Murder at Crossways by Alyssa Maxwell is the 7th installment in the Gilded Newport Mystery series. This is my first delve into this fabulous series myself, and I loved every minute of it.

Set near the turn of the century, 1898 Newport late summer/early fall, this book features a strong female character Emma Cross who is balancing between two worlds (those of a “working gal” as the Editor in Chief of the Newport Messenger Newspaper) and that of a distant relative of Cornelius Vanderbilt).

She is an independent and confident woman who has a strong moral compass, and has a radar for getting to the bottom of mysteries, murders, and shenanigans.

I enjoyed her surrounding friends, coworkers, and loved ones, and I felt the characters were realistic and complex.

I loved the intricacies of the mysteries and murders, and would love to see how this series continues to develop with future installments. I will now have to read back and start from the beginning.

5/5 stars.

Thank you NetGalley and Kensington for this ARC and in return I am submitting my unbiased and voluntary review and opinion.

Murder at Crossways is a great mystery and the seventh in series. It is the first I have read in this series and I will go back and read the others. Great characters and well written.