No Forced Entry

A century of trust, a death at the bank, and a small-town cozy mystery that doesn't add up. Corliss Landing's harvest fair is in full swing, and Corliss Savings Bank is celebrating its centennial with a polished vault and a grand promise: one hundred years of trust. Locksmith Rachel Harlow has checked the keys and set the vault's time lock herself. Everything is accounted for. Or so it should be. After the celebrations, head teller Roy Tolliver is found dead near the vault. Signs of tampering suggest someone has attacked the bank's famously secure steel. Rachel isn't convinced. The clockwork, the keys, and the marks on the metal refuse to tell the same story. Then suspicion falls on Cody Trask, her earnest young apprentice. He had access during the servicing work—and Rachel knows how quickly a small town can turn a borrowed key into a verdict. With Nate Brandt following the insurance trail, Rachel digs into an unfinished inventory from the bank's earliest days and the records her family has kept ever since. Somewhere between the old vault and the modern books, a carefully arranged story is protecting the wrong person. Can Rachel prove what really opened before Cody loses his future? No Forced Entry is Book Five of The Master Key Mysteries, blending autumn charm, intricate safe puzzles, loyal shop-family bonds, and a clean whodunit where the smallest detail can overturn the biggest accusation. For readers who love: • Bank-vault puzzles and misleading crime scenes • An innocent apprentice who needs someone in his corner • Harvest-fair atmosphere and close-knit community life • Fair-play clues, gentle romance, and feline mischief