A mysterious diary. An unusual key.

A dead stranger in The French Quarter. Can Sammy find the killer before it's too late?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?If you like cozy mysteries with imaginative stories, exciting settings, quirky characters, and puzzles that keep you in suspense, The Key to Murder is the book for you! Explore New Orleans with Sammy as she solves mysteries of the past and present with the help of her family and friends.

The Key to Murder will keep you guessing in the first installment of the French Quarter Mysteries. .