A Lady and Lady's Maid Mysteries,
set in post WWI England, feature Lady Phoebe Renshaw and her lady's maid, Eva Huntford. In a village where no significant crime has been committed in over a hundred years, and where the local inspector particularly likes his whiskey, Phoebe and Eva will find it necessary to team up to solve crimes above and below stairs at Foxwood Hall and the nearby village of Little Barlow.
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The Gilded Newport Mysteries,
features sleuth Emmaline Cross. As both a Vanderbilt cousin and a Newporter born and raised, Emma's as strong as the steel rails that built her relatives' fortune, fiercely independent, and as determined as the ocean tides when it comes to standing her ground and seeing that justice is done.
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Murder at The Breakers has been adapted as a movie on
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Premiered February 2nd
Featuring:
Ali Skovbye (Firefly Lane) as Emma Cross
Danny Griffin as Jesse Whyte
Nathan Witte as Derrick Andrews
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Murder at Vinland
A Gilded Newport Mystery Book 12
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Reporter and sleuth Emma Cross Andrews must stop a bold poisoner who is targeting the society wives of the Four Hundred in Gilded Age Newport, Rhode Island . . .
August 1901: A fundraiser for a new Rhode Island Audubon Society brings Emma to Vinland, the Viking-themed seaside home of her relative, Florence Vanderbilt Twombly, where the guest of honor is Edith Roosevelt, wife of Vice President Theodore Roosevelt. Listening to the speakers and observing the ladies in attendance, Emma is struck by the contrast of the Viking warrior–inspired elements in the house and the admirable but admittedly genteel cause of bird protection. Vinland bears the name of the Vikings’ first landfall in North America, but in this room today there is most assuredly no one to fear.
Emma’s observation of harmless philanthropy is proven wrong the following morning when one of Mrs. Twombly’s houseguests from the luncheon becomes mysteriously and dangerously ill. Accompanying police detective Jesse Whyte, Emma discovers a box of petit fours supposedly sent by Mrs. Roosevelt. They promptly rule out the Second Lady as a suspect, but someone has poisoned the cakes.
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"Juxtaposing the lives of ordinary people and the seriously rich enhances this thorny tale of love, hate, and murder." Kirkus Reviews
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“Murder at Vinland is one more of Maxwell’s fast-moving tales of historical fiction set among the wealthy Gilded Age residents of Newport. The descriptions of scenery, personalities and elaborate events, as told through the likeable Emma, continue to entertain." Newport This Week
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"This richly documented setting creates a stage for the portrayal of intrigue that stimulates the imagination. Each carefully crafted scene adds to the tension and drama that is sustained throughout the novel." Historical Novel Society
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"An excellent addition to a long-running series." Aunt Agatha's
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" . . . Will have readers on the edge, if not falling out of their seats with excitement, not to mention the hazard of receiving paper cuts from turning the pages so quickly." Cozy Mystery Book Reviews
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"Marvously plotted and written . . . Another perfect escape from Alyssa Maxwell!"
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Coming February 25, 2025
Two Weddings and a Murder
A Lady & Lady's Maid Mystery Book 9
As Lady Phoebe and her betrothed say their vows of holy matrimony, a killer has vowed unholy vengeance on the town’s chief inspector . . .
June 1922: The blessed day has finally arrived. Phoebe Renshaw and Owen Seabright are to be wed, and lady’s maid Eva Huntford could not be more delighted for her lady’s happiness. But she is disturbed by one notable absence from the ceremony—her beau, Police Constable Miles Brannock. When Miles finally does appear, breathlessly running into the reception at Foxwood Hall, he brings grim news: he’s found Chief Inspector Isaac Perkins murdered, shot in his home in his favorite parlor chair with his own gun.
A policeman naturally makes enemies, especially those of questionable character. In charge of finding his former boss’s killer, Miles reviews the details of the crime scene. The murder weapon has been wiped clean and left on the table next to the remnants of the chief inspector’s breakfast: sausage pasty and coffee reeking of a bit of whiskey. No sign of forced entry. A seemingly peaceful scene—other than the bullet hole in the victim.
Before Miles can make much progress in his investigation, a Scotland Yard detective arrives in Little Barlow to take over the case—and promptly focuses his suspicions on the constable himself, who he reasons had motive and opportunity. Coming to their maid’s defense, Phoebe and Owen postpone their honeymoon to join Eva in clearing her beau’s good name and unmasking the identity of the true killer . . .
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