Alyssa Maxwell
Are You A Fashionista?
(Previously posted on The Wickeds Blog) Question: are you a fashionista? Do you love the feeling of being all put together, or are you...
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Alyssa Maxwell
- Nov 3, 2022
- 13 min
Excerpt: A Fashionable Fatality
The Cotswolds, England September 1921 "An evocative setting, realistic relationships, and a nicely crafted plot." Publishers Weekly...
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Alyssa Maxwell
- Jun 27, 2022
- 9 min
A Dress of Violet Taffeta by Tessa Arlen
Greetings everyone! I recently had the absolute pleasure of reading an advance copy of Tessa Arlen’s new historical fiction novel, A...
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Alyssa Maxwell
- Mar 7, 2022
- 19 min
Excerpt: Murder at Beacon Rock
Newport, RI, July 1900 The high-sprung carriage, pulled by a matching pair of Cleveland bays, crossed the bridge that spanned a vast,...
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Alyssa Maxwell
- Nov 1, 2021
- 5 min
Newport, RI: The Perfect Place for a Murder Mystery
(First published by Crime Reads Sept. 10 2021) By definition, part of what makes a mystery a “cozy” is that it takes place within limited...
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Alyssa Maxwell
- Oct 20, 2021
- 8 min
Excerpt: A Deadly Endowment
The Cotswolds, England, 1921 Sometimes a woman had to stand alone and do what needed to be done regardless of what others thought of her....
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Alyssa Maxwell
- Jul 9, 2021
- 8 min
Excerpt: Murder at Wakehurst
September 14, 1899 The seemingly impossible had happened, and with so little fanfare it might almost have gone unnoticed. Except that the...
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Alyssa Maxwell
- Mar 19, 2021
- 3 min
Alyssa Maxwell Serves Up a Captivating Tale in A Sinister Service
(First seen on Tea Time Magazine blog 2/18/21 A Sinister Service, A Lady & Lady’s Maid Mystery book 6, centers around the china industry...
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Alyssa Maxwell
- Jan 11, 2021
- 8 min
Excerpt: A Sinister Service
“Please, all of you, wait here.” Without another word, Mr. Tremaine hurried out of the conference room, with Percy Bateman hard on his...
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Alyssa Maxwell
- Oct 8, 2020
- 3 min
Wonders Come in Small Packages: An Overview of Kingscote
(First posted on Victoria Magazine's Victoria Vignettes blog, 9/24/20) Kingscote, on Bellevue Avenue in Newport, RI, was built in 1838...
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Alyssa Maxwell
- Sep 12, 2020
- 2 min
Choosing Kingscote for a Gilded Newport Mystery
Previously appeared on The Wickeds blog, Sept. 7, 2020 I’m often asked how I choose each house I write about. My reasons vary, actually....
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Alyssa Maxwell
- May 15, 2020
- 3 min
Research for A Silent Stabbing
(Originally posted on the Chicks on the Case blog) I do a lot of research for my writing, much of it intentional, some of it accidental....
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Alyssa Maxwell
- Apr 17, 2020
- 21 min
Murder at Kingscote: excerpt - Chapter One
Newport, RI, July 1899 Bellevue Avenue teemed with color, fragrance, and a wide-eyed wonderment at the country’s newest technology. It...
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Alyssa Maxwell
- Oct 25, 2019
- 4 min
Excerpt from A SILENT STABBING, A Lady & Lady's Maid Mystery #5 (coming Feb. 25, 2020)
Early the next morning, (Phoebe and her grandfather) made their way, arm in arm, across the tiered gardens, bright with late season mums...
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Alyssa Maxwell
- Jul 1, 2019
- 13 min
Excerpt: Murder at Crossways
Chapter One Newport, Rhode Island August 1898 A pair of footmen in livery lifted the wheelchair, one on either side, while two others...
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Alyssa Maxwell
- Jun 26, 2019
- 1 min
Beautiful Ochre Court and a Rerelease!
With the rerelease of Murder at Ochre Court in trade paperback (previously only in hardcover and ebook), I thought I'd share this link...
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Alyssa Maxwell
- Dec 12, 2018
- 11 min
A MURDEROUS MARRIAGE, A Lady & Lady's Maid Mystery #4 - an Excerpt
Cowes, Isle of Wight, April 1920
Phoebe Renshaw pressed a hand to her stomach in a futile attempt to ease the incessant gnawing inside.
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Alyssa Maxwell
- Aug 10, 2018
- 2 min
Beatrice Turner: a Woman of Mystery
Thanks to a reader, I learned about, and then read a biography about, a relatively unknown Newport artist named Beatrice Turner. Miss...
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Alyssa Maxwell
- Jul 30, 2018
- 9 min
Excerpt: Murder at Ochre Court
“Take my advice, Miss Cross, and marry a rich man. Then you may do whatever you like.”
The train from New York City to North Kingstown, Rho
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Alyssa Maxwell
- Jun 26, 2018
- 2 min
Little House & the Big Controversy
I feel the need, as a writer, to weigh in on the latest controversy surrounding the American Library Association's decision to strip...
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Alyssa Maxwell
Author of the Gilded Newport Mysteries
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A Lady and Lady's Maid Mysteries
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