the Mouse Key and Red Palace

Cori's father was an accomplished geneticist, but now he's dead without a body. An orphan at sixteen, she is already sure of what she doesn't want her life to be: her father's. Her only obligation is to tend to the lab mouse he left behind and release it into the wild. A startling chain of events ensues when the mouse returns to her with a small key.After a brief investigation, she visits her local bank in Nashville and discovers a large room her father never told her about: the Red Palace. Secrets wait beyond thirteen steel doors, and her mouse is the key to revealing their contents. But the path to treasure is not guaranteed-she must solve her father's cryptic clues to open each door.What is hidden in the Red Palace? What happened to her father's body? Mr. He, an untouchable mafia boss, seems to know, and he aggressively competes against her to open that beckoning thirteenth door. Cori's inheritance isn't what it seems. She will have to learn to slow down and assess her ever-changing situation before she can uncover the truth about who she is-and who she is not.