Murder at the Breakers

Name: Murder at the Breakers
Brand: Tantor Audio
Availability: InStock
Author: Alyssa Maxwell
ISBN: 9781666171747

Author: Alyssa Maxwell

Series: Gilded Newport Mystery #1

Narrator: Eva Kaminsky

Unabridged: 9 hr 42 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 11/30/2021

Categories: Fiction, Mystery & Detective, Women Sleuths, Amateur Sleuth

Synopsis

In a historical mystery for Downton Abbey fans, a society reporter covers a killer party in Gilded Age Newport.

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 do—report 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 Vanderbilt's financial secretary, who plunges off a balcony faster than falling stock prices. Emma's black sheep brother Brady is found in Cornelius's 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 . . .

About Alyssa Maxwell

Alyssa Maxwell is the acclaimed author of the Gilded Newport Mystery series and the Lady and Lady's Maid Mystery series. She knew from an early age that she wanted to be a novelist. Growing up in New England fueled a passion for history, while a love of puzzles of all kinds drew her to the mystery genre. She lives in Florida, where she loves to watch BBC productions, sip tea in the afternoons, and delve into the past.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Alyssa on February 07, 2014

My rating on this book is based on how much fun I had writing it!......more

Goodreads review by Holly in Bookland on March 19, 2015

*4.5 stars I found another cozy mystery series to read:) I enjoyed the story, the characters, and the Gilded Age. It was just a simple mystery to get lost in; nothing too taxing on the brain but enjoyable nonetheless.......more

Goodreads review by Kathy on May 03, 2014

I wish I could give this 3 1/2 stars. Unfortunately, in my opinion, there is one major flaw. Emma Cross sets out to prove her step brother's innocence of a murder at the Breakers, the Newport mansion of her relatives, Cornelius and Alice Vanderbilt. The good things about the book---the setting is fa......more

Goodreads review by Mallory on October 08, 2023

I thought this was a pretty good start to a cozy mystery series and definitely one I will be reading again. Emma is a poor relation to the affluent Vanderbilt family, but she had an invitation to their coming out ball for their child. Unfortunately for Emma she was at the wrong place at the wrong ti......more

Goodreads review by Brenda on September 28, 2014

I love 'cozy' mysteries, but this one was just a little too simplistic, written at a 12 yr old level or so -- I like a little more complexity, a little more 'grey' and with characters that are more developed and 'real'.......more