Murder at the Breakers (A Gilded Newport Mystery)

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For fans of HBOs The Gilded Age explore the dark side of the alluring world of Americas 19th century elite in this gripping series of riveting mysteries As the nineteenth century comes to a close the illustrious Vanderbilt family dominates Newport Rhode Island high society. But when murder darkens a glittering affair at their summer home reporter Emma Cross learns that sometimes the cream of the crop can curdle ones blood . . . Newport Rhode Island August 1895: She may be a less well-heeled relation but as second cousin to millionaire patriarch Cornelius Vanderbilt twenty-one-year-old Emma Cross is on the guest list for a grand ball at the Breakers the Vanderbilts summer home. She also has a job to doreport on the event for the society page of the Newport Observer. But Emma observes much more than glitz and gaiety when she witnesses a murder. The victim is Cornelius Vanderbilts financial secretary who plunges off a balcony faster than falling stock prices. Emmas black sheep brother Brady is found in Corneliuss bedroom passed out next to a bottle of bourbon and stolen plans for a new railroad line. Brady has barely come to before the police have arrested him for the murder. But Emma is sure someone is trying to railroad her brother and resolves to find the real killer at any cost . . . Sorry to see the conclusion of Downton Abbey? Well here is a morsel to get you through a long afternoon. Brew some Earl Grey and settle down with a scone with this one. Washington Independent Review of Books