Lineage Most Lethal is the second mystery novel in the Ancestry Detective series by S. C. Perkins.
Lucy Lancaster grapples with a mystery rooted in World War II and espionage.
It was New Year’s Eve, and genealogist Lucy Lancaster was getting ready to mix work and play at the beautiful Sutton Hotel. herself while finalizing a presentation for her latest client, hotel heiress Pippa Sutton.
Having just arrived at the hotel – and determined not to think about Agent Ben Turner, who turned off the radio with her after a date – Lucy stopped when a strange man staggered toward her. She barely had time to notice his weak, sweaty appearance before he pressed the vintage Montblanc pen into her hand, gasped, “Keep them safe,” and collapsed beneath her. her feet, dead.
Lucy hands the fountain pen to her grandfather, an avid collector and World War II veteran, and is shocked again. Grandpa not only recognizes Montblanc, but reveals a secret: He was an Allied spy during the war, and the pen is both a message regarding one of his wartime missions and the key. key to read a small dot left by the dead.
On the microdot is a series of ciphers, some of which are decoded to form names. Descendants of grandfather’s fellow spies? When two people on the list are murdered – including the chef at the Sutton Hotel – and his grandfather’s life is threatened, Lucy is sure she was right. Lucy and Pippa’s names may also be on the list, she must explore the past to protect those in the present.
A secret Allied mission, with old grievances and traitors behind every nook and cranny, Lucy must use her research skills to track down the World War II ancestry on the list and end her life. Connect the dots to find the killer in their midst – a killer determined to ensure some lineage ends once and for all.
