A celebratory weekend at a historic inn brings a blizzard, delicious cornbread, a cozy fire, and a murder… or two… mountain retreat—complete with river rock fireplaces, log cabin rooms, and a collection of thousands of keys from around the world.
With the blizzard raging outside the rustic inn, the early arrival of a knitting group adds a touch of drama, but nothing can unravel the cozy party spirit. Even when the power goes out, the merrymaking continues by lantern light. But in the flickering shadows and twisting hallways, relationships transform, secrets are uncovered, and death comes calling.
A weekend of glittering celebration unlocks a storm of change for Fred and Watson…
(This culinary cozy mystery includes a recipe for scrumptious cornbread.)
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Years ago I saw a funny movie on TCM called Seven Keys to Baldpate. In this book, I learned that someone named a real place after the Baldpate Inn in the book which inspired the movie. It was so interesting to have a murder mystery set there and to learn about the inn’s history with keys.
Killer Keys by Mildred Abbott is a twisty-turvy ride of figuring out who-dun-it while celebrating an anniversary and having fun with being stuck in a blizzard.
A blizzard, two killers, and a whole Inn full of suspects? Fred is in way over her head.
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Fred is once again on the case. Well, even if she doesn’t want to this time. Everyone assumes that she will take it, and her uncles wanted this done and out of the way. Fred is an excellent sleuth and even better when Susan wants her help. Susan is also helping her out! That’s right Officer Susan Green is being kind of nice. Even Fred, herself, is having a hard time putting the pieces of this one together. It’s just so farfetched all of it.
What I like about Fred in this one is that she is trying her best to figure things out despite having a hard time connecting all the clues. It also doesn’t help that not a lot of the “suspects” are helpful.
The Mystery
Another doozy of a crime. Two murders in one place not all that far apart. It doesn’t help Fred or Susan out very much. They figured out the first murder of the German exchange worker Luca, and I did as well. But then another murder happens and this one is very bizarre. It brings around a lot of things that make it impossible and connect a lot of people that probably shouldn’t be connected. See doozy. Along with a lot of red herrings to fish through.
Five Stars Killer Keys by Mildred Abbott
Killer Keys by Mildred Abbott is an insanely well-written book that it had me guessing. I didn’t get who-dun-it, and I still don’t get it. Hopefully, Fred is handling this better than I am. Another one worthy of five stars for Mildred Abbott, and I can’t wait for the next books. I might even go back to reading the first few.
Don’t forget to check out the recipe in the back for Baldpate Inn’s Cornbread recipe.
I voluntarily reviewed an Advance Reader Copy from the Great Escapes Book Tours. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.
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Anyways, until next time,
Karen the Baroness
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A special weekend for Fred, her family and some close friends at a rustic inn winds up being anything but. Everyone is snowed in. And Fred ends up juggling two murders. With the town of Estes Park dealing with it’s own complications due to the blizzard, their on their own. They can only hope the murder count doesn’t keep rising.
I think the series is getting leaner and meaner. A recurring theme that ties some of the earlier and present crimes to the murder of Fred’s father many years ago is being brought forth into the light. Fred is so kind-hearted by nature, but she’s growing a thicker skin and honing her investigative skills. I like how she’s growing.
I was lucky to already have this book after finishing the previous one, Malevolent Magic. That ending had me on pins and needles. And Killer Keys starts off pretty much where the last book ended. With me on pins and needles, hoping for the one thing I’d wanted to happen…to happen. And it did!
THE BEST BOOK OF THE SERIES! It was like a realistic game of clue (which is my favorite game) and Fred got a little closer to getting more answers about the Irons.
The Cozy Corgi series just gets better and better. Set in the Baldpate Inn, Fred and her favorite Estes Park residents come for relaxation but with Fred around…that’s really too much to hope for. I loved the many twists this latest mystery took and really couldn’t even guess who was behind the latest incident. This story had lots of sweetness, suspicion and recent history all mixing it up to one big unsolved murder in a blizzard.