A Gilded Grave

Step back into the past in the first Newport Gilded Age mysteryfrom the author of the Celebration Bay mysteries. In 1895 the height of the Gilded Age the social elite spend their summers in Newport Rhode Island. Within the walls of their fabulous cottages competition for superiority is ruthless...and so are the players. During her first Newport season Deanna Randolph attends a ball given in honor of Lord David Manchester a Barbadian sugar magnate and his sister Madeline. The Manchesters are an immediate successalong with their exotic manservant and his fortune-telling talents. But on the nearby cliffs a young maid lies deadand suspicion falls on Joseph Ballard a member of one of the towns most prestigious families. Joe humiliated Deanna when he rebuffed an engagement to her but while he may be a cad she knows he isnt a killer. Now the reluctant allies must navigate a world of parties tennis matches and sances to find the real murderer. But a misstep among the glittering upper classes could leave them exposed to something far more dangerous than malicious gossip...