In this second Family History mystery, a professional genealogist realizes the family history shes tracing may be repeating itself after her clients son-in-law turns up dead.A killer makes his final cut. . . . If theres one thing genealogists Sophreena McClure and Esme Sabatier have learned, its that every family has a black sheep sometimes a whole flock of them. Their new client, Olivia Clement, is hoping to uncover the truth about her neer-do-well father, who disappeared before she was born. But Sophreena and Esme have barely begun delving into Olivias past when a present-day murder interrupts their schedule. Someone has decided to prune the Clement family tree by getting rid of Olivias domineering son-in-law, Blaine Branch. Even without Esmes psychic gift, it was easy to sense the tension between Blaine and his put-upon wife, Beth. Suspicion quickly falls on a young filmmaker and family friend whos creating a documentary about their small town. Yet Soph and Esme become convinced someone else wanted to edit Blaine out, permanently. Buried deep in dusty boxes of memorabilia and 1940s film reels are vital clues, but it will take all of Sophreenas deductive skill to expose the truthbefore another victim fades to black.