Grace Farrington is considered a genius in her field,
so it is not surprising that when doing some special
DNA sleuthing she discovers a convoluted motive
for murder (as she attempts to desecrate a body).
Her life suffers further complications when her new
age friend Freya involves her in a seance that triggers
a desperate search for a lost Revolutionary War ransom.
Of course no one has found the treasure in over two
hundred years, but they didn't have Grace's skill at
reading the secrets of Colonial DNA.
Distracting entanglements are the three men on her
romantic horizon: rough edged fellow scientist Kurt
MacKay; old moneyed David Gardiner; and a new
billionaire, the handsome Jack Stuart, who arrives
in the New England town of Oyster River Harbor with
an intense interest in both her research and her body.
Grace is determined to keep her mind on
mitochondria, even as Kurt is attacked by a
local fisherman. But when her sometime lover is
accused of murder, Grace has to act, only to find
out too late that the next targeted victim is
herself!
