Alyssa Maxwell
Excerpt: A Sinister Service
“Please, all of you, wait here.” Without another word, Mr. Tremaine hurried out of the conference room, with Percy Bateman hard on his...
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Alyssa Maxwell
Oct 8, 20203 min read
Wonders Come in Small Packages: An Overview of Kingscote
(First posted on Victoria Magazine's Victoria Vignettes blog, 9/24/20) Kingscote, on Bellevue Avenue in Newport, RI, was built in 1838...
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Alyssa Maxwell
Sep 12, 20202 min read
Choosing Kingscote for a Gilded Newport Mystery
Previously appeared on The Wickeds blog, Sept. 7, 2020 I’m often asked how I choose each house I write about. My reasons vary, actually....
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Alyssa Maxwell
May 15, 20203 min read
Research for A Silent Stabbing
(Originally posted on the Chicks on the Case blog) I do a lot of research for my writing, much of it intentional, some of it accidental....
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Alyssa Maxwell
Apr 17, 202021 min read
Murder at Kingscote: excerpt - Chapter One
Newport, RI, July 1899 Bellevue Avenue teemed with color, fragrance, and a wide-eyed wonderment at the country’s newest technology. It...
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Alyssa Maxwell
Oct 25, 20194 min read
Excerpt from A SILENT STABBING, A Lady & Lady's Maid Mystery #5 (coming Feb. 25, 2020)
Early the next morning, (Phoebe and her grandfather) made their way, arm in arm, across the tiered gardens, bright with late season mums...
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Alyssa Maxwell
Jul 1, 201913 min read
Excerpt: Murder at Crossways
Chapter One Newport, Rhode Island August 1898 A pair of footmen in livery lifted the wheelchair, one on either side, while two others...
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Alyssa Maxwell
Jun 26, 20191 min read
Beautiful Ochre Court and a Rerelease!
With the rerelease of Murder at Ochre Court in trade paperback (previously only in hardcover and ebook), I thought I'd share this link...
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Alyssa Maxwell
Dec 12, 201811 min read
A MURDEROUS MARRIAGE, A Lady & Lady's Maid Mystery #4 - an Excerpt
Cowes, Isle of Wight, April 1920
Phoebe Renshaw pressed a hand to her stomach in a futile attempt to ease the incessant gnawing inside.
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Alyssa Maxwell
Aug 10, 20182 min read
Beatrice Turner: a Woman of Mystery
Thanks to a reader, I learned about, and then read a biography about, a relatively unknown Newport artist named Beatrice Turner. Miss...
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Alyssa Maxwell
Jul 30, 20189 min read
Excerpt: Murder at Ochre Court
“Take my advice, Miss Cross, and marry a rich man. Then you may do whatever you like.”
The train from New York City to North Kingstown, Rho
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Alyssa Maxwell
Jun 26, 20182 min read
Little House & the Big Controversy
I feel the need, as a writer, to weigh in on the latest controversy surrounding the American Library Association's decision to strip...
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Alyssa Maxwell
Jan 28, 20183 min read
A Visit with Gertrude Vanderbilt
In the time period of my Gilded Newport Mysteries, wealthy women--those who belonged to the elite social group called The 400--were...
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Alyssa Maxwell
Jul 30, 20173 min read
Round and Round (Blog Post & Giveaway!)
As I'm sure most of you know - because I certainly make no secret of the fact -this week saw the release of Murder at Chateau sur Mer....
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Alyssa Maxwell
Jul 4, 20172 min read
Independence Day and Newport
Did you know Rhode Island was the first colony to renounce their alligience to King George and declare independence from England? It's...
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Alyssa Maxwell
Jun 4, 20173 min read
Blog: Sugar and Spice, and Not So Nice...
Girls' schools can make perfect settings for mystery and intrigue.
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Alyssa Maxwell
May 27, 20173 min read
The Independence of Miss Emma Cross
A dilemma facing Emma Cross, my sleuth in The Gilded Newport Mysteries, is whether or not to marry. And if she does decide to marry,...
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Alyssa Maxwell
Apr 29, 20172 min read
Research and its Lovely Surprises
This is Beatrice Goelet, niece of Ogden and Mary Goelet, who owned Ochre Court in Newport. When I started my reserach for the Murder at...
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Alyssa Maxwell
Apr 1, 201730 min read
Excerpt: Murder at Chateau sur Mer
Newport, Rhode Island July 1897 Bits of grass and earth pelted the air as a thunderous pounding rolled down the polo field. Long-handled...
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Alyssa Maxwell
Mar 26, 20172 min read
The Magic of Mystery
Ever since I started writing my Gilded Newport series, fun things have begun happening when my husband and I visit the city. Magical...
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Alyssa Maxwell
Author of the Gilded Newport Mysteries
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A Lady and Lady's Maid Mysteries
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