I realized this was a series after I started this, but it can be read as a standalone. Hannah is photographing graves when she meets Izzy, an investigative reporter. Through Izzy she finds herself joining the Silent Sleuths, who have tasked themselves with finding the killer of Amy, a young girl murdered in 1978. Can they use a maze of DNA records and locked away paperwork to solve a case that police have been unable to for 40 years? It was a pretty interesting read and at some point I think I will check out the prior books.

I found this book intriguing, gripping, and full of unexpected twists. A well written story, quite fast paced, and fascinating.
The solid mystery kept me guessing and I throughly enjoyed it.
Highly recommended.
Many thanks to the publisher for this arc, all opinions are mine

I did not know that this story is part of a long time series, being number 19.

I love a good challenge but I can’t commit to read them all now although I got intrigued by some characters and some mentions in the current book. 

The story keeps an interesting pace, with intriguing characters and a cold case mystery type of book that had me engaged throughout the book.

I think it would be interesting to investigate a cold case like this one.

Almost 40 years ago, a student called Amy Madison was found murdered in her house with little to no evidence. Hannah Ives joins a club called Silent Sleuths and tries to find her killer by using her ancestry past.

I enjoyed the investigation part and how today's technologies can help to track down long forgotten clues.

I knew from the first chapter who the killer was, but that didn’t cease me to keep reading and see unveiling the truth. 

🆓📖 Arc review from Netgalley

Hannah is photographing graves when she meets Izzy, an investigative reporter. Through Izzy she finds herself joining the Silent Sleuths, who have tasked themselves with finding the killer of Amy, a young girl murdered in 1978. Can they use a maze of DNA records and locked away paperwork to solve a case that police have been unable to for 40 years?

This is a story in a long running series. I haven't read any of the previous ones, but this works well as a standalone. Previous stories are hinted at, and I will probably go back and find older ones as I really liked Hannah's character. Overall a good cosy mystery, even if some parts are a little long winded!

I've missed all the preceding books in this long running series but this worked fine for me as a standalone (with a few allowances made where I know I missed something). Hannah takes on a 40 year cold case of a murdered college student and, with the able assistance of a group of determined people, finds the villain. Her research is based on family trees and DNA connections, a field which has become more important as law enforcement takes advantage of advances in the field. Thanks to netgalley for the ARC. A good read.

I love disco and was into the setting but I could not get into the story. Not for me but hope others enjoy.

I received this ARC From Netgalley and the publisher in exchange for an honest review. This is the 19th book in the Hannah Ives Mystery series. I didn’t realize that this was a series until I started to read the book. There were few parts as you were reading that connected to the others in the series but it didn’t impact enough of the story that you really needed to read the others in the series before this one. Hannah Ives teams up with a group called “Silent Sleuths” to try to solve a cold case that happened almost 40 years ago. A young student, Amy Madison, was murdered in her house and the police had no suspects or little evidence to be able to solve the case. Hannah is a genealogy researcher for many different families and spends a lot of time in the cemetery helping families find deceased relatives. Hannah notices Isabel Randall, a reporter, putting flowers on Amy Madison grave. Hannah stops to chat and explains what she I doing in the cemetery. Hannah leaves and wonders if Isabel will be able to solve Amy’s murder. A few days later Hannah receives a call from Isabel asking if she would like to join their group the “Silent Sleuths” and help solve Amy’s murder. who is approached by one of the members of the “Silent Sleuths”. Her job on this team would be to track down relatives or suspects through family trees or the ancestry databases. Hannah makes the decision to help them and off she goes skipping through databases trying to track something down through her research. I did enjoy reading this book but if you are looking for something action packed this isn’t the one. The main focus in this mystery was hours and hours of research to find the killer. The “Silent Sleuths” would get together and talk about what they found out, figure out the next steps, and then report it to the police. I would recommend this book for anyone who loves the research part of solving a mystery or how researching a family tree and using DNA can help solve crimes.

A Chance Meeting…
A cemetery expedition ignites mystery for reluctant sleuth Hannah Ives in the nineteenth entry to this long running, enjoyable series. A chance meeting amongst the tombstones spurs Hannah into joining Silent Sleuths and the citizen detectives soon make some interesting discoveries. Most entertaining, with a well crafted cast, an engaging protagonist and an intriguing storyline laced with wry humour. A worthy addition which could happily be read as a standalone.

I really enjoyed this book it was well written with a storyline that was engaging all the way through and well developed characters. The twists kept me guessing,