Murder at the Breakers | 
pickFirst book in A Gilded Newport Mystery series featuring Emma Vanderbilt Cross, an independent relation of the famous Vanderbilts. I hadn‘t planned on reading this right now but the historical setting sucked me in. I wish there had been more about Emma‘s job as a newspaper reporter.
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“She awoke that morning to an angry sea battering the edges of the promontory, and gusting winds that kicked up a spray to rattle against her bedroom windows.”
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pickI really enjoyed this first in the Gilded Newport mystery series. While the language is more modern than late 19th century, the glamour of The Breakers, and the characters in this book are great. Emma is strong and independent and very willing to clash against a woman‘s typical role in the 19th century. I‘m anxious to read the next in the series!
Book Three for #14Books14Weeks , and I‘ve finally read another book for #ReadingUSA2019 , set in RI.
pickI‘d give this a solid okay rating. If it wasn‘t for main characters making bad choices, some mysteries would never be solved, and she made a bunch of them. I loved the setting though!
I noticed I used this for a prompt over a year ago...haha!
Everything Newport is #MoneyMoneyMoney , especially in the Gilded Age, when anyone who was anyone summered there. This is a mystery series set in that time; the Breakers is one of the ginormous mansions (or “cottages”) you can tour today. Such opulence! #ABBAinAugust
pickFinished this very pleasant cozy mystery set in Newport during the Gilded Age. MC is a poor relation of the Vanderbilts, so while she does attend one big social event, the book is focused on her more everyday life as a middle-class Newport resident. It‘s a good cozy mystery with a spunky heroine, but not an Edith Wharton-type glitzy novel. Still recommend.
I‘m enjoying this, but I keep getting distracted down Wikipedia rabbit holes looking up stories about the people mentioned in the book. I am fascinated by the high society of the Gilded Age.
I need something light, relaxing, and entertaining...a cozy mystery should fit the bill. #usareadingroadtrip #rhodeisland
A mystery series set during the Gilded Age in Newport, Rhode Island? Yes, please! It's a #cruelsummer for residents at The Breakers, one of the mammoth summer homes for the wealthy, as someone falls to their death. The police suspect foul play. This is the first in the Gilded Newport Mystery series. #JuneTunz
I live in Rhode Island and I got this book specifically to complete the read harder challenge of #setnearwearyoulive! I haven't read it yet but I love cozy mystery a so I'm pretty excited! #riotgrams
so-soThis started out strong then puttered out midway through. The heroine was almost willfully blind to what was going on. It was incredibly frustrating. The setting was awesome, however, and I enjoyed the inclusion of historical people as characters. I'll try the next one and hope for the best, but probably not soon.
Bateman escorted me upstairs to the loggia, where I found Aunt Alice tucked against the pillows of a chaise lounge, staring out at the bright blue vista of sky and sea beyond the property. (wish we could post in landscape. It's a spectacular view.)
Starting this one that I bought AT The Breakers. My updates will probably include a lot of pictures of the mansion and rooms. I'm really excited for this one since I've actually been in the setting which is not something that happens often. 😃😃 Also get to use my handy dandy Breakers bookmark!
Entering 1895 Newport, RI high society as I eat a turkey sandwich in my car for lunch on a truly beautiful day.
