Blood Will Tell — Terris McMahan Grimes

FAMILY SECRETS THAT LEAD TO MURDER

Her mother said there'd be days like this, but today's shock of her life is the red-haired stranger who moved into her mother's Sacramento home, claiming to be her father's "love child." Being an African-American career woman juggling a stressed-out husband, two kids, and a meddlesome mom who is a magnet for trouble is more than enough for Theresa -- who needs a long-lost brother?

But what really sends Theresa over the edge is when that very same young man is suddenly missing and then turns up as a corpse. Now she is ready to play gumshoe ... but unless she can unravel the very knotty family tie that led to one murder, Theresa may be in for another drop-dead shock--her own murder.