"Always Time to Die" by Elizabeth Lowell
On July 18th I wrote about a genealogy thriller novel that was released by Elizabeth Lowell. I finally checked it out from my library last week and finished it yesterday and it is a great book! I really enjoyed it.
The book didn't grab me right away, since it was a little confusing to follow all the characters and to know who is who. But yesterday I wasn't feeling well, so I just wanted to rest and ended up reading the whole book by the end of the day. It really grabs you and gets you involved in the lives of the 2 main characters, Dan Duran and Carly May. It is both a mystery and a romance.
Carly May is a professional genealogist and she knows her stuff. She was hired by Winifred Castillo to write the Castillo family history and lots of secrets are revealed that no one knows about except Winifred. There are twists and turns that you don't expect throughout the novel and it keeps you guessing right up until the end. There was also a lot of DNA testing, genetealogy, throughout the novel that helped me to learn a little bit more about how that works...since I have not tried anything like that yet with my own genealogy research.
Always Time to Die, by Elizabeth Lowell, would probably be rated PG-13 if it was a movie. There are some swear words and an intimate love scene, so take that into consideration when deciding whether or not to read it.