Death on the Cliff Walk — Mary Kruger

DEATH ON THE CLIFF WALK

The 1895 Newport summer season is off to a smashing start--in spite of the recent murders of several maids along the town's famous Cliff Walk. Then the body of wealthy, beautiful Rosalind Sinclair is found, dressed in a maid's uniform; a single long-stemmed rose lies beside her.

For homicide detective Matt Devlin, the case fast becomes one of his most baffling. But as the pampered and the powerful close ranks against him, he discovers an unexpected ally in debutante Brooke Cassidy. When evidence implicates her scapegrace uncle, Brooke joins forces with Matt in an investigation that shakes the exclusive seaside resort to its elegant foundations--and pits the unlikely sleuthing pair against a scandalously cunning killer determined to end their partnership in a most improper fashion....