The Independence of Miss Emma Cross
A dilemma facing Emma Cross, my sleuth in The Gilded Newport Mysteries, is whether or not to marry. And if she does decide to marry, which man should she choose: the debonair, wealthy, and sometimes rash Derrick Andrews, heir to a Providence newspaper fortune, or the steady, honest, and dependable Jesse Whyte, native Newporter and police detective. With Derrick she would never again need to worry about money, but she would also become a society wife facing an endless schedule