Death in a Gilded Frame (eBook)

Cecelia Tichi (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2024
331 Seiten
Distributed By Ingram Spark (Verlag)
979-8-9851216-9-8 (ISBN)

Infos

Newport Summer 1899-yachts, balls, and famed artists eager to paint portraits of Society's "e;Queens."e;Western silver heiress Val Mackle DeVere (Mrs. Roderick W.) agrees to "e;sit"e; for a portrait for her beloved Roddy, only to stumble on a scene of bloody, grisly homicide at an art gallery.Like a figure from Pompeii, the dead Newport gallery manager screams in silence, his hands like claws clutching at a gilt frame pulled down over his head and shoulders while blood darkens his cream-colored suit. Impulsive, Val reaches for the murder weapon and will find herself suspected, shamed, and shunned as she seeks the killer while learning yet again a lesson taught by Cornelius Vanderbilt IV: "e;No city on earth is as hostile to outsiders as Newport."e;

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 2.1.2024
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Krimi / Thriller / Horror ► Historische Kriminalromane
• Schlagworte: 19th century • Crime Fiction • Gilded Age • High Society • historical fiction • Manners and Mores • murder mysteries • Newport • old New York
• ISBN-13: 979-8-9851216-9-8 / 9798985121698