Authorpreneur Dashboard – Gayle Trent
In Her Blood
Mystery, Thriller & Suspense
Alexandra McCormick’s great-grandmother was a brutal serial killer in the early 1900’s. With her mother currently serving time in prison for murdering Alexandra’s stepfather, Alexandra decides to do her college research paper on whether or not the tendency to commit murder or other violent crimes may be passed on genetically. Her research takes her to Savannah, Georgia, a city built upon its dead. There, she meets Chad Greenway, whose ancestor is Alice Riley, the first woman hanged in the state of Georgia. Alice was put to death for killing her abusive master. As a freelance writer, Chad agrees to help Alexandra with her research provided he can write a story about her quest. Soon it seems everyone Alexandra meets winds up murdered.
Book Bubbles from In Her Blood
I Was Intrigued
When I was researching the female serial killer Belle Gunness for a magazine article, I asked the woman's great niece if she ever feared that some of whatever made Belle a murderer might've been passed down through the bloodline. The niece said it had concerned her. I was so intrigued by the question of whether or not a "killing gene" could be passed from generation to generation. The second story in the prologue is based on Belle Gunness, by the way. The woman had to have had a heart of stone.
