Jackpot Blood: A Nick Herald Genealogical Mystery by Jimmy Fox

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JACKPOT BLOOD Professional genealogist Nick Herald must rescue a Louisiana Indian tribe's future from a deadly past Big trouble plagues rural central Louisiana when the small tribe of nearly assimilated Katogoula Indians unexpectedly receives federal recognition. Spirits long ignored haunt the pine forest; outsiders pour into the isolated community; tribal unity unravels; and someone--or something--is murdering tribe members. Into this crisis comes Nick Herald, sleuth and professional show more genealogist from New Orleans, hired to help establish guidelines for tribal membership. politicians, a powerful local family, mercenary gambling syndicates, and ruthless drug runners. The expectation of huge casino profits brings out the worst in everyone. But Nick believes the real story lies deeper. He scours family and tribal histories for clues. Assisting him is an amateur ethnographer, a gorgeous woman Nick falls for, even though he questions her role in the deadly drama. Nick realizes that his Katogoula friends and their storied ancestry face extinction, just as their dream of rebirth seems so close. He confronts an age-old fury that stalks the Katogoula Indians and threatens their very survival--and his Also by Jimmy Fox Deadly Pedigree Lineages and Lies show less

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This third book in the Nick Herald Genealogical Mystery series is a winner. Nick is hired to do the genealogy for a tribe of Louisiana indians who just got government recognition for being a separate tribe. Once this is announced the history of the tribe has to be documented and Nick is just the guy to do it! But, there is something, or someone who doesn't want the old history of the tribe revealed and because of that will do anything, including murder, to stop it from happening.

Nick gets pretty roughed up in this one, he is knocked down some stairs, beaten, shot at and has to run for his life. Who thought genealogy work could get so physical.

I do hope that Jimmy Fox continues writing this series, it is great fun to read and I love show more revisiting Louisiana! show less

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