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I have been involved in genealogical research for about 25 years. For the last half dozen years, I have been using DNA testing to find relatives. I also enjoy reading detective novels. When I set out to write this review of The Chester Creek Murders, by Nathan Dylan Goodwin , I discovered that there is a Facebook Group called the Genealogical Crime... Mystery Book Club . Goodwin is one of the founding members. More about that later. I had read several of Goodwins previous books featuring Morton Farrier, a British genealogical researcher in The Forensic Genealogist Series . Now he has kicked off a new series called the Venator Cold Case series, with The Chester Creek Murders as book No. 1. Here is the official blurb that introduces this just-published book: When Detective Clayton Tyler is tasked with reviewing the formidable archives of unsolved homicides in his police departments vaults, he settles on one particular cold case from the 1980s: The Chester Creek Murders. Three young women were brutally murderedtheir bodies dumped in Chester Creek, Delaware Countyby a serial killer who has confounded a slew of detectives and evaded capture for over thirty-eight years. With no new leads or information at his disposal, the detective contacts Venator for help, a company that uses cutting-edge investigative genetic genealogy to profile perpetrators solely from DNA evidence. Taking on the case, Madison Scott-Barnhart and her small team at Venator must use their forensic genealogical expertise to attempt finally to bring the serial killer to justice. Madison, meanwhile, has to weigh professional and personal issues carefully, including the looming five-year anniversary of her husbands disappearance. Venator operates out of an office just down the street from the Family History Library in Salt Lake City, Utah. As you might imagine, Maddy and her staff pay visits to the Library in the course of working on their cold case projects. Detective Tyler brings to them a DNA profile collected from the three cold cases. There is no ...Read More