02496cam a2200421 i 4500 1635784087 TxAuBib 20241002120000.0 161104s2017||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9781496703323 hardcover 1496703324 hardcover (OCoLC)962009180 TxAuBib rda Maxwell, Alyssa, author. Murder at Chateau sur Mer / Alyssa Maxwell. First Kensington hardcover edition. New York, NY : Kensington Books, 2017. 278 pages ; 22 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Gilded Newport mystery (Light Blue, A) ; 5 Covering a polo match for the Observer, Emmas job is to take note of the real players off the fieldNewports well-bred elite. But the fashionable façade is breached when a woman in gaudy clothing creates a scene demanding to speak to the wife of Senator George Wetmoreuntil she is escorted off the grounds by the police. The next morning, police detective Jesse Whyte asks Emma to meet him at the Wetmores Bellevue Avenue home, Chateau sur Mer, where the senators wife, Edith, has mysteriously asked to see her. Upon entering the mansion, Emma is confronted with a crime scenethe intruder from the polo match lies dead at the foot of a grand staircase. To avoid scandal, Edith Wetmore implores Emma to use her reporter skills and her discretion to investigate. When Emma learns the victim was a prostituteand pregnantshe wonders if the senator was being blackmailed. As Emma peels back layers of deception and family secrets, she may have met her match in a desperate killer who will trample anyone who gets in the way ... 20241002. Reporters and reporting Fiction. Murder Investigation Fiction. Murder fast Investigation. Reporters and reporting. fast Newport (R.I.) Fiction. Rhode Island fast Newport. Fiction Historical. Fiction Mystery & Detective Amateur Sleuth. Fiction Mystery & Detective Historical. Detective and mystery fiction. lcgft Fiction. lcgft Mystery fiction. A Gilded Newport mystery (Light Blue) ; 5.