Murder at Beacon Rock by Alyssa Maxwell
The New York Yacht Club's exclusive gathering at Newport, Rhode Island's Beacon Rock mansion hits stormy seas in the summer of 1900 when reporter Emma Cross, a lesser Vanderbilt, discovers a drowned corpse in Alyssa Maxwell's tenth Gilded Newport Mystery...As a reporter, Emma is used to covering Newport's social events. But this time she is appearing on the arm of her fiance, Derrick Andrews, at a small but exclusive gathering of the New York Yacht Club at Beacon Rock, the Grecian-inspired summer "cottage" of Edwin and Elizabeth Morgan. The members-which include cousin and Yacht Club Commodore John Pierpoint Morgan and widow Lucy Carnegie, the first woman to be admitted to the Club-are there to discuss their strategy for the next America's Cup Challenge, to be held in New York Harbor the following summer.
But it's Emma who must come up with a strategy when she discovers a woman's body bobbing against one of the hulls of the boats moored at the base of Beacon Rock. Is it possible she fell from the Newport ferry and was carried by the tide? Or could she have drowned herself or fallen victim to foul play?
After the woman is identified as the missing daughter of a yacht designer, the police-with the exception of Emma's friend Detective Jesse Whyte-hastily conclude she is a suicide, perhaps to quiet any scandal for the Morgans, since her body was found floating near their property. But Emma suspects the woman was murdered and begins to sort through a who's who of sportsmen, boat crews, and the Newport elite in search of a stone-cold killer . . .
Alyssa Maxwell is the bestselling author of the Lady and Lady's Maid Mystery series and the Gilded Newport Mysteries. She'd always wanted to be a novelist since she was a child. Being up in New England and visiting the United Kingdom sparked her interest in history, while her love of puzzles of all types brought her to the mystery genre. She lives in Florida with her husband, where she enjoys watching BBC shows, sipping tea in the afternoons, and researching the history. AlyssaMaxwell.com has more information about Alyssa and her works.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781496736178 |
| ISBN 10 | 1496736176 |
| Title | Murder at Beacon Rock |
| Author | Alyssa Maxwell |
| Series | Gilded Newport Mystery Ser |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Kensington Publishing |
| Year published | 2022-08-30 |
| Number of pages | 304 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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