Once again I lost control and devoured something I had vowed to savor slowly.  I tried to pace myself by thinking of household chores to distract me.  "I'll empty the dishwasher at the end of this chapter. . . three chapters ago." Yes, Nathan Dylan Goodwin has done it again.  His latest mystery, The Dover Trunk Murder,  is another enthralling work of intrigue.  Nathan always does meticulous research, thus his books transport the reader to another place, another time, with engaging characters. Dover, England circa 1914 In The Dover Trunk Murder , the reader is transported to Dover, England in August, 1914, days before Germany invaded Belgium sparking what would become World War I.  Our main character is Edwin Dalloway, Detective Inspector, lately of Scotland Yard and now newly employed by the Dover Burrough Police Department.   www.oldmapsonline.org Edwin has barely set foot in Dover when someone finds a severed woman's arm on the sand next to the ...

Recently, I've been doing some work in Lost Cousins, a site and idea that is unique. I get their newsletter and prompted by the "Free on Easter" section, started buffing up my listed relatives. It is unusual in that it promises  100% accurate automatic matching between researchers who share the same ancestors - and it does without anyone else seeing your data! -  https://www.lostcousins.com/pages/info/how_to.mhtml It is free to create a profile, and if you have ancestry in England, Scotland, Wales, Canada,  Australia, Ireland or New Zealand  this site can help you strike gold (cousins). As the home page explains,  ... the best people to help you knock down your 'brick walls' are your cousins - indeed, one of your cousins may already have solved the problem that you're finding so challenging. The more relatives from the census you can enter on your My Ancestors page, the more cousins you'll find. How to find more lost cousins In the past rese...