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Keeper of the Keys
by Perri O'Shaughnessy
Product Group: Book
Publisher: Delacorte Press (2006-10-31)
ISBN: 0385337965
EAN: 9780385337960
Dewy Decimal #: 813.54
Hardcover: 336 pages
Release Date: 2006-10-31
SKU: BX001-080313002
Condition: Used: Very Good Firs
Comments: Assumed First, 2006 1 on # line. Light creasing to top edge of dj o/wise very minor wear, not pricecut. Pgs crisp, clean, tight, unmarked. No remainder mark.
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Editorial Reviews
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Product Description
For ambitious, troubled architect Ray Jackson, the nightmare begins one sultry California night when his wife disappears. No phone call, no ransom note, no body, reveals whether Leigh is dead or alive.
Then, suddenly, a woman shows up on Ray’s doorstep demanding answers: Kathleen, an old friend of Leigh’s. Ray wants answers, too, but his questions seem strange and shady to Kat. Suspected by his wife’s friend and by the police, Ray launches a desperate and alarming search of his own. Using a collection of keys he has held on to since he was a boy–keys to homes he and his mother once lived in–Ray quietly yet boldly enters each house, one by one, hoping to unlock the secrets of his own past. As past and present collide, as a chilling mystery begins to unravel, Ray is suddenly confronted with the most agonizing decision of his life–to face his own violence-laden past, acting to prevent another horrendous act of violence, or not. His choice will leave nothing and no one the same.
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Customer Reviews
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Well, I like this book......
Rating  (4)
Date: 2008-05-26
1 out of 1 customers found this reveiw helpful
This is my first book by the O'Shaugnessy sisters so I go in with no pre-concieved expectations. And I can understand why there are so many negative reviews. It's because this book doesn't really fit in any pigeonhole. Is it a mystery, is it a thriller?
It's kinda a little of both. It's not a hardcore mystery and not a hardcord thriller, in fact, you don't really know what it is until the end of the book. And like I said, because it's my first time reading these authors I wasn't disappointed because I wasn't expecting anything in particular.
What I liked about it was it was easy to read and easy to follow. That's a definite plus - I read for pleasure, I'm not looking to unravel some obscure treatise. I liked the diverse characters in it and the plot was mystifying, a lot of which was because you don't know where this book was going(!)
So if you're looking for some easy reading, give it a try. If you're looking for a hardcore thriller or mystery, you probably won't like it. If you want to know the premise of the book, it's about a wife who goes missing and how her husband goes about trying to locate her, or her dead body. And I think I will give these authors' other books a try too.
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A Nice Departure
Rating  (3)
Date: 2008-03-15
1 out of 1 customers found this reveiw helpful
Actually, I almost didn't buy this book because I thought it was going to be another Nina Reilly. That series has gotten so worn out, I don't think I could stand another episode. (Talk about boring and repetitive...)
"Keeper of the Keys" is definitely not a 5 star effort, but I think it's a solid 3+. Part of the attraction for me was the local setting. Mary and Pamela ("Perri") really do seem to know the Whittier area. It was a quick , easy read - perfect for mindless entertainment at the end of a busy day.
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Not sure why the critics hated this one
Rating (4)
Date: 2008-01-04
1 out of 1 customers found this reveiw helpful
Architect Ray Jackson and his wife Leigh are having problems. The distance between them is growing, Leigh is having an affair with Ray's business partner, and Ray has developed an odd obsession with making models of every one of the numerous houses he and his mother lived in throughout his childhood. When Leigh disappears, he becomes even more obsessed, and begins questioning his mother about their nomadic past and visiting those old houses - sometimes even breaking in so he can roam their halls again. He's trying to understand something about his past that he knows is wrong, and his mother's escalating erratic behavior just confirms that he's on to something. What connection this has to his wife's disappearance he doesn't know, but he finds himself on a quest to both find her and unlock the dark secret of his childhood.
This book was severely panned by every single review I read, but I actually liked it. It wasn't perfect by any stretch, and the connections between the events of the book are tenuous at best. Still, I enjoyed the pacing and the original concept. I've never read anything by O'Shaughnessy before, and actually the author is/are two people: sisters Pamela and Mary O'Shaughnessy, who are well-known and respected in the mystery genre for their Nina O'Reilly series, which I've not read. I got this book in hardcover format through my membership in the Mystery Guild book club.
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Not a Nina Reilly
Rating  (2)
Date: 2008-01-01
1 out of 1 customers found this reveiw helpful
Perhaps I should have read the synopsis a bit closer, but after waiting several weeks to receive a much-anticipated new Perri O'Shaugnessy book, I was disappointed in the story. Being used to the tightly woven and fast-paced plots of the Nina Reilly tales, this story seemed loose-jointed and did not move forward at the same rate that I was turning pages. The author(s) spent more time describing parking problems in the Valley than character development. And the plot twists just did not seem to hold - there was a definite, and uncomfortable, blurring of the lines between antagonists and protagonists. I finished the book just to see if it would get better, and while there is a surprise ending, it just did not justify the rest of the story. Please, give me another Nina Reilly story and I'll once again be in the front row of Perri O'Shaugnessy fans.
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Who wrote this book???
Rating  (1)
Date: 2007-11-04
I just forced myself to finish Keeper of the Keys. I kept thinking and hoping that it would eventually get better, more interesting and finally make some real sense. Didn't happen...
What a corny, confused, disjointed mess of a story. The entire plot was (thankfully) so unlike the other good novels the O'Shaughnessy gals have written. Rarely do I feel reading a book is totally a waste of time, but this is the exception. There was nothing to be gained or learned or enjoyed or appreciated by the reading of this novel. I don't know why they chose this story line, but it was in my opinion a big mistake. It was not clearly thought out nor written in an intelligent, engaging way. It was boring, dull and unfortunately a waste of time.
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