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Murder at Rosecliff

When a troublemaking party crasher is found dead in a fountain during an elegant soiree in Newport, Rhode Island, newspaper editor Emma Cross Andrews must clear her own society reporter from suspicion of murder... August 1903. Emma and her husband Derrick are among the men in white tie and tails and...

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Main Author: Maxwell, Alyssa
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Kensington Publishing Corp., 2026.
Edition:First Kensington hardcover edition.
Series:Maxwell, Alyssa. Gilded Newport mystery.
Subjects:
Cross, Emma > (Fictitious character) > Fiction.
Vanderbilt family > Fiction.
Reporters and reporting > Fiction.
Women journalists > Fiction.
Murder > Investigation > Fiction.
Attempted murder > Fiction.
Rich people > Fiction.
Newport (R.I.) > Fiction.
United States > 19th century > Fiction.
Cozy mysteries.
Historical fiction.
Detective and mystery fiction.
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Summary:When a troublemaking party crasher is found dead in a fountain during an elegant soiree in Newport, Rhode Island, newspaper editor Emma Cross Andrews must clear her own society reporter from suspicion of murder... August 1903. Emma and her husband Derrick are among the men in white tie and tails and the women wearing white gowns from the House of Worth at Tessie Oelrichs's Bal Blanc, or White Ball, at Rosecliff, her grand cottage on Bellevue Avenue. There to cover the event of the season is young Ethan Merriman, society reporter for the Newport Messenger, the newspaper owned by Emma and Derrick. It's an utterly charming affair until a stranger intrudes flaunting a green-striped necktie and matching vest in defiance of their hostess's theme. But his fashion crime is a mere misdemeanor compared to his intention to blackmail Mrs. Oelrichs by producing a compromising document supposedly signed by Tessie over a decade ago. Insisting it's a forgery but terrified of scandal, she agrees to his terms, but the blackmailer will not live to see payday. His body is found face down in a fountain before the party's end. Beside him stands a very wet Ethan, who was seen being confronted by the man earlier in the evening. Coming to the aid of their luckless cub reporter, Emma and Derrick must sort through the white lies and blackened reputations to discover the identity of the true killer.
Physical Description:280 pages ; 22 cm.
ISBN:9781496753281
1496753283
Author Notes:Alyssa Maxwell is an American author who grew up in New England. She has worked in publishing as a reference book editor, ghost writer, and fiction editor. She has always wanted to be a novelist. Her travels to Great Britain and Ireland, and love for all kinds of puzzles and history, made writing mysteries a nature choice. She is a member of the Mystery Writers of America, the Florida Romance Writers, Sisters in Crime, and Novelists Inc. Her work includes the Gilded Newport Mysteries series and A Lady and Lady's Maid Mysteries series.

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