MURDER AT THE ELMS (Gilded Newport Mystery #11) by Alyssa Maxwell will be released on August 22, 2023 by Kensington Books.
A week after covering the servant strike at the newly constructed Bellevue Avenue estate, newspaper reporter Emma Cross and her new husband attend a party at the mansion. During the party, the body of the only worker not to go on strike is found in the coal tunnel that connects to the mansion’s subterranean level. As Emma helps the Newport Police investigate the murder, the question becomes not only who killed the chambermaid but who exactly is the chambermaid? The victim turns out not to be just a shy chambermaid but a master criminal.
Alyssa Maxwell and Emma Cross never disappoint in the Gilded Newport Mysteries. Maxwell really brings turn-of-the-century Newport to life by taking the readers into the mansions and introducing us to the wealthy occupants and the people who keep the estates running. It’s good to see Emma and Derrick married and settling into their new life as a couple.
Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for the ARC.