| International Standard Book Number |
9781496753281
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| International Standard Book Number |
1496753283
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| Personal Name |
Maxwell, Alyssa, author.
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| Title Statement |
Murder at Rosecliff / Alyssa Maxwell.
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| Edition Statement |
First Kensington hardcover edition.
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| Imprint |
New York, NY : Kensington Publishing Corp., 2026.
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| Physical Description |
280 pages ; 22 cm.
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| Series Statement |
A gilded Newport murder.
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| Summary, Etc. |
When a troublemaking party crasher is found dead in a fountain during an elegant soiree in Newport, Rhode Island, newspaper editor Emma Cross Andrews must clear her own society reporter from suspicion of murder August 1903. Emma and her husband Derrick are among the men in white tie and tails and the women wearing white gowns from the House of Worth at Tessie Oelrichs's Bal Blanc, or White Ball, at Rosecliff, her grand cottage on Bellevue Avenue. There to cover the event of the season is young Ethan Merriman, society reporter for the Newport Messenger, the newspaper owned by Emma and Derrick. It's an utterly charming affair until a stranger intrudes flaunting a green-striped necktie and matching vest in defiance of their hostess's theme. But his fashion crime is a mere misdemeanor compared to his intention to blackmail Mrs. Oelrichs by producing a compromising document supposedly signed by Tessie over a decade ago. Insisting it's a forgery but terrified of scandal, she agrees to his terms, but the blackmailer will not live to see payday. His body is found face down in a fountain before the party's end. Beside him stands a very wet Ethan, who was seen being confronted by the man earlier in the evening. Coming to the aid of their luckless cub reporter, Emma and Derrick must sort through the white lies and blackened reputations to discover the identity of the true killer.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Murder Investigation Fiction.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Forgery Fiction.
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| Index Term-Genre/Form |
Detective and mystery fiction.
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| Index Term-Genre/Form |
Historical fiction.
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| Index Term-Genre/Form |
Mystery fiction.
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| Series Added Entry-Personal Name |
Maxwell, Alyssa. Gilded Newport mystery.
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