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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Welcome!
There's lots here so please poke around a bit. . .
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Murder at The Breakers has been adapted as a movie on
Hallmark Mystery!
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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Here's more about it: LINK
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Video and Podcast interviews on my Blog!
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Interview at Mystery and Suspense: LINK
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DVD available on
Amazon: LINK
Barnes & Noble: LINK
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Preorder in Hardcover, Ebook, and Audio. Coming August 25th
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Murder at Rosecliff
A Gilded Newport Mystery book 14
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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…
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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.
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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.
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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.
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"Greed, grudges, and obscene wealth underpin Maxwell’s enticing 14th mystery set in Gilded Age Newport, R.I. . . . Irresistable . . . Publishers Weekly
Available now in hardcover, ebook, and audio!
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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"If you haven't tried this series yet, I hope you'll give it a try and love it as much as I have." The Book Adventurer
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"This series entry is filled with enough red herrings to do any between-the-wars mystery proud." Kirkus Reviews
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"It kept me guessing until the end." Randee Green​
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"Alyssa Maxwell weaves these elements together cleverly. Besides Phoebe’s and Eva’s twisty search for the killer, she creates a sense of the times. This is the final novel of Maxwell’s nine book series, A Lady and Lady’s Maid Mysteries, but it stands alone. A lively and enjoyable read!" Historical Novel Society
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"I want to THANK Alyssa for writing this series and providing me with another town and another family to love. The times that I spent with one of the books in this series open were very happy times." Missi Stockwell Martin, Cozy Mystery Book Reviews
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Alyssa Maxwell
Author of the Gilded Newport Mysteries
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A Lady and Lady's Maid Mysteries
