Alyssa Maxwell
Highlights from Newport 2023
First thing we love to do is go to La Forge Restaurant in the old Newport Casino, where my husband's brother provides the entertainment...
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Alyssa Maxwell
- 5 days ago
- 5 min
Inventions of the Gilded Age
(First posted on Crime Reads, August 2023) "We don’t have a choice in the matter, Mr. McAllistar, we must go where history takes us." In...
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Alyssa Maxwell
- 7 days ago
- 3 min
My Latest Book Recommendtions: Sept 2023
The Lost Girls of Willowbrook by Ellen Marie Wiseman I remember Geraldo Rivera's expose of the Willowbrook School, and how horrified I...
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Alyssa Maxwell
- Aug 14
- 2 min
My Latest Book Recommendations: August 2023
The Perfect Staging for Murder by Kathleen Bridge A Hamptons Home and Garden Mystery I've enjoyed this series from the beginning, for its...
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Alyssa Maxwell
- Jun 27
- 11 min
Excerpt: Murder at The Elms
I turned in at the service driveway. Approaching the delivery entrance was like venturing into another world entirely from the one the...
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Alyssa Maxwell
- Jun 16
- 3 min
On the Set of PBS's Between the Covers
Between the Covers is a local PBS show featuring authors and their books. Every summer, they do a streaming series featuring authors who...
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Alyssa Maxwell
- Mar 26
- 2 min
My Latest Book Recommendations
Murder at the Majestic Hotel by Clara McKenna This series follows the marriage and life of American Stella Kendrick and young British...
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Alyssa Maxwell
- Mar 9
- 3 min
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
Author of the Gilded Newport Mysteries
and
A Lady and Lady's Maid Mysteries
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