Wendi Corsi Staub’s last of The Foundlings series, THE BUTCHER'S DAUGHTER, is the final mystery of Amelia Crenshaw' and NYPD Detective Stockton Barnes's lost love ones. I read the second novel and found it easy to know what was going on and who was who. This final book, even though it is really good, took me a bit longer to put the pieces together. With new characters many of whom have more than one name, I found it challenging to keep people straight, especially with the references from 2017 and back to 1968. Additionally, Amelia and Stockton both had their own stories moving forward, and this also made it a little more of a trial not to get lost. I would say it was roughly halfway through the book before I started to understand who is who and where the story was going.

Amelia Crenshaw is an investigating genealogist. As she tries to find her own birth parents, she comes across lies that she has been told her whole life that help her discover who she really is. She is helping Detective Stockton Barnes to find his long-lost daughter and they must do so before it is too late because her life is in danger. Someone has a score to settle with Barnes and they know just how to do it.

Overall, THE BUTCHER’S DAUGHTER is a brilliant read once you get into it. The storyline itself had me sad at times and happy at others. It brought me back to the injustices of today. So be ready with tissues. The ending is really sensational. If you are good at keeping up with names and such then you will love reading it. Even if you may struggle as I did, the end is worth holding out. Basically, this is a serial killer thriller to read!