Today's featured new hardcover mystery, suspense, or thriller title scheduled to be published during August 2016 is …
Murder at Rough Point by Alyssa Maxwell, an Emma Cross, Gilded Newport Mystery (4th in series)
Publisher: Kensington
As the nineteenth century draws to a close, Fancies and Fashion reporter Emma Cross is sent by the Newport Observer to cover an elite house party at Rough Point, a "cottage" owned by her distant cousin Frederick Vanderbilt that has been rented as an artist retreat. To her surprise, the illustrious guests include her estranged Bohemian parents — recently returned from Europe — as well as a variety of notable artists, including author Edith Wharton.
But when one of the artists is discovered dead at the bottom of a cliff, Rough Point becomes anything but a house of mirth. After a second murder, no one is above suspicion — including Emma's parents. As Newport police detective Jesse Whyte searches for a killer, Emma tries to draw her own conclusions — with the help of Mrs. Wharton. But with so many sketchy suspects, she'll need to canvas the crime scenes carefully, before the cunning culprit takes her out of the picture next …
— Murder at Rough Point by Alyssa Maxwell
For a list of more new hardcover titles to be published this month, visit our New Mysteries page for August 2016. For new paperback titles, visit The Mystery Bookshelf where a selection of August 2016 mysteries, novels of suspense, and thrillers are shelved.
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