Murder at Rough Point (Gilded Age, 4)

Alyssa Maxwell

ISBN 10: 1536691216 ISBN 13: 9781536691214

Publisher: Audible Studios on Brilliance Audio, 2017

Synopsis

In glittering Newport, Rhode Island, status is everything. But despite being a poorer relation to the venerable Vanderbilts, Emma Cross has shaped her own identity - as a reporter and a sleuth.

As the 19th century draws to a close, reporter Emma Cross is sent by the Newport Observer to cover an elite house party at Rough Point, a "cottage" owned by her distant cousin Frederick Vanderbilt that has been rented as an artist retreat. To her surprise, the illustrious guests include her estranged Bohemian parents - recently returned from Europe - as well as a variety of notable artists, including author Edith Wharton.

But when one of the artists is discovered dead at the bottom of a cliff, Rough Point becomes anything but a house of mirth. After a second murder, no one is above suspicion - including Emma's parents. As Newport police detective Jesse Whyte searches for a killer, Emma tries to draw her own conclusions - with the help of Mrs. Wharton. But with so many sketchy suspects, she'll need to canvas the crime scenes carefully, before the cunning culprit takes her out of the picture next....

About this title

About the Author

Alyssa Maxwell began a love affair with the city of Newport when visiting friends there back in her high school days. Time and again the cobbled lanes and harbor-side, gas-lit neighborhoods drew her to return, and on one of those later visits she met the man who would become her husband. Always a lover of history, Alyssa found that marrying into a large, generations-old Newport family opened up an exciting new world of historical discovery. From the graveyards whose earliest markers read from the seventeenth century, to original colonial houses still lived in today, to the Newport Artillery Company whose curator for many years was her husband’s grandfather, Newport became a place of fascination and romantic charm. Today, Maxwell and her husband reside in Florida with their two adult daughters, but part of her heart remains firmly in that small New England city of great significance, a microcosm of American history spanning from before the Revolution through the Civil War, the Industrial Age, the Gilded Age, and beyond. For more info please visit www.alyssamaxwell.com.

Review

"Envy runs rampant among the unique and quirky houseguests, adding dimension to Maxwell's exhilarating tale." RT Book Reviews

"The characters are fun, the dialogue is both charmingand intelligent, but the scenery that makes up that extravagant time period in NewEngland really is the gem in these glorious tales." Suspense Magazine

"...Pleasantly twisty...will appeal to lovers ofatmospheric country house mysteries." Publishers Weekly

"Emma . . . is an interesting, independent career womanin this satisfying first-person account that includes well-drawncharacters." Booklist

Edition details

• Publisher: Audible Studios on Brilliance Audio
• Publication date: 2017
• ISBN 10: 1536691216
• ISBN 13: 9781536691214
• Binding: MP3 CD
• Language: English