The Key to Murder
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"Fun bits of humor, a lot of mystery and intrigue, and a true New Orleans feel. Can't wait to read the next book when the story continues!" ★★★★★ Amazon Review
Samantha thought following a mysterious diary around the French Quarter of New Orleans would be a harmless way to learn about her new hometown until it became about murder.
As the newest resident of Thibodeaux Mansion, West Coast transplant Samantha is looking forward to starting her thirties in a new place. Drawn to New Orleans for its music, food and history, she's excited to start her future in this unique city. But Samantha is also hopeful she'll find her past since she was adopted from Louisiana after being orphaned in a hurricane as a toddler.
An anonymous diary, unusual key, and a distinctive doll are left in her furnished apartment and her mostly friendly neighbors all deny leaving the gifts. Samantha, now Sammy to her new friends, can't believe any of them could be a liar. When the diary leads her to a dead body, Sammy needs to find out what these clues mean and what the murderer is trying to tell her.
Although her best friends Sissy and Andrew are happy to help her with this mystery, her other friends aren't sure the murder and diary are about Sammy. Not wanting to lose her newfound friendships and possible love interest, Sammy decides she must uncover the answers on her own.
Sammy moved to New Orleans looking for a new future, but is it her past that found her first?
The Key to Murder is the first book in the The French Quarter Mysteries featuring West Coast transplant Samantha Richardson settling into her new hometown, New Orleans. Her neighborhood is full of music, food and history as well as interesting people. Join Sammy as she explores the Big Easy by solving the mysteries of the past and present in this new modern, cozy mystery series.
Release date: March 8, 2020
Print pages: 284
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Turning 30, Sammy Richards felt restless and in need of a change. Following a lifelong love of all things New Orleans, she moves to an apartment in the French quarter and begins a new life in a new place with new friends. She finds a diary among the books in her furnished apartment containing clues to a romantic scavenger hunt around the city and is curious to use the clues to explore her new home, until ...
Turning 30, Sammy Richards felt restless and in need of a change. Following a lifelong love of all things New Orleans, she moves to an apartment in the French quarter and begins a new life in a new place with new friends. She finds a diary among the books in her furnished apartment containing clues to a romantic scavenger hunt around the city and is curious to use the clues to explore her new home, until she finds a dead body and a possible connection to herself.
New Orleans is a character in itself, with its unique southern charm, and ghosts and skeletons tucked away its hidden nooks and crannies. Any author writing a story set in this city must be sure to include its eccentricities. Jenn Pitts has done a masterful job in this respect. She offers the reader an insider’s view into this historic place, but from the perspective of fresh eyes. Sammy’s enthusiasm for her new hometown spills over, the reader follows along as she learns about her neighborhood, taking in the sights, smells and feels. This extends to the new people in her life, an eclectic bunch that fits their setting well. Each is interesting and dynamic with hints of their own history just waiting to spill over.
The mystery is a slow burn, beginning with the strange book and key as well as mysterious presents left on Sammy’s doorstep that none of her neighbors take credit for. She gets pulled into the mystery of the diary and the events that follow lead her in an intriguing direction that could shape the whole of the series to come and stretches the boundaries of the new friendships she has made.
I am excited for more from this author and this series.
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Rating: 5 out of 5.
I received an advance review copy for free through Great Escapes Virtual Book Tours, and I am leaving this review voluntarily.
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