by Susan Finlay
Brother of Lucas: Seth Landry (born 1992).
Wife of Seth: Allison (Ally) Landry.
Children of Seth and Allison: Skyler Landry (born 2014), Benny Landry (born 2016).
Aunts of Lucas and Seth: Anna Marshall (born 1951) and Elsa Cartwright (born 1953).
Mother of Tawny: Lindelani (Lani) Theron
Nagel family in Altstadt in the Sudetenland—
Parents: Franz Nagel (Vati) and Hannelore (Hanna) Nagel (Mutti).
Oldest child is Christa (born July 1933). She is ten when the story begins.
Christa’s Siblings: Ernst (born 1934), Julia (born 1935), Fritz (born in 1936), Giselle (born 1939), Andreas (born 1942), and Dirk (born March 1945).
Seidel family in Memmingen, Germany—
Parents: Bernhard Seidel (Vater) and Maria Seidel (Mutter).
Oldest child is Ilse (born August 1928). She is fifteen when the story begins.
Ilse’s Siblings: Johann (born February 1930), Robert (born 1936), and Ursula (born March 1932). Grandparents: Klauss Fischer (Opa) and Anna Fischer (Oma).
Jaroslav family in Czechoslovakia—
Parents: Olexa Jaroslav (Otec) and Jolanta Jaroslavova (Máma).
Son: Petr Jaroslav (born April 1928). He is fifteen when the story begins.
Petr’s Older Siblings: Antonin (born 1925) and Josef Jaroslav (born 1926). One is three years old than Petr and one is two years older than Petr.
Petr’s Younger Siblings: Kamila (born 1936) and Milena (born 1940), Gabriel (born in 1942), and Vera, (born 1933).
Antonin’s girlfriend: Rebeka is Jewish and she and her family—close friends of the Jaroslav family—are taken away to Terezin/Theresienstadt concentration camp.
Landry family in Sacramento, California in 1944— Parents: William and Rachel Landry.
Oldest child: Ronald Landry (born 1924).
Ron’s siblings: Thomas (born 1927), and Teresa (born 1937)
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Besides her story telling, Susan Finlay’s passions include photography, hiking, and traveling. Susan has two grown functional offspring who, having left the nest, are making their own success in the world. Susan resides in the Phoenix, Arizona metro area with her husband and their three pampered cats (though whether they own the cats or the cats own them remains another unsolved mystery in its own right).
Before becoming an author, Susan earned a degree in business, worked for some years as a Bank Auditor and later under the Bank Secrecy Act performed suspicious activities investigations.
To date, she has nine published novels and more stories yet to tell. This novel represents the first book in her Tangled Roots historical mystery series. She has written four books so far in her Outsiders mystery series, In the Shadows, Where Secrets Reside, Winter Tears, and The Forgotten Tomb. She has two books so far in her Bavarian Woods time travel mystery series, Inherit the Past and Tanglewood Grotto, and has initial novels in two other series, Liars' Games in her Project Chameleon suspense series and The Handyman in her Chambre Noir mystery series.
Susan began blogging in October 2013. You can read articles by Susan and her guests, on various topics, on her blog. You can also find her on Facebook and on Twitter.
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