{"product_id":"2940196733260","title":"The Last Letter Home: A Gripping Irish Genealogy Mystery of Immigrant Secrets and Lost Family (Millbrook Genealogy Mysteries, #4)","description":"\u003cp\u003eHe came from Ireland with her grandmother's name in his folder.\u003cbr\u003eHe was dead before he could explain why.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGenealogist Maggie Penhallow has spent a career finding other people's ancestors. Now a retired Irish schoolteacher named Séamus Kearney has crossed the Atlantic with something she never expected: a 1908 Ellis Island ship manifest with her grandmother's name on it — and evidence of a secret that Bridie Kelly carried from County Cork to Vermont and protected in silence for the rest of her life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen Séamus is found drowned in the Millbrook River the morning after their first meeting, the folder he carried — the manifests, the deeds, the parish records — is gone.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSomeone in Millbrook knew why he came. And needed him to leave before he could tell her.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFollowing the trail Séamus left behind, Maggie must navigate the Ellis Island arrival records, a 1908 Queenstown departure manifest, and the devastating gap left by the 1922 destruction of Ireland's Public Record Office — all while a killer watches her get closer to the truth that a boarding house on Main Street has always been hers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe answer is in the records. It always is.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFor fans of Richard Osman, Louise Penny, and every reader who has ever wondered why their Irish great-grandmother never talked about the old country.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Last Letter Home\u003c\/em\u003e is the fourth book in the Millbrook Genealogy Mystery series — and the book the series has been building toward since page one of Book 1. Real Ellis Island research. Real Irish records. And a grandmother's silence finally explained.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Millbrook Genealogy Mystery Series\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBook 1: The Buried Branch\u003c\/strong\u003e — The 1900 census. A hidden heir. A body in the woods. \u003cem\u003eAvailable now.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBook 2: Not the Parent Expected\u003c\/strong\u003e — DNA. A half-brother. A death. \u003cem\u003eAvailable now.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBook 3: A Grave Inheritance\u003c\/strong\u003e — Quebec parish records. A drowned woman. A dit name. \u003cem\u003eAvailable now.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBook 4: The Last Letter Home\u003c\/strong\u003e — Ireland. A ship manifest. The truth about Bridie Kelly. \u003cem\u003eYou are here.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eClean read. No graphic violence. Slow-burn romance reaching its peak. Real Irish genealogy technique at the back of the book.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Crimson Veil Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48247028515057,"sku":"2940196733260","price":4.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0674\/5433\/7265\/files\/2940196733260_p0.jpg?v=1780568930","url":"https:\/\/shop.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940196733260","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble","version":"1.0","type":"link"}