#historicalmystery

Alyssa Maxwell

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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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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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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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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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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An Excerpt from Murder at Beechwood

Newport, RI, June 29, 1896 I sat up in bed, my heart thumping in my throat, my ears pricked. I’d woken to high-pitched keening, an eerie,...

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SleuthFest 2014, Part 1

Whew! I hadn't attended a conference in a long while, so even the one full day I attended SleuthFest felt slightly overwhelming. But in a...

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Why Historical?

I know that whether it's mystery or romance, contemporary stories sell better than historicals. I know that, but I choose to write...