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In glittering Newport, Rhode Island, status is everything. But despite being a poorer relation to the venerable Vanderbilts, Emma Cross has shaped her own identity�as a reporter and a sleuth. As the nineteenth century draws to a close, Fancies and Fashion reporter Emma Cross is sent by the Newport Observer to cover an elite house party at Rough Point, a �cottage� owned by her distant cousin Frederick Vanderbilt that has been rented as an artist retreat. To her surprise, the illustrious guests include her estranged Bohemian parents�recently returned from Europe�as well as a variety of notable artists, including author Edith Wharton. But when one of the artists is discovered dead at the bottom of a cliff, Rough Point becomes anything but a house of mirth. After a second murder, no one is above suspicion�including Emma�s parents. As Newport police detective Jesse Whyte searches for a killer, Emma tries to draw her own conclusions�with the help of Mrs. Wharton. But with so many sketchy suspects, she�ll need to canvas the crime scenes carefully, before the cunning culprit takes her out of the picture next . . . Praise for Alyssa Maxwell and her Gilded Newport Mysteries �Another entertaining entry in this cozy series.� �Library Journal on Murder at Beechwood �Maxwell�s second entry has a credible mystery, solved by a female detective who�s likeable.� �Kirkus Reviews on Murder at Marble House