Gilded Newport Mysteries: Murder at the Breakers (Hardcover)

from jbarr5

A Murder at the Breakers by Alyssa Maxwell Wanted to read this book because I am very local to this town. I've yet to visit this museum of a house, maybe this year. Love banter between the woman, Emmaline Cross and her brother, Brady and how he finds himself always in a mess and she is always the...

from book58lover

I really enjoyed this book and I didn't expect to, so it was a pleasant surprise. I don't usually care for period pieces because everyone is so controlled and ruled by social mores. That's what made Emma so delightful; she was independent and headstrong and intelligent and willing to buck all tho...

from Kathy89

The heroine is a poor relation of the Vanderbilts of Newport, RI and works as a society columnist for the local paper in 1895. Her brother is arrested for murder and she plans to clear him with the help of a childhood friend, now a detective, and a mysterious man who keeps turning up wherever Emm...

from book58lover

I really enjoyed this book and I didn't expect to, so it was a pleasant surprise. I don't usually care for period pieces because everyone is so controlled and ruled by social mores. That's what made Emma so delightful; she was independent and headstrong and intelligent and willing to buck all tho...

from Carlathelibrarian

I found this book hard to get into, but once it started rolling, it was one that I just wanted to see what would happen next.Emma Vanderbilt Cross is the poor relative of the rich Cornelius and Alice Vanderbilt. The story takes place in Newport Rhode Island. Emma inherited Gull Manor from her Aun...