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Always ready to help a friend, Katharine Murray has made her way to Bayard Island off the coast of Georgia with Dr. Flo Gadney, to attend to an unsavory errand. Burch Bayard, local patriarch and greedy landowner, has a nefarious plan to build McMansions up and down the island—and over graves that may belong to Dr. Flo's ancestors!The friends set to work to make sure that Dr. Flo's family tree has its roots in the old cemetery, a task made very difficult by the lack of Southern hospitality from the island's inhabitants. One old woman even tries to shoot them! But when that woman later turns up dead, Katharine and Flo realize there's more than bodies buried on that land. And if they keep unearthing the island's secrets, they might be digging their own graves.
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PAT R I C I A S P R I N K L E
Sins
of the
Fathers
Contents Primary Characters
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Chapter 1 Katharine Murray could have missed the call because of her…
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Chapter 2 “Buiton’s res-i-dence.” The maid gave the last word its full…
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Chapter 3 The red Jeep in her driveway later that afternoon meant…
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Chapter 4 The worst of the chaos was gone, but his clenched…
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Chapter 5 Tuesday, Katherine woke with tears snailing in slimy tracks down…
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Chapter 6 Bright coastal sunlight and the bleached asphalt road were so…
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Chapter 7 After they left Stampers, the roads got progressively smaller and…
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Chapter 8 Katharine turned toward the gate. “Let’s dig a little and…
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Chapter 9 They hit the ground. Katharine had her face pressed into…
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Chapter 10 Nell picked up a key chain with a yellow seahorse…
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Chapter 11 The contrast between the frigid office and the outdoors was…
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Chapter 12 The road to Darien was miles of vine-covered forest interspersed…
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Chapter 13 When they got back on the road, Dr. Flo brought out…
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Chapter 14 When the telephone rang, Katharine glanced at the clock on…
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Chapter 15 She peered through the peephole. The security lights, which came…
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Chapter 16 Agnes’s Honda jolted over ruts in sand and shell while…
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Chapter 17 By mutual agreement, Katharine and Dr. Flo did not mention Bayard…
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Chapter 18 “Agnes?” Katharine craned to read the headline: RETIRED TEACHER FOUND…
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Chapter 19 The storm had subsided to a gentle drizzle. Chase helped…
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Chapter 20 She changed into white pants and a coral top, slid…
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Chapter 21 When she reached her house, she was chagrined to find…
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Chapter 22 Friday morning Katharine put out food and fresh water for…
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Chapter 23 She called Hollis to tell her they needed to pick…
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Chapter 24 “What a lovely place you have here!” Dr. Flo exclaimed. Katharine…
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Chapter 25 Dr. Flo reached into the priority mail envelope and drew out…
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Chapter 26 “You look mad enough to chew nails. Chew a few…
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Chapter 27 While Dr. Flo went back home to pack and close up…
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Chapter 28 She decided not to tell Dr. Flo about the call. No…
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Chapter 29 “Down!” Posey shouted.
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Chapter 30 When the cruiser pulled into the lot ten minutes later,…
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Chapter 31 While they waited for the disinterments to begin, Katharine moved…
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Chapter 32 “We’ll move those graves over yonder first, then these women…
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Chapter 33 “It appears that the pirate was both your relative and…
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