A Trace of Blood (DCI Tom Caton Manchester Murder Mysteries Series Book 6)

It is Fall in Manchester New Hampshire as Naimh Caton buries her aunt Miriam, victim of a senseless hit and skip. Now that she is alone in the world she decides to complete her Family Tree. Three thousand miles away across the Big Pond. Detective Chief Inspector Tom Caton is surprised to learn that he and Naimh are cousins. He is drawn into her obsession to trace their ancestors, and any living relatives. As each new member of the Caton clan is identified at home, and in Kerry in Ireland, they are cruelly murdered, The cousins find themselves in a frantic race to track down the perpetrator before they become the killer's final victims, and quite literally the end of the line.


"Mystery, Murder, and Geneaology merge in this satisfying suspense novel that brings together the Old and New World." - Publisher's Weekly

A Trace of Blood was an Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award Semi-finalist

Number six in the bestselling series by Bill Rogers - awarded the ePublishing Consortium Writers Award 2011 for The Cleansing.