Dig - by Carol Unger (Paperback)

About the Book

A young grave robber hired to trace an old money family's secrets discovers a woman erased from history, jewelry worth killing for, and enemies willing to prove it.

Book Synopsis

She was polishing a femur when the phone rang. She ignored it. Some things can wait.

Livvy Beckwith has an unusual relationship with the dead - professionally and otherwise. As a genealogist, she traces family histories through archives and cemetery records. As a grave robber, she occasionally helps herself to whatever was buried alongside them.

When Nola Vance arrives with a generous retainer and a simple request, locate the Vance family burial sites, Livvy expects routine work. What she uncovers instead is a family that has spent decades burying its darkest chapter: the story of Rosalyn Vance, a young woman erased from the family record after daring to defy them, who died alone under a borrowed name.

At the center of everything are the legendary Vellani earrings: priceless 18th-century cameos rumored to lie with Nola's grandmother. Livvy isn't the only one looking. Rival investigators hired by warring Vance family factions are tracking her movements, waiting for her to do the hard work of finding what they want to steal. And Officer Jenkins, the corrupt cop who has taken Livvy's bribes for years, is suddenly playing a more dangerous game.

As her attraction to Nola deepens and her trust erodes, Livvy finds herself caught between powerful enemies who have already killed to protect the Vance legacy, and a truth that refuses to stay buried.

Dig is a darkly comic noir thriller for readers who like their mysteries atmospheric, their protagonists morally flexible, and their family secrets lethal.