Death in a Gilded Frame
Author | : Cecelia Tichi |
Publisher | : Cecelia Tichi |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2024-01-02 |
ISBN-10 | : 9798985121681 |
ISBN-13 | : |
Rating | : 4/5 (81 Downloads) |
Book excerpt: Newport Summer 1899-yachts, balls, and famed artists eager to paint portraits of Society's "Queens." Western silver heiress Val Mackle DeVere (Mrs. Roderick W.) agrees to "sit" 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: "No city on earth is as hostile to outsiders as Newport."