Alyssa Maxwell
@alyssamaxwell.bsky.social
Author of The Gilded Newport Mysteries and A Lady & Lady's Maid Mysteries. Lover of dark chocolate, tea, red wine, antiquing, collecting teacups, and reading anything historical!
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Review and Giveaway at Kings River Life!
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Pair Of Historical Mysteries From Alyssa Maxwell & Darci Wilde
by Sarah E. Burr &
Sarah ErwinThis week we have reviews and giveaways of 2 more historical mysteries for your reading enjoyment-Murder at Arleigh: A Gilded Newport Mystery by Alyssa Maxwell & The Hei...
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September 6, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Review and Giveaway at Kings River Life!
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kingsriverlife.com/09/06/pair-o...
Review and Giveaway at Kings River Life!
kingsriverlife.com/09/06/pair-o...
kingsriverlife.com/09/06/pair-o...
Pair Of Historical Mysteries From Alyssa Maxwell & Darci Wilde
by Sarah E. Burr &
Sarah ErwinThis week we have reviews and giveaways of 2 more historical mysteries for your reading enjoyment-Murder at Arleigh: A Gilded Newport Mystery by Alyssa Maxwell & The Hei...
kingsriverlife.com
September 6, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Review and Giveaway at Kings River Life!
kingsriverlife.com/09/06/pair-o...
kingsriverlife.com/09/06/pair-o...
My article on marriage in the Gilded Age is up at CrimeReads. Read about the good, the bad, and the downright disastrous! Do you think much has changed over the past century?
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Marriage in the Gilded Age
When we consider what marriage was in the Gilded Age, we tend to think of it mainly as a business transaction that forged bonds between the families of the Four Hundred, that secured fortunes withi…
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September 5, 2025 at 3:49 PM
My article on marriage in the Gilded Age is up at CrimeReads. Read about the good, the bad, and the downright disastrous! Do you think much has changed over the past century?
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crimereads.com/marriage-in-...
Cars: they were the latest technology in the Gilded Age, but my sleuth would rather they not zoom along the roads of Newport...
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The Advent of the Automobile in Newport, RI
If you know anything about my sleuth, Emma Cross, you'll know she's been frowning these past few years over the onslaught of automobiles in Newport.
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September 1, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Cars: they were the latest technology in the Gilded Age, but my sleuth would rather they not zoom along the roads of Newport...
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My latest blog post compares the experiences of Consuelo Vanderbilt with the fictional ones of Gladys Russell in HBO's The Gilded Age
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Consuelo and Gladys: A Comparison
Have you been watching The Gilded Age? I have. Of course I have! As I'm sure you know, Gladys Russell's story is meant to mirror that of Consuelo Vanderbilt, daughter of Alva and William Vanderbilt. H...
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August 10, 2025 at 1:27 AM
My latest blog post compares the experiences of Consuelo Vanderbilt with the fictional ones of Gladys Russell in HBO's The Gilded Age
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Do you know the story of Harry and Elizabeth Lehr, one of the most popular couples of the Gilded Age?
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When Harry Met Bessie
Readers might ask why I used Arleigh, a Bellevue Avenue cottage that’s long gone (burned down in the 1930s) and which few people have ever heard of, for my thirteenth Gilded Newport Mystery.
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July 23, 2025 at 2:43 AM
Do you know the story of Harry and Elizabeth Lehr, one of the most popular couples of the Gilded Age?
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Available at all Ebook retailers in the US, UK, and Canada!
A Gilded Newport Mystery book 2, a blending of fact and fiction wherein Alva Vanderbilt attempts to hold her daughter Consuelo hostage at Marble House until she agrees to marry the Duke of Marlborough!
A Gilded Newport Mystery book 2, a blending of fact and fiction wherein Alva Vanderbilt attempts to hold her daughter Consuelo hostage at Marble House until she agrees to marry the Duke of Marlborough!
May 27, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Available at all Ebook retailers in the US, UK, and Canada!
A Gilded Newport Mystery book 2, a blending of fact and fiction wherein Alva Vanderbilt attempts to hold her daughter Consuelo hostage at Marble House until she agrees to marry the Duke of Marlborough!
A Gilded Newport Mystery book 2, a blending of fact and fiction wherein Alva Vanderbilt attempts to hold her daughter Consuelo hostage at Marble House until she agrees to marry the Duke of Marlborough!
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April 24, 2025 at 2:20 PM
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@barnesandnoble.com Preorder sale for Premium and Awards Members! Now till this Friday. Murder at Arleigh, A Gilded Newport Mystery no. 13! @kensingtonbooks.bsky.social
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April 23, 2025 at 4:13 PM
@barnesandnoble.com Preorder sale for Premium and Awards Members! Now till this Friday. Murder at Arleigh, A Gilded Newport Mystery no. 13! @kensingtonbooks.bsky.social
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Join me at the Fresh Fiction Book Club tonight! "Mingling" starts at 7 CT/8 ET, and I'll be popping on for an interview at 7:30/8:30, followed by an unrecorded Q&A! Free, but here's the link to register: vbc-maxwell2025.eventbrite.com
April 16, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Join me at the Fresh Fiction Book Club tonight! "Mingling" starts at 7 CT/8 ET, and I'll be popping on for an interview at 7:30/8:30, followed by an unrecorded Q&A! Free, but here's the link to register: vbc-maxwell2025.eventbrite.com
I hope you'll join me at the Fresh Fiction Book Club on Wednesday, April 16th. The evening begins at 7pm CT/8pm ET with “mingling,” and I’ll be popping on at 7:30 ET/8:30 CT for an interview, followed by an unrecorded Q&A. The event is free, but please register: vbc-maxwell2025.eventbrite.com
April 8, 2025 at 7:34 PM
I hope you'll join me at the Fresh Fiction Book Club on Wednesday, April 16th. The evening begins at 7pm CT/8pm ET with “mingling,” and I’ll be popping on at 7:30 ET/8:30 CT for an interview, followed by an unrecorded Q&A. The event is free, but please register: vbc-maxwell2025.eventbrite.com
IMLS staff were placed on administrative leave following the Trump Administration’s Executive Order, which eliminated federal funding for libraries.
Take action today!
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Take action today!
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Statement on IMLS Staff Administrative Leave
IMLS is responsible for distributing Federal Funding for libraries.
This action will interrupt IMLS's vital, congressionally funded work. We cannot allow IMLS to be dismantled by executive action.
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March 31, 2025 at 11:57 PM
IMLS staff were placed on administrative leave following the Trump Administration’s Executive Order, which eliminated federal funding for libraries.
Take action today!
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Take action today!
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Reposted by Alyssa Maxwell
Reviews and giveaways of 2 mysteries set in England-"Two Weddings and a Murder" By Alyssa Maxwell and "A Lethal Walk in Lakeland" By Nicholas George kingsriverlife.com/03/15/pair-o... @alyssamaxwell.bsky.social @nikatnyte.bsky.social @kensingtonbooks.bsky.social #cozymystery #books 💙📚
Pair Of Mysteries Set in England: Two Weddings and a Murder By Alyssa Maxwell/A Lethal Walk in Lakeland By Nicholas George
by Sarah Burr &
Sandra MurphyThis week we have reviews of 2 mysteries set in England, one historical and one set in the present-Two Weddings and a Murder by Alyssa Maxwell, and A Lethal Walk in Lakel...
kingsriverlife.com
March 17, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Reviews and giveaways of 2 mysteries set in England-"Two Weddings and a Murder" By Alyssa Maxwell and "A Lethal Walk in Lakeland" By Nicholas George kingsriverlife.com/03/15/pair-o... @alyssamaxwell.bsky.social @nikatnyte.bsky.social @kensingtonbooks.bsky.social #cozymystery #books 💙📚
Trump signed an Executive Order attacking Federal Funding for Libraries.
Please send an email to your legislators and governors before it's too late!
action.everylibrary.org/emaileo2025 via @everylibrary.bsky.social
Please send an email to your legislators and governors before it's too late!
action.everylibrary.org/emaileo2025 via @everylibrary.bsky.social
SEND AN EMAIL: Stop Trump's E.O. Attacking Federal Funding for Libraries
We need your help TODAY to tell your governors and key members of the House and Senate that federal funding for libraries - the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) - needs to be preserved!
action.everylibrary.org
March 17, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Trump signed an Executive Order attacking Federal Funding for Libraries.
Please send an email to your legislators and governors before it's too late!
action.everylibrary.org/emaileo2025 via @everylibrary.bsky.social
Please send an email to your legislators and governors before it's too late!
action.everylibrary.org/emaileo2025 via @everylibrary.bsky.social
Review of Two Weddings and a Murder and an interview at Avonna Loves Genres avonnalovesgenres.com/friday-featu...
Friday Feature Author Interview with Elise Cooper: Two Weddings and a Murder by Alyssa Maxwell
Book Description As Lady Phoebe and her betrothed say their vows of holy matrimony, a killer has vowed unholy vengeance on the town’s chief inspector . . .June 1922: The blessed day has finally arr…
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March 15, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Review of Two Weddings and a Murder and an interview at Avonna Loves Genres avonnalovesgenres.com/friday-featu...
On sale for only $10 at Audiobooks.com now through April 13th! The Gilded Newport Mysteries #13
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August 1901: A fundraiser for a new Rhode Island Audubon Society brings Emma to Vinland, the Viking-themed seaside home of her relative, Florence Vanderbilt Twombly, where the guest of honor is Edith ...
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March 15, 2025 at 7:37 PM
On sale for only $10 at Audiobooks.com now through April 13th! The Gilded Newport Mysteries #13
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Thank you Elise Cooper for another fun interview! crimespreemag.com/interview-wi...
INTERVIEW WITH ALYSSA MAXWELL
Two Weddings and A Murder A Lady and Lady’s Maid Mystery Book 9 Alyssa Maxwell Kensington Pub Feb 25th, 2025 Two Weddings and A Murder by Alyssa Maxwell is a great historical cozy mystery. Readers …
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March 11, 2025 at 7:29 PM
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Time is running out to enter the Dead of Winter Giveaway! One lucky reader will win all these mysteries. Could be you, but only if you ENTER NOW. bit.ly/deadofwinter...
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February 7, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Time is running out to enter the Dead of Winter Giveaway! One lucky reader will win all these mysteries. Could be you, but only if you ENTER NOW. bit.ly/deadofwinter...
#books #murdermystery #murdermysteries #mysterybooks
Remember, we’ll never ask you for credit card details.
#books #murdermystery #murdermysteries #mysterybooks
Remember, we’ll never ask you for credit card details.
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February 5, 2025 at 1:46 PM
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February 3, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Dead of Winter Giveaway! ❄️ 💀 Win 12 exciting #mysterybooks to get you through the cold winter. ENTER NOW: bit.ly/deadofwintergiveaway #books
Great news for audiobook readers! Murder at Vinland is 60% off from now until Feb. 4th at Audiobooks.com - only $8! Here's what Library Journal has to say: "An engagingly narrated historical mystery that provides a fascinating window into Gilded Age Newport high-society. . . . "
60% OFF Murder at Vinland
August 1901: A fundraiser for a new Rhode Island Audubon Society brings Emma to Vinland, the Viking-themed seaside home of her relative, Florence Vanderbilt Twombly, where the guest of honor is Edith ...
www.audiobooks.com
January 10, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Great news for audiobook readers! Murder at Vinland is 60% off from now until Feb. 4th at Audiobooks.com - only $8! Here's what Library Journal has to say: "An engagingly narrated historical mystery that provides a fascinating window into Gilded Age Newport high-society. . . . "
The best Hallmark movies of 2024 according to @usweeklymag.bsky.social and Murder at The Breakers is on the list!
Best Hallmark Movies of 2024: Us Weekly’s Top Picks
Us Weekly is revisiting and ranking the best Hallmark movies that were released in 2024
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December 22, 2024 at 7:41 PM
The best Hallmark movies of 2024 according to @usweeklymag.bsky.social and Murder at The Breakers is on the list!
Happy Release Day to Clara McKenna! Murder at Glenloch Hill is available in hardcover, ebook, audio, and large print.
November 26, 2024 at 4:10 PM
Happy Release Day to Clara McKenna! Murder at Glenloch Hill is available in hardcover, ebook, audio, and large print.
Time for the Christmas teacup!
November 25, 2024 at 1:48 PM
Time for the Christmas teacup!
I'm featured in the Holiday issue of Teatime Magazine, right inside the front cover, with these amazing authors! How cool is that? I think it's pretty cool, lol.
November 20, 2024 at 3:13 PM
I'm featured in the Holiday issue of Teatime Magazine, right inside the front cover, with these amazing authors! How cool is that? I think it's pretty cool, lol.