Keeper of the Keys

Keeper of the Keys is a fairly new novel by Peri O'Shaughnessy who is best know for her murder-mystery series featuring attorney Nina Reilly. This mystery is unconnected to the Reilly series. It was a very compelling story and I enjoyed it. I felt however, like the ending fell flat. There was a lot of suspense propelling the story along. The ending, however, in my opinion just fizzled out. The reader is first led to believe that the character, Ray, has somehow murdered his wife and hidden any evidence. As the story goes along the reader gets to know Ray a little better and (gasp!) starts to like him and feel a little sorry for him. "Did he kill his wife? Or did she just walk out and not call even her parents for a week?" There is a lot of undercurrents in the book between all the characters and it does tie up nicely in the end without leaving unanswered questions. The next Nina Reilly novel is due out late this year. Show No Fear will take us back in time to Nina's first murder case. I will probably wait for it to show up in paperback.