Mariah Fredericks
In Mariah Fredericks's Death of a Showman, the fourth in this absorbing series set in Gilded Age New York, lady's maid Jane Prescott is thrust into the world of show business, where a killer is stalking Broadway.
"A lively upstairs/downstairs mystery."—New York Times Book Review on A Death of No Importance
It is the summer of 1914 and lady's maid Jane Prescott is back in New York with the Tylers
Death of an American Beauty is the third in Mariah Fredericks's compelling series, set in Gilded Age New York, featuring Jane Prescott.
Jane Prescott is taking a break from her duties as lady's maid for a week, and plans to begin it with attending the hottest and most scandalous show in town: the opening of an art exhibition, showcasing the cubists, that is shocking New York City.
1913 is also the fiftieth anniversary
..."Wonderfully moving...Fredericks has a sharp eye for the complexities of human nature and how even good people are capable of committing terrible deeds to protect the ones they love. This is a touching portrait of early-20th-century New York in all its glory and ugliness." — Publishers Weekly, starred review
Death of a New American by Mariah Fredericks is the atmospheric, compelling follow-up to the stunning
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