genre this is a winner, very realistic in terms of the search experience. There was also a lot of character development in this one. I got to know Mother Gray and Dave Dogg a lot better.

Carol Schwaderer Dickinson - RAM

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