Alyssa Maxwell

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  • Bibliography:
    20 Books (2 Series)
  • First Book:
    March 2014
  • Latest Book:
    August 2024
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Full Series List in Order

A Gilded Newport Mystery

1 - Murder at the Breakers (Mar-2014)
2 - Murder at Marble House (Oct-2014)
3 - Murder at Beechwood (Jun-2015)
4 - Murder at Rough Point (Sep-2016)
5 - Murder at Chateau Sur Mer (Jul-2017)
6 - Murder at Ochre Court (Jul-2018)
7 - Murder at Crossways (Aug-2019)
8 - Murder at Kingscote (Aug-2020)
9 - Murder at Wakehurst (Sep-2021)
10 - Murder at Beacon Rock (Sep-2022)
11 - Murder at the Elms (Aug-2023)
12 - Murder at Vinland (Aug-2024)

A Lady and Lady's Maid Mystery

1 - Murder Most Malicious (Jan-2016)
2 - A Pinch of Poison (Jan-2017)
3 - A Devious Death (Jan-2018)
4 - A Murderous Marriage (Jan-2019)
5 - A Silent Stabbing (Mar-2020)
6 - A Sinister Service (Feb-2021)
7 - A Deadly Endowment (Jan-2022)
8 - A Fashionable Fatality (Jan-2023)

Book List in Order: 20 titles

  • Murder at the Breakers

    A Gilded Newport Mystery - 1

    Newport, Rhode Island, August 1895: She may be a less well-heeled relation, but as second cousin to millionaire patriarch Cornelius Vanderbilt, twenty-one-year-old Emma Cross is on the guest list for a grand ball at the Breakers, the Vanderbilts’ s...

  • Murder at Marble House

    A Gilded Newport Mystery - 2

    With the dawn of the twentieth century on the horizon, the fortunes of the venerable Vanderbilt family still shine brightly in the glittering high society of Newport, Rhode Island. But when a potential scandal strikes, the Vanderbilts turn to cousin ...

  • Murder at Beechwood

    A Gilded Newport Mystery - 3

    For Newport, Rhode Island’s high society, the summer of 1896 brings lawn parties, sailboat races…and murder. Having turned down the proposal of Derrick Andrews, Emma Cross has no imminent plans for matrimony -- let alone motherhood. But when s...

  • Murder Most Malicious

    A Lady and Lady's Maid Mystery - 1

    In post-World War I England, Lady Phoebe Renshaw and her lady's maid, Eva Huntford, step outside of their social roles and put their lives at risk to apprehend a vicious killer. . . December 1918: As a difficult year draws to a close, there is muc...

  • Murder at Rough Point

    A Gilded Newport Mystery - 4

    In glittering Newport, Rhode Island, at the close of the nineteenth century, 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. Fancies and ...

  • A Pinch of Poison

    A Lady and Lady's Maid Mystery - 2

    In post-World War I England, Lady Phoebe Renshaw and her lady’s maid, Eva Huntford, encounter an uncharitable killer at a charity luncheon sponsored by a posh school for girls . . . Good deeds build good character, and good character is what t...

  • Murder at Chateau Sur Mer

    A Gilded Newport Mystery - 5

    In the late nineteenth century, Newport, Rhode Island, is home to some of America’s wealthiest citizens. It’s also the beat of society reporter Emma Cross, a less well-heeled cousin to the illustrious Vanderbilts, who occasionally moonlights in s...

  • A Devious Death

    A Lady and Lady's Maid Mystery - 3

    In the sobering yet hopeful years following the First World War, Lady Phoebe Renshaw and her lady’s maid, Eva Huntford, find their summer plans marred by an instance of murder... Phoebe and her sister Julia are eager for a summer getaway at Hig...

  • Murder at Ochre Court

    A Gilded Newport Mystery - 6

    In the summer of 1898, reporter Emma Cross investigates a shocking death among the bright lights of Newport's high society... After a disappointing year as a society columnist for the Herald and staying with her more well-heeled Vanderbilt relati...



  • A Murderous Marriage

    A Lady and Lady's Maid Mystery - 4

    Lady Phoebe Renshaw and her lady’s maid, Eva Huntford, are preparing for a wedding, but it may not be the happy occasion everyone hopes for... Since the Great War, some family fortunes have suffered, including those of the Renshaws. Despite bei...

  • Murder at Crossways

    A Gilded Newport Mystery - 7

    In late August 1898, reporter Emma Cross attends the final fête of the Newport social season and discovers the party's over for a visiting prince . . . The days are getting shorter as summer's end approaches, which means it's time fo...

  • A Silent Stabbing

    A Lady and Lady's Maid Mystery - 5

    As England recovers from its costly involvement in the Great War, Lady Phoebe Renshaw and her lady’s maid, Eva Huntford, find the steady comforts of their lives unsettled by a local case of murder . . . Eva is excited for a visit from her siste...

  • Murder at Kingscote

    A Gilded Newport Mystery - 8

    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 carrie...

  • A Sinister Service

    A Lady and Lady's Maid Mystery - 6

    A trip to Staffordshire for Lady Phoebe Renshaw and her lady’s maid, Eva Huntford, leads to murder in a famed pottery works . . .  Following the devastation of the Great War, England's noble class takes comfort in honoring tradition. To celebr...

  • Murder at Wakehurst

    A Gilded Newport Mystery - 9

    For fans of HBO’s The Gilded Age, explore the dark side of the alluring world of America’s 19th century elite in this gripping series of riveting mysteries… For fans of Rhys Bowen comes the new mystery from acclaimed author Alyssa Maxwell, as s...

  • A Deadly Endowment

    A Lady and Lady's Maid Mystery - 7

    To make ends meet, Lady Phoebe Renshaw and her lady’s maid, Eva Huntford, have decided to open up Foxwood Hall to guided public tours. Not everyone is pleased about it -- even to the point of committing murder . . . The lean times following the ...

  • Murder at Beacon Rock

    A Gilded Newport Mystery - 10

    In June 1900, reporter Emma Cross discovers the body of a woman in the waters below the Morgans’ mansion, which threatens to send members of Newport’s high society floundering . . . As a reporter, Emma is used to covering Newport’s social event...

  • A Fashionable Fatality

    A Lady and Lady's Maid Mystery - 8

    Set in the Downton Abbey era of post-WW1 England, this evocative historical series features Lady Phoebe Renshaw and her lady’s maid, Eva Huntford, solving crimes among the gentry, in a well-crafted mystery that will appeal to fans of Deanna Raybour...

  • Murder at the Elms

    A Gilded Newport Mystery - 11

    As the nineteenth century comes to a close, the illustrious Vanderbilt family dominates Newport, Rhode Island, high society. But when murder arrives, reporter Emma Cross learns that sometimes the actions of the cream of society can curdle one’s blo...



  • Murder at Vinland

    A Gilded Newport Mystery - 12

    Reporter and sleuth Emma Cross Andrews must stop a bold poisoner who is targeting the society wives of the Four Hundred in Gilded Age Newport, Rhode Island . . . August 1901: A fundraiser for a new Rhode Island Audubon Society brings Emma to Vinland,...

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Alyssa Maxwell has published 20 books.

The next book by Alyssa Maxwell, Murder at Vinland, will be published in August 2024.

The first book by Alyssa Maxwell, Murder at the Breakers, was published in March 2014.

Yes. Alyssa Maxwell has 2 series.
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