Ī dead body can really ruin a day at the beach. For more book reviews, check out my Instagram account. Listen to my podcast at for fun author interviews. I highly recommend Murder at Crossways and the earlier books in the series. The mystery at the heart of the tale is unique, and readers will revel in Maxwell’s ability to transport them to late-1890’s Newport. Maxwell’s descriptive and in-depth depiction of Crossways is a highlight of the book as well as her inclusion of an Author’s Note at the end of the novel which provides additional details about both Crossways and its inhabitants and the fate of numerous Newport cottages today. Each mystery revolves around a different “cottage” in Newport, and Crossways, the home of Mamie and Stuyvesant Fish, takes center stage in this clever and highly entertaining addition to the series.
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Īlyssa Maxwell’s Gilded Newport Mystery series is a favorite of mine, and I think her latest installment, Murder at Crossways, is a standout. But they must hurry-before the killer slips away like the fading summer. As Emma investigates a connection between the two victims, she is joined on the hunt by Mamie Fish herself. The prince has been stabbed in the same manner as another man, recently found on nearby Bailey's Beach-who strongly resembles Emma's half-brother Brady's father, presumed dead for nearly thirty years after a yachting mishap. The next morning, he is found dead in the side garden at Crossways, making it clear a murderer crashed the party. With nearly every eligible daughter of Newport high society in attendance, Emma can almost hear romantic dreams shattering like glass slippers when the prince fails to appear. But at the last moment, she must fill in and attend the Harvest Festival.
But the crowning jewel of the evening will be the guest of honor, Prince Otto of Austria.Īs acting editor-in-chief of the Newport Messenger, Emma had hoped to leave her days as a society reporter behind her. The neocolonial mansion is decked out in artificial autumn splendor, and an extravagant scavenger hunt will be held. The days are getting shorter as summer's end approaches, which means it's time for the Harvest Festival, the last big event of the season, held by Mamie Fish, wife of millionaire railroad tycoon Stuyvesant Fish, at their grand "cottage," Crossways. In late August 1898, reporter Emma Cross attends the final fête of the Newport social season and discovers the party's over for a visiting prince.
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