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  • Bibliography:
    17 Books (3 Series)
  • First Book:
    September 2013
  • Latest Book:
    September 2023
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Full Series List in Order

The Forensic Genealogist

1 - Hiding the Past (Sep-2013)
2 - The Lost Ancestor (Sep-2014)
2.5 - The Orange Lilies (Dec-2014)
3 - The America Ground (Sep-2015)
4 - The Spyglass File (Sep-2016)
4.5 - The Missing Man (Feb-2017)
4.6 - The Suffragette's Secret (Sep-2017)
5 - The Wicked Trade (Feb-2018)
5.5 - The Suffragette's Secret & The Wicked Trade (Feb-2018)
5.6 - The Asylum (Dec-2018)
6 - The Sterling Affair (Jan-2020)
7 - The Foundlings (Oct-2021)

Mrs. McDougall Investigates

1 - Ghost Swifts, Blue Poppies and the Red Star (Nov-2018)

Venator Cold Case

1 - The Chester Creek Murders (Jan-2021)
2 - The Sawtooth Slayer (Nov-2022)

Book List in Order: 17 titles



  • Peter Coldrick had no past; that was the conclusion drawn by years of personal and professional research. Then he employed the services of one Morton Farrier, Forensic Genealogist â€" a stubborn, determined man who uses whatever means necessary to un...



  • From acclaimed author, Nathan Dylan Goodwin comes this exciting new genealogical crime mystery, featuring the redoubtable forensic genealogist, Morton Farrier.When Morton is called upon by Ray Mercer to investigate the 1911 disappearance of his great...



  • Morton Farrier has spent his entire career as a forensic genealogist solving other people’s family history secrets, all the while knowing so little of his very own family’s mysterious past. However, this poignant Christmastime novella sees Morton...



  • Morton Farrier, the esteemed English forensic genealogist, had cleared a space in his busy schedule to track down his own elusive father finally. But he is then presented with a case that challenges his research skills in his quest to find the killer...



  • Morton Farrier was no longer at the top of his game. His forensic genealogy career was faltering and he was refusing to accept any new cases, preferring instead to concentrate on locating his own elusive biological father. Yet, when a particular case...



  • It was to be the most important case of Morton Farrier’s career in forensic genealogy so far. A case that had eluded him for many years: finding his own father. Harley ‘Jack’ Jacklin disappeared just six days after a fatal fire at his Cape Cod ...



  • The Suffragette's Secret: A Morton Farrier Short Story (#6.5)Morton Farrier's life has been turned upside down by the recent addition to his household. Despite his perpetual exhaustion, he is determined to crack his latest genealogical investigation:...



  • The Wicked Trade
    When Morton Farrier is presented with a case revolving around a mysterious letter written by disreputable criminal, Ann Fothergill in 1827, he quickly finds himself delving into a shadowy Georgian underworld of smuggling and murd...



  • When Morton Farrier is presented with a case revolving around a mysterious letter written by disreputable criminal, Ann Fothergill in 1827, he quickly finds himself delving into a shadowy Georgian underworld of smuggling and murder on the Kent and Su...






  • Sussex, 1919. The Great War is over, but for Harriet Agnes McDougall its effects endure. Plagued by the need to understand how her middle son, Malcolm came to meet his death in the Belgian trenches, Harriet must embark on a voyage of discovery to ret...



  • The job presented to forensic genealogist, Morton Farrier, ought to have been simple and easy. But the surprise discovery of an additional marriage to his client's father leads Morton on an enquiry, revolving around a mysterious death in the county a...



  • When an unannounced stranger comes calling at Morton Farrier’s front door, he finds himself faced with the most intriguing and confounding case of his career to-date as a forensic genealogist. He agrees to accept the contract to identify a man who ...



  • The Asylum - Series PrequelThe job presented to forensic genealogist, Morton Farrier, ought to have been simple and easy. But the surprise discovery of an additional marriage to his client's father leads Morton on an enquiry, revolving around a myste...



  • When Detective Clayton Tyler is tasked with reviewing the formidable archives of unsolved homicides in his police department's vaults, he settles on one particular cold case from the 1980s: The Chester Creek Murders. Three young women were brutal...



  • Forensic genealogist, Morton Farrier, agrees to take on a case to identify the biological mother of three foundlings, abandoned in shop doorways as new-born babies in the 1970s. He has just one thing with which to begin his investigation: the three w...



  • April 2020, Twin Falls, Idaho. A serial killer is on the loose. A nameless man is kidnapping young women from their own homes, taking them out of the city to kill them before returning their bodies to random locations around the city. Detective Maria...



  • When forensic genealogist Morton Farrier accepted an invitation to travel to Salt LakeCity, Utah, to speak at the RootsTech genealogy conference, he had been unaware thatone of his co-panellists was to be none other than his former girlfriend, Madiso...


Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Nathan Dylan Goodwin has published 17 books.

Nathan Dylan Goodwin does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, The Deserter's Tale, was published in September 2023.

The first book by Nathan Dylan Goodwin, Hiding the Past, was published in September 2013.

Yes. Nathan Dylan Goodwin has 3 series.