Well, the rains came right on time, giving me an excuse to keep reading this newest book by Nathan Dylan Goodwin, The Sawtooth Slayer. I couldn’t stop until I had read it all.
The book lays out how modern DNA analysis and genealogy can work together to solve not only cold cases, but current ones as well. This is the first mystery book that I’ve actually marked up with stickers to help me keep track of the many research sites used during the story.
Nathan is actually a historical, genealogical mystery crime writer, but in this series of books, genetics has been introduced to help solve living crimes. If you like mysteries, or genealogy you should enjoy this read.
We should get together and trace the clustering methods used and then map out the family trees developed in the story, both forward and “reverse” so we could learn how the conclusions were reached. And someone should make and share a list of all the research sites mentioned.
Monterey County Genealogy Society 