Under Lock  Skeleton Key, Gigi Pandian
Under Lock  Skeleton Key, Gigi Pandian
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Under Lock & Skeleton Key
A Secret Staircase Mystery

Author: Gigi Pandian

Narrator: Soneela Nankani

Unabridged: 9 hr 45 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 03/15/2022

Includes: Bonus Material Bonus Material Included


Synopsis

Known for her wonderfully addictive characters, multiple award-winning author Gigi Pandian introduces her newest heroine in this heartfelt series debut. Under Lock & Skeleton Key layers stunning architecture with mouthwatering food in an ode to classic locked-room mysteries that will leave readers enchanted.

An impossible crime. A family legacy. The intrigue of hidden rooms and secret staircases.

After a disastrous accident derails Tempest Raj’s career, and life, she heads back to her childhood home in California to comfort herself with her grandfather’s Indian home-cooked meals. Though she resists, every day brings her closer to the inevitable: working for her father’s company. Secret Staircase Construction specializes in bringing the magic of childhood to all by transforming clients’ homes with sliding bookcases, intricate locks, backyard treehouses, and hidden reading nooks.

When Tempest visits her dad’s latest renovation project, her former stage double is discovered dead inside a wall that’s supposedly been sealed for more than a century. Fearing she was the intended victim, it’s up to Tempest to solve this seemingly impossible crime. But as she delves further into the mystery, Tempest can’t help but wonder if the Raj family curse that’s plagued her family for generations—something she used to swear didn’t exist—has finally come for her.

About Gigi Pandian

GIGI PANDIAN is the USA Today bestselling and multiple-award-winning author of the Secret Staircase mysteries, inspired by elements from her own family background. She is also the author of the Accidental Alchemist mysteries, the Jaya Jones Treasure Hunt mysteries, and more than a dozen locked-room mystery short stories. Pandian has won Agatha, Anthony, Lefty, and Derringer awards, and was a finalist for an Edgar Award. A breast cancer survivor and accidental almost-vegan who adores cooking, she lives with her husband in Northern California.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Nilufer on April 09, 2022

This gothic cozy mystery ticks every box for gripping, adventurous, exciting reading experience for me! Nancy Drew meets with my favorite magician movies including Prestige and Now You See Me ( or Bollywood’s Dhoom 3)! The characters were lovely especially the Magician family of our MC Tempest Raj!......more

Goodreads review by Melissa (Semi-hiatus for Work) on April 03, 2022

3.5 stars, rounded up This was a fun read for me, it took a while to get into it because there are a large number of characters and it's a bit difficult to keep them straight. In the end though, it's a clever puzzle-type mystery. I love the combination of Tempest's family's construction business--all......more

Goodreads review by Jasmine on March 08, 2022

Under Lock & Skeleton Key should have been a book that I loved, but unfortunately, it fell a bit flat. It has everything I would typically lap up: delicious descriptions of food, secret rooms and staircases, a curse, and classic murder mystery elements. After a near-death experience at one of her po......more

Goodreads review by Darla on March 10, 2022

It is hard to resist a locked room mystery with a heroine who lives in a house filled with secret rooms and staircases. I've always wanted to have a library where you pull out just the right book and the bookcase turns to reveal a secret room. Dun, dun dun. What I do have is an office with a bookcas......more

Goodreads review by JaymeO on March 15, 2022

HAPPY PUBLICATION DAY! Abracadabra! Tempest Raj is taking a break from her Vegas magic act after a terrible accident happened on stage. Returning to her childhood home, she enjoys eating her Indian grandfather’s delicious meals. However, she feels that she is slowly being pulled into the family busine......more