Last Known Address

A lost airman. A long-awaited homecoming. A fresh murder. A heartfelt genealogy cozy mystery where family history turns deadly.

Staff Sergeant Joseph "Joey" Kowal never came home from a mission over Germany in 1944. Now a recovery offers the chance to give him his name back—and genealogist Greta Hollenbeck is hired to find the maternal relatives whose DNA could help confirm his identity.

Following wartime records, old addresses, and the women too easily overlooked in a family tree, Greta locates Joey's niece, Bernie. Her reference sample helps bring the airman home, and Kettle Kill prepares to honor one of its own. Then Bernie is murdered a week before the funeral.

The family gathering Greta helped make possible has become a murder investigation. Grief, money, and competing claims to kinship complicate a case in which knowing the family stories may be very different from belonging to the family. To find the killer, Greta must look beyond the familiar names and ask who benefits when a family's real connections remain lost.

Meanwhile, a spring evening with Jonah Decker promises a beginning of Greta's own—until the phone rings. Last Known Address, Book 3 of The Kinfinder Genealogy Mysteries, combines a complete, carefully clued whodunit with a compassionate story of remembrance and homecoming.

For readers who love:

•   DNA research woven into a present-day murder puzzle

•   World War II history and long-awaited homecomings

•   Family secrets, inheritance questions, and hidden connections

•   A witty midlife heroine with a tender romantic thread

•   Clean cozy mysteries with emotional depth