Archive for: genealogy

What does chocolate cake have to do with a genealogy mystery novel?

Ingrid Schippers, co-author of “Bloodlines: Touch Not the Cat” (Summertime Publishing 2011), shares the secret behind the chocolate cake mentioned in the novel.

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Genealogy mystery novel Bloodlines will appeal to “expat Highlanders and genealogy buffs”

Journalist Shelley Antscherl reviews McKerly & Schippers’ “Bloodlines: Touch Not the Cat” (Summertime 2011) for Dutchnews.nl

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Have you ever read a genealogy mystery novel?

Download FOR FREE the first four chapters of genealogy mystery novel “Bloodlines: Touch Not the Cat” (Summertime 2011) by Ingrid Schippers and Thomas McKerley.

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Bloodlines authors appear on radio station DutchbuzZ

Tom McKerley and Ingrid Schippers, authors of “Bloodlines: Touch Not the Cat” (Summertime 2011), are interviewed on DutchbuzZ, a weekly radio programme for internationals and expats in the Netherlands.

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Genealogy author Tom McKerley finds a telegram from the Queen inside the pages of a secondhand book

When genealogy mystery author Tom McKerley comes across a telegram from the Queen in between the pages of a secondhand book, he decides to try and track down the addressee’s family.

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From anonymous teen column to full-blooded mystery novel…

In a recent interview for Leiderdorps Weekly, the local paper of Leiderdorps in the Netherlands, Ingrid Schippers, co-author of genealogy mystery novel Bloodlines – Touch Not the Cat (Summertime, 2011) looks back to 30 years ago when she used to write a column – ‘Girl Talk’ – for the paper.

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Ingrid Schippers, co-author of genealogy mystery, on love through the centuries

Ingrid Schippers, co-author of genealogy mystery “Bloodlines – Touch not the cat” reflects on love through the ages in this article for free Hague-based newspaper “The Underground”

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McKerley & Schippers’ Bloodlines is “intriguing right from page one”

Genealogy mystery novel “Bloodlines – Touch Not the Cat” (Summertime Publishing, 2011) gets a fantastic reader review on Amazon.co.uk.

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Ingrid Schippers on her BIG inspiration… Michael Crichton

Today I received the posthumous book of Michael Crichton, Micro, co-authored with Richard Preston. It came together with Bloodlines – Touch Not the Cat. I had ordered the two books together, because someone had told me that an advertising method of Amazon is to say, “People who ordered this book, also ordered…”  so I was hoping [...]

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“To a successful 2012!” says Bloodlines author Tom McKerley

Writing our book, Bloodlines – Touch Not the Cat, together with Ingrid has really changed my life. It has opened the door to meeting new people from all walks of life. Having been used to mingling with IT people for years it is a refreshing change for me. From mixing with other authors, book lovers, [...]

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