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Inscríbete en LibraryThing para averiguar si este libro te gustará. Actualmente no hay Conversaciones sobre este libro. Although I thought there were too many things going on with the culprit's back story, I enjoyed the storytelling, pacing, setting and characters very much. This series is among the best I've read for cozy mysteries. Content note: Parts of the story involve Emma questioning the girls at a house of ill repute, but there's nothing gratuitous discussed or shown. 1897, Rhode Island, while reporting on a polo match Emma Cross witnesses the removal of a female. Later that night the same female is found dead in the home of Senator George Wetmore. Mrs Edith Wetmore engages Emma to discover the truth behind the death. An enjoyable, well-written easy to read mystery. A NetGalley Book Emmaline Cross, poor relation of the Vanderbilts and society columnist for the Newport Observer, is caught in a difficult situation when she is recruited by Senator George Wetmore's wife to discover the details that resulted in the dead body at the bottom of the steps at Chateau sur Mer, the Wetmore's home in Newport. The victim, Lilah Buford, a prostitute at the Blue Moon tavern, had been making an effort to contact Mrs. Wetmore at a polo match earlier in the day and now she was dead. What did she need to communicate with Mrs. Wetmore about? Was the matter the cause of her death? How could she have gotten into this guarded home without anyone knowing? Emma sets out to find the answers but the manner of her investigation may endanger her livelihood if not her life. It was great to see all the characters surrounding Emma again. The mystery was very complex as well as entertaining. The writing, as usual, was superb. Alyssa Maxwell’s murder mysteries at the various mansions run so true to the nature of Newport at the turn of the century. Being a frequent visitor to Newport over the past thirty years her stories are all the more interesting to me. I was able to recognize so many details of Chateau Sur Mer, which I have been fortunate to tour, as well as many locations in Newport which Maxwell uses in her novel. This story, set in 1897, revolves around Senator George Wetmore and his family, the occupants of Chateau Sur Mer. We are reintroduced to most of the author’s previous characters along with some newcomers. The story revolves around the privileged “400” but also explores the rough and seamy side of Newport’s docks and the less fortunate who call this part of the society town home. And of course there is the murder to be solved by the redoubtable Emmaline Cross. Maxwell’s facts are well researched and the few liberties taken are understandable. I found this plot to be more convoluted than some the previous mysteries in this series, but still an enjoyable and satisfying read. This was just a hair shy of four stars. Thank you NetGalley and Kensington Books for an ARC. sin reseñas | añadir una reseña
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Late nineteenth-century Newport, Rhode Island, is home to some of America's wealthiest citizens. For society reporter Emma Cross, a less well-heeled cousin to the illustrious Vanderbilts, trailing gossip and glamour will lead her straight into murder . . . Emma's job is to take note of the real players off the field-Newport's well-bred elite. But the fashionable faade is breached when a woman demands to speak to the wife of Senator George Wetmore-until she is escorted off the grounds by the police. The next morning, police detective Jesse Whyte asks Emma to meet him at the Wetmores's Bellevue Avenue home, Chateau sur Mer, where the senator's wife, Edith, has mysteriously asked to see her. Upon entering the mansion, Emma is confronted with a crime scene-the intruder from the polo match lies dead at the foot of a grand staircase. Edith Wetmore implores Emma to use her reporter skills and her discretion to investigate. When Emma learns the victim was a prostitute-and pregnant-she wonders if the senator was being blackmailed. As Emma peels back layers of deception and family secrets, she may have met her match in a desperate killer who will trample anyone who gets in the way . . . No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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This story starts out with a murder of a prostitute at the bottom of the stairs of a family that is well known in Newport.
Emma gets involved with this murder and is able to frequent the polo fields where the gambling startgs. It's amazing how the murders are all linked together. What a story.
So much of Newp[ort comes out in this book, had to look at up the state parks. Story also follows her intended and she is in dire need of a job.
Love ending where author brings yuu up to date on where the polo fields are now. Spouse lived in the city and knew of the fields and parks mentioned in the book .
Love how the author links the goings on at the polo field and events to the first murder of the prostitute.
Emma's got a quick eye, notices others eyes and where she's seen them in others before....Haven't visited this mansion yet but hope to this fall.
I received this book from National Library Service for my BARD (Braille Audio Reading Device). ( )