Piecing together the evidence . . .Genealogist Sophreena McClure is an expert at unearthing other peoples secrets. Using old documents and photographs, Soph and her business partner, Esme Sabatieralso a gifted mediumtrace family histories and create heritage scrapbooks. Their latest client, Dorothy Pritchett Porter, is thrilled with their research into Morningsides most prestigious clan. But before Dorothy can proudly display her new scrapbooks on Founders Day, shes found murdered. It seems the ties that bind can also strangle, for Dorothy has been killed using the Pritchett family pearls.Pegged as prime suspects, Sophreena and Esme turn their investigative skills from the dearly departed to the alive and dangerous, hoping to pin down the real killer among Dorothys kinfolk. Sophreenas scrapbooking club members, crafty in more ways than one, pitch in to help. As the Pritchett ancestral roots turn out to be more tangled than anyone suspected, Sophreena wonders just how many skeletons lurk in this family closetand whether she and Esme are destined to join them. . . .