The first book in Alyssa Maxwell's new Gilded Newport Mystery series, Murder at the Breakers, takes place in Newport, Rhode Island. The story begins at a lavish affair at the Vanderbilt's mansion, the Breakers. The party turns from lavish to gruesome when a dead body falls from a balcony. Determined to get to the bottom of the murder when her brother becomes a suspect, Emma Cross, half-Vanderbilt and half-commoner, tracks the killer among the rich and famous of Newport.
"Maxwell's portrait of Gilded Age mores, with a little leeway for romantic attachments, provides an opportunity for readers to consider how wealth and status can be as restrictive as it is empowering. This is a promising start to an engaging mystery series filled with smart observations." - Library Journal Reviews
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