Murder at Kingscote
Murder at Kingscote by Alyssa Maxwell, published by Kensington on July 27, 2021, is a mystery set in late nineteenth-century Newport, Rhode Island. The story follows journalist Emma Cross, now the editor-in-chief of the Newport Messenger, as she covers the city’s first automobile parade. The festive atmosphere quickly shifts to chaos when a drunken driver crashes into a wooden figure, leading to a shocking discovery later that evening at a dinner party at Kingscote, where a butler is found gravely injured beneath the wheels of the motorcar.
In her quest for the truth, Emma navigates a web of intrigue involving family secrets, a competing heir, and dark connections to an insane asylum and the brutal boxing rings of Providence. This edition, featuring 320 pages in English, delves into themes of mystery and investigation, showcasing Emma’s determination as she unravels the circumstances surrounding the butler’s fate while a killer remains at large. Readers will find a blend of suspense and historical context as Emma confronts the complexities of her society and the dangers lurking within it.
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In late nineteenth-century Newport, Rhode Island, journalist Emma Cross discovers the newest form of transportation has become the newest type of murder weapon…
On a clear July day in 1899, the salty ocean breeze along Bellevue Avenue carries new smells of gasoline and exhaust as Emma, now editor-in-chief of the Newport Messenger, covers Newport’s first-ever automobile parade. But the festive atmosphere soon turns to shock as young Philip King drunkenly swerves his motorcar into a wooden figure of a nanny pushing a pram on the obstacle course.
That evening, at a dinner party hosted by Ella King at her magnificent Gothic-inspired “cottage,” Kingscote, Emma and her beau Derrick Andrews are enjoying the food and the company when Ella’s son staggers in, obviously still inebriated. But the disruption is nothing compared to the urgent shouts of the coachman. Rushing out, they find the family’s butler pinned against a tree beneath the front wheels of Philip’s motorcar, close to death.
When Emma later receives a message informing her that the butler bullied his staff and took advantage of young maids, she steers the police toward a murder investigation. While Emma investigates the connections between a competing heir for the King fortune, a mysterious child, an inmate of an insane asylum, and the brutal boxing rings of Providence, a killer remains at large–with unfinished business to attend to…
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