Search - Always Time to Die

This is the first book I've read by this author. The imagery is vivid, especially in the opening murder scene. The characters are likeable--even the bad guy seems human and fallible but not really all that bad until the end. Also, I have to say, as an avid reader and a writer myself, I did not expect the big reveal in the epilogue which is unusual for me. It's a pretty good twist.
However, throughout the story the bad guy is kind of obvious—there’s no real mystery, unless you count his motive. The last chapter just kind of ends abruptly and leaves you a little off kilter before it launches you into the epilogue, which takes place two months after the rest of the story. One minute the hero and heroine are sitting around talking about DNA testing and then all of a sudden the book jumps two months forward in time as if the author was suddenly sick of writing and decided to end the book. That was a little annoying, especially when you're expecting some sort of stand-off.
For the most part it was a good enough read that if I happen upon another of Lowell's books, I'll probably pick it up.

I think this is not one of Elizabeth Lowell's better books but it was still a good read. I enjoyed her other books more than this one.

An eccentric Quintrell aunt has invited genealogist Carolina "Carly" May to their Taos compound to compile a record of the illutrious family. But digging nto the past is raising troubling questions about a would-be president's private life...and the grisly street crime that left his drug-addicted sister dead. As a dark world of twisted passions and depravity slowly opens up before Carly, there is no one whom she dares trust - perhaps least of all Dan Duran, a dangerous, haunted enigma who's tied to the Quintrells' history. But she will need an ally to survive the terrible mysteries a father carried to his grave - because folowing the bloodlines of the powerful can be a bloody business. And some dead secrets can kill.

I enjoyed this book although I thought it was a bit slow in some areas but overall a good read!

I could not put this book down, edge of your seat suspense. Attention Genealogists: This book is right up your alley, combines genealogy with great suspense mystery. Don't miss this Lowell book, I think it is her best to date.

I always enjoy a good mystery. This book also includes genealogy, which is another interest of mine. Very entertaining.

An eccentric Quintrell aunt has invited genealogist Carolina May to their Taos compound to compile a record of the illustrious family.But digging into the past is raising troubling questions about a would-be president's private life.

former US Senator Quintrell is dead. His son, New Mexico`s governor, is prepariing his run for the highest political office in the land.
And dark family secrets are about to explode with the devastating force of a Southwestern earthquake.

Fairly good, not one of her better ones. A lot of I didn't understand why she left things the way she did.

A good mystery about geneology searches.

Typical Lowell reading. Will keep you interested.

Really good thriller...with DNA as the clue to many of the mysteries things can get pretty complicated!