Murderous Traits — David George Clarke

John Andrews is in a state of shock. Just weeks after meeting his daughter Paola for the first time â€" almost 500 years after she was born in Naples â€" she is abducted and DNA evidence shows that the culprit is Jacques Bognard, John's seafaring friend from 17th century Marseille. When the body of a brutally murdered, unknown woman is discovered in Paola's Cape Cod house and Paola's own identity is found to be false, the police are baffled. And the deeper they dig, the more mysterious the case becomes. In the gripping finale to the Rare Traits Trilogy, John Andrews finds himself in a desperate search for his daughter that leads him from the US to the UK and then to the area of Tuscany he knew as a young man in the 15th century. Meanwhile, in the frustration of her captivity, Paola faces her demons …