
A Lady and Lady's Maid Mysteries,
set in post WWI England, feature Lady Phoebe Renshaw and her lady's maid, Eva Huntford. In a village where no significant crime has been committed in over a hundred years, and where the local inspector particularly likes his whiskey, Phoebe and Eva will find it necessary to team up to solve crimes above and below stairs at Foxwood Hall and the nearby village of Little Barlow.
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The Gilded Newport Mysteries,
features sleuth Emmaline Cross. As both a Vanderbilt cousin and a Newporter born and raised, Emma's as strong as the steel rails that built her relatives' fortune, fiercely independent, and as determined as the ocean tides when it comes to standing her ground and seeing that justice is done.
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Murder at The Breakers has been adapted as a movie on
Hallmark Mystery!
Premiered February 2nd
Featuring:
Ali Skovbye (Firefly Lane) as Emma Cross
Danny Griffin as Jesse Whyte
Nathan Witte as Derrick Andrews
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Interview at Mystery and Suspense: LINK
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Available now!
Two Weddings and a Murder
A Lady & Lady's Maid Mystery Book 9
As Lady Phoebe and her betrothed say their vows of holy matrimony, a killer has vowed unholy vengeance on the town’s chief inspector . . .
June 1922: The blessed day has finally arrived. Phoebe Renshaw and Owen Seabright are to be wed, and lady’s maid Eva Huntford could not be more delighted for her lady’s happiness. But she is disturbed by one notable absence from the ceremony—her beau, Police Constable Miles Brannock. When Miles finally does appear, breathlessly running into the reception at Foxwood Hall, he brings grim news: he’s found Chief Inspector Isaac Perkins murdered, shot in his home in his favorite parlor chair with his own gun.
A policeman naturally makes enemies, especially those of questionable character. In charge of finding his former boss’s killer, Miles reviews the details of the crime scene. The murder weapon has been wiped clean and left on the table next to the remnants of the chief inspector’s breakfast: sausage pasty and coffee reeking of a bit of whiskey. No sign of forced entry. A seemingly peaceful scene—other than the bullet hole in the victim.
Before Miles can make much progress in his investigation, a Scotland Yard detective arrives in Little Barlow to take over the case—and promptly focuses his suspicions on the constable himself, who he reasons had motive and opportunity. Coming to their maid’s defense, Phoebe and Owen postpone their honeymoon to join Eva in clearing her beau’s good name and unmasking the identity of the true killer . . .
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"If you haven't tried this series yet, I hope you'll give it a try and love it as much as I have." The Book Adventurer
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"This series entry is filled with enough red herrings to do any between-the-wars mystery proud." Kirkus Reviews
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"It kept me guessing until the end." Randee Green​
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"Alyssa Maxwell weaves these elements together cleverly. Besides Phoebe’s and Eva’s twisty search for the killer, she creates a sense of the times. This is the final novel of Maxwell’s nine book series, A Lady and Lady’s Maid Mysteries, but it stands alone. A lively and enjoyable read!" Historical Novel Society
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"I want to THANK Alyssa for writing this series and providing me with another town and another family to love. The times that I spent with one of the books in this series open were very happy times." Missi Stockwell Martin, Cozy Mystery Book Reviews
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Available for Preorder
Murder at Arleigh, A Gilded Newport Mystery #13
coming 8-26-25
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Reporter, sleuth, and new mother Emma Cross Andrews comes to the aid of a distraught wife who’s convinced her husband is trying to kill her . . .
April 1903: Emma and Derrick Andrews have been invited to the wedding of her cousin Reggie Vanderbilt and heiress Cathleen Neilson at the Bellevue Mansion, Arleigh. Their hosts are a popular young couple who are leasing the home for the summer—Harry and Elizabeth “Bessie” Lehr. Known for his practical jokes, Harry is the toast of parties, earning a reputation as the court jester of the Gilded Age. However, as Emma soon learns, behind closed doors he is dead serious.
Following the wedding, Bessie comes to Emma for help, insisting that her husband is cruel to her in private, telling her outright he married her only for her money and finds her repulsive. Divorce is unthinkable. Now she believes he is plotting to murder her and make it look like an accident: a broken balcony railing she might have leaned on, a loose stair runner that could have sent her tumbling down a staircase, faulty brakes in the car she uses . . .
Some would say being trapped in a loveless marriage is a fate worse than death. Not Bessie—she wants to live! Unsure if these situations are mere coincidences or add up to premeditated sabotage, Emma agrees to investigate and determine if Newport’s merry prankster is engaged in a cold-blooded game of life or death . . .




Alyssa Maxwell
Author of the Gilded Newport Mysteries
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A Lady and Lady's Maid Mysteries
