Alyssa Maxwell has written quite a few titles in the Gilded Newport Mystery series; this title is # 6. Emma Cross is a society news reporter in 1898 Newport, and a good example of the difficulties faced by women in the work force at the early 20th century. It was hard to be taken seriously as a professional woman. Men felt that women were too fragile to report hard news, thus Emma was reduced to covering the society pages. But she does manage to solve murders quite well. In this novel she has a few to figure out… Recommended for historical mystery fans.
Palisades Free Library Blog 