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The Butcher's Daughter: A Foundlings Novel by Wendy Corsi Staub
4.0
I received a complimentary copy of THE BUTCHER’S DAUGTHER by Wendy Corsi Staub. Thank you to William Morrow Books!
THE BUTCHER’S DAUGHTER is the third book in The Foundlings trilogy which follows investigative genealogist Amelia Crenshaw. In this installment, the case is more personal as Amelia begins to investigate her own biological history to uncover the identities of her birth parents while helping NYPD Detective Stockton Barnes find the daughter he left behind long ago, presumably for her own good. Each has secrets to uncover and others have more sinister objectives in mind when it comes to uncovering those secrets or keeping them hidden.
Southern California just finally had an almost fall-ish day yesterday, so of course today seems like the appropriate time to post probably my most summer-ish picture of the year, but this book is perfect for the transition from a gripping summer beach read into fall’s dark and tangled thrillers. The author does a great job of intertangling the lives and histories of Stockton and Amelia and doling out clues that keep you wanting to know more.
There were a lot of characters to keep track of initially between present day and back in time in the family tree, so it did take me a bit to settle into the story, but I think the author did a good job of keeping the reader on track with who was who as the story progressed. Once I really settled into it, I really enjoyed it!
I actually did not realize that this was the third in a series when I first picked it up, and I think it worked well as a standalone since I had not read the previous two books. That said, given the synopsis I had expected to hear a bit more about Amelia’s investigations into genealogies, but I suspect that may have come up more in the previous books where this book was more focused on the action that came out of what she learned. This book did deliver on the action, with twists and turns that kept me flying through the pages.
THE BUTCHER’S DAUGHTER is the third book in The Foundlings trilogy which follows investigative genealogist Amelia Crenshaw. In this installment, the case is more personal as Amelia begins to investigate her own biological history to uncover the identities of her birth parents while helping NYPD Detective Stockton Barnes find the daughter he left behind long ago, presumably for her own good. Each has secrets to uncover and others have more sinister objectives in mind when it comes to uncovering those secrets or keeping them hidden.
Southern California just finally had an almost fall-ish day yesterday, so of course today seems like the appropriate time to post probably my most summer-ish picture of the year, but this book is perfect for the transition from a gripping summer beach read into fall’s dark and tangled thrillers. The author does a great job of intertangling the lives and histories of Stockton and Amelia and doling out clues that keep you wanting to know more.
There were a lot of characters to keep track of initially between present day and back in time in the family tree, so it did take me a bit to settle into the story, but I think the author did a good job of keeping the reader on track with who was who as the story progressed. Once I really settled into it, I really enjoyed it!
I actually did not realize that this was the third in a series when I first picked it up, and I think it worked well as a standalone since I had not read the previous two books. That said, given the synopsis I had expected to hear a bit more about Amelia’s investigations into genealogies, but I suspect that may have come up more in the previous books where this book was more focused on the action that came out of what she learned. This book did deliver on the action, with twists and turns that kept me flying through the pages.