Murder at Wakehurst - Alyssa Maxwell
Category: Mystery
Tags: Mystery, Historical Fiction, Adults
Series: Gilded Newport Mystery: Book 9 Publisher: HighBridge Release date: August 31, 2021 Duration: 08:52:20, Following the death of her uncle, Cornelius Vanderbilt, in September 1899, a somber Emma is in no mood for one of Newports extravagant parties. But to keep Vanderbilts reckless son Neily out of trouble, she agrees to accompany him to an Elizabethan fete on the lavish grounds of Wakehurst, the Ochre Point cottage modeled after an English palace, owned by Anglophile James Van Alen. Held in Wakehursts English-style gardens, the festivities will include a swordplay demonstration, an archery competition, scenes from Shakespeares plays, and even a joust., As Emma wanders the grounds distracted by grief, she overhears a fierce argument between a man and a woman behind a tall hedge. As the joust begins, shes drawn by the barking of Van Alens dogs and finds a man on the ground, an arrow through his chest. The victim is one of the 400s most influential members, Judge Clayton Schuyler. C
