But what if no such avenue of research is available? What if someone were to find that their past simply didn’t exist? Despite the fact that Peter Coldrick has no family and no family tree, his past does catch up with him in a way that sets Morton Farrier on a course of investigation that led to places that neither he nor the reader could possibly expect. The past holds all sorts of mysteries for those who enjoy researching their family tree. The plots need more believability and they need a new narrator. After all was done I spent some time wondering why on earth any upper class British family would be ruthlessly killing people to cover up the Nazi sympathizer leanings of the family from World War II - over 80 years ago? What’s more they conveniently left a complete written file of their involvement sitting on an open shelf in their library? I love the genealogy involvement and the quality of the writing but the characters need more development and more humanity. I actually listened to the last couple of chapters twice to see if i’d missed something. The very convoluted plot was difficult to follow. The narrator added to the problem with his flat unemotional voice. However the two main characters, purported to be in a long term relationship, were so lacking in emotion or humor that it was difficult imagine them as a couple. The genealogy research portions of the book were quite believable and explained well. I’m a genealogist so I was really looking forward to this book.
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