Gigi Pandian

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.

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Caroline Clutterbuck Kapulkin

Tempest and Ivy had initially bonded over their love of Scooby-Doo, which led them to classic kids' books: Encyclopedia Brown, Nancy Drew (Ivy's idol), Trixie Belden (Tempest's fave), the Three Investigators. As soon as their ages hit the double digits, they moved on to classic mysteries. Mystery forerunners Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and Edgar Allan Poe led to the Golden Age of detective fiction, including Dorothy Sayers, Agatha Christie, Edmund Crispin, Anthony Berkeley, Ellery Queen, Clayton Rawson (who created Tempest's beloved magician sleuth The Great Merlini), and John Dickson Carr (who wrote Ivy's hero Dr. Fell).

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