The Christmas Carol: A Jayne Sinclair Genealogical Mystery Page 18
The Merchant’s Daughter
After a DNA test, Rachel Marlowe, an actress from an aristocratic family, learns she has an African ancestor.
She has always been told her family had been in England since 1066, the time of William the Conqueror, and they have a family tree showing an unbroken line of male descendants.
Unable to discover the truth herself, she turns to Jayne Sinclair to research her past.
Which one of her forbears is Rachel ’ s African ancestor? And, who is desperate to stop Jayne Sinclair uncovering the truth?
Jayne digs deep into the secrets of the family, buried in the slave trade and the great sugar estates of the Caribbean.
Can she discover the truth hidden in time?
