18 must-read mystery books like The Accidental Archivist by Angela Bier

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The Accidental Archivist

By: Angela Bier

4.35

Format: 277 pages, Kindle Edition

Fifty-something Kathleen used 23andme to identify her biological mother, who is rumored to have a c…

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1. Hiding the Past (The Forensic Genealogist #1)

By: Nathan Dylan Goodwin

3.69

Format: 355 pages,

Peter Coldrick had no past; that was the conclusion drawn by years of personal and professional res… read more

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2. Clamhunger Row (Maze Investigations - The Genealogy Detectives Book 8)

By: M.K. Jones

4.56

Format: 294 pages, Kindle Edition

In 1849, at the height of the Great Hunger in Ireland, three cousins, Ellen, Peg and Norrie have lo… read more

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  • mystery
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3. The Missing Father (Jayne Sinclair Genealogical Mystery #7)

By: M.J. Lee

4.54

Format: 314 pages, Kindle Edition

Alice Taylor was adopted in 1942 when she was three years old. Her adoptive parents never told her … read more

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  • mystery
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4. The Irish Convict (Jayne Sinclair Genealogical Mystery #8)

By: M.J. Lee

4.50

Format: 287 pages, Kindle Edition

While she is visiting Australia, Jayne Sinclair, investigative genealogist, is asked to research on… read more

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  • mystery
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5. The Deserter's Tale (The Forensic Genealogist, #10)

By: Nathan Dylan Goodwin

4.47

Format: 156 pages, Kindle Edition

When forensic genealogist Morton Farrier accepted an invitation to travel to Salt LakeCity, Utah, t… read more

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  • mystery
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6. All Gone: The Curiosity Club of St Foy

By: M.K. Jones

4.40

Format: 330 pages, Paperback

At a reunion of old school pupils and friends, recently retired Belle Harrington overhears a story … read more

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7. Buried Secrets: Looking for Frank and Ida

By: Anne Hanson

4.36

Format: 372 pages, Paperback

WHEN ANNE HANSON’S DAD FIRST ASKED her to investigate the secret past of his parents, little did sh… read more

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  • mystery
  • nonfiction
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8. DNA Never Lies: You kept a secret for sixty years. It won't be secret much longer

By: Sue George

4.17

Format: 340 pages, Kindle Edition

You paid the price for wanting what you couldn't have. Now DNA tests threaten to expose what you sp… read more

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9. The Reluctant Chartist (Maze Investigations, #7)

By: M.K. Jones

4.42

Format: 312 pages, Kindle Edition

On the night of the great Chartist uprising and march to Newport, South Wales, in November 1839, a … read more

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  • mystery
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10. Family Secrets: Ellie McLellan Genealogy Mystery - Book 1

By: Beth Farrar

4.12

Format: 249 pages, Kindle Edition

What would you do to keep your family safe?Widowed genealogist Ellie McLellan has spent years heali… read more

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  • mystery
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11. Family Christmas: Ellie McLellan Genealogy Mystery - Book 5

By: Beth Farrar

4.40

Format: 204 pages, Kindle Edition

Family feuds can be triggered by different factors, including misunderstandings, pride, greed, and … read more

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12. Family Crimes: Ellie McLellan Genealogy Mystery - Book 4

By: Beth Farrar

4.33

Format: 194 pages, Kindle Edition

Is “Better Late Than Never” a thing—or a huge mistake?When genealogist Ellie McLellan’s Aunt Norma … read more

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  • mystery
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13. The Scourge of the Skua (Esme Quentin Mystery Book 5)

By: Wendy Percival

4.44

Format: 447 pages, Kindle Edition

When obsession from the past is unleashed upon the presentThe discovery of a 100-year-old murder in… read more

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14. The Chester Creek Murders (Venator Cold Case Series Book 1)

By: Nathan Dylan Goodwin

4.56

Format: 277 pages, Kindle Edition

When Detective Clayton Tyler is tasked with reviewing the formidable archives of unsolved homicides… read more

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  • mystery
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15. The Sawtooth Slayer (Venator Cold Case Series #2)

By: Nathan Dylan Goodwin

4.62

Format: 348 pages, ebook

April 2020, Twin Falls, Idaho. A serial killer is on the loose. A nameless man is kidnapping young … read more

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  • mystery
Cover of Revelation: A Memoir of Deep Family Secrets, Discovery, and Identity by Richard Gary Kaye

16. Revelation: A Memoir of Deep Family Secrets, Discovery, and Identity

By: Richard Gary Kaye

4.10

Format: 300 pages, Kindle Edition

Richard (Rick) Gary Kaye’s intimate memoir is a riveting story about a devastating family secret hi… read more

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  • nonfiction
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17. Three Times Removed (Maze Investigations #1)

By: M.K. Jones

4.33

Format: 349 pages, Kindle Edition

Maggie Gilbert and her children, Jack and Alice, live a pretty normal life. That is, until Maggie s… read more

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  • mystery
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18. The Christmas Carol (Jayne Sinclair Genealogical Mystery #6.5)

By: M.J. Lee

4.50

Format: 177 pages, Kindle Edition

When an antique dealer asks Jayne Sinclair, genealogical investigator, to discover the provenance o… read more

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  • mystery
Cover of Family Promises: Ellie McLellan Genealogy Mystery - Book 3 by Beth Farrar

19. Family Promises: Ellie McLellan Genealogy Mystery - Book 3

By: Beth Farrar

4.40

Format: 205 pages, Kindle Edition

We’ve all jokingly muttered at one point in time, “I wish I had a rich relative somewhere…”. Be c… read more

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  • mystery
Cover of Family Mistakes: Ellie McLellan Genealogy Mystery - Book 2 by Beth Farrar

20. Family Mistakes: Ellie McLellan Genealogy Mystery - Book 2

By: Beth Farrar

4.38

Format: 189 pages, Kindle Edition

Can you ever go back, make up for lost time? After finding secreted love-letters inside an old wal… read more

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  • mystery
Cover of Family Links: Ellie McLellan Genealogy Mystery - Book 6 by Beth Farrar

21. Family Links: Ellie McLellan Genealogy Mystery - Book 6

By: Beth Farrar

4.48

Format: 219 pages, Kindle Edition

Will Ellie unearth the town’s secrets and put a friend’s mind at ease? Or will the past prove too f… read more

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22. Emily and Star (The Curiosity Club of St Foy #2)

By: M.K. Jones

4.34

Format: 360 pages, Kindle Edition

It’s mid-Winter in the Cornish seaside town of St Foy. In the midst of a family birthday party Emil… read more

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23. The Maze Investigations Genealogy Case Files

By: M.K. Jones

4.20

Format: 117 pages, Kindle Edition

Are you a fan of genealogy? Do you love tracing your family history? Inside this book are fifteen … read more

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Cover of The Sterling Affair (The Forensic Genealogist #8) by Nathan Dylan Goodwin

24. The Sterling Affair (The Forensic Genealogist #8)

By: Nathan Dylan Goodwin

4.50

Format: 398 pages, Kindle Edition

‘If you love a whodunnit, The Sterling Affair is sure to grab your curiosity, and if you enjoy fami… read more

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Cover of Storked!: Adoption Secrecy and the Search for Identity by K.C. Sanford

25. Storked!: Adoption Secrecy and the Search for Identity

By: K.C. Sanford

4.08

Format: 291 pages, Kindle Edition

From nothing, she had to craft something, and that something happened to be all of her. Baby Gir… read more

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26. The Accidental Archivist

By: Angela Bier

4.35

Format: 277 pages, Kindle Edition

Fifty-something Kathleen used 23andme to identify her biological mother, who is rumored to have a c… read more

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  • mystery
  • nonfiction
  • biography
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27. My Family Tree: Taken to the Grave

By: Shari Klosterman

4.09

Format: 82 pages, Kindle Edition

What started as building a family tree became an even deeper rabbit hole after doing a DNA test. Th… read more

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28. Home to Beulah: A genealogy mystery

By: Claudia C. Breland

4.45

Format: 131 pages, Kindle Edition

At age 22, Grace Dorsch has her hands full keeping house for her father, stepmother and two younger… read more

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Cover of The Leading Ladies: An Ella Graepenteck Genealogy Mystery (Ella Graepenteck Genealogy Mysteries Book 2) by Erika Maren Steiger

29. The Leading Ladies: An Ella Graepenteck Genealogy Mystery (Ella Graepenteck Genealogy Mysteries Book 2)

By: Erika Maren Steiger

4.39

Format: 154 pages, Kindle Edition

When Detective Cormac Roth calls, asking for help solving a murder high in the Hollywood Hills, gen… read more

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  • mystery
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30. Trace: Genealogy Fiction

By: John Ahrens

3.96

Format: 223 pages, Kindle Edition

Highly recommended! From the moment I picked it up, I could not put it down. You get to know each c… read more

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31. CONSEQUENCES: DNA DOESN'T LIE... OR DOES IT?

By: Heather Dawn Gray

3.90

Format: 279 pages, Kindle Edition

Paul Giovanni has successfully put his past behind him. For twenty-four years he’s worked hard to c… read more

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22 must-read mystery books like Family Crimes: Ellie McLellan Genealogy Mystery - Book 4 by Beth Farrar

Transform Your Habits

The Somme Legacy (Jayne Sinclair Genealogical Mystery, #2)

M.J. Lee

3.83

Transform Your Habits

The Family Shadow: A dual timeline mystery with long-buried secrets (Foley Family Mysteries Book 1)

Suzanne Winterly

4.42

Transform Your Habits

The Desk from Hoboken (Genealogy Mystery #1)

M.L. Condike

4.10

Transform Your Habits

Clamhunger Row (Maze Investigations - The Genealogy Detectives Book 8)

M.K. Jones

4.56

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