Death of a New American by Mariah Fredericks is the atmospheric, compelling follow-up to the stunning debut A Death of No Importance, featuring series character, Jane Prescott.In 1912, as New York reels from the news of the Titanic disaster, ladies' maid Jane Prescott travels to Long Island with the Benchley family. Their daughter Louise is to marry William Tyler, at their uncle and aunt's mansion; the Tylers are a glamorous, storied coupl...

"A taut, suspenseful, and complex murder mystery with gorgeous period detail."—Susan Elia MacNealThrough her exquisite prose, sharp observation and deft plotting, Mariah Fredericks invites us into the heart of a changing New York in her remarkable debut adult novel, A Death of No Importance.NEW YORK CITY, 1910. Invisible until she's needed, Jane Prescott has perfected the art of serving as a lady's maid to the city's upper echelons. She works for the...

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 ImportanceIt is the summer of 1914 and lady's maid Jane Prescott is back in New York with the Tylers aft...

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 of Lincoln's Emancipation Proclama...

Mariah Fredericks's The Lindbergh Nanny is powerful, propulsive novel about America’s most notorious kidnapping through the eyes of the woman who found herself at the heart of this deadly crime."A masterful blending of fact and fiction that is as compelling as it is entertaining."—Nelson DeMilleWhen the most famous toddler in America, Charles Lindbergh, Jr., is kidnapped from his family home in New Jersey in 1932, the case makes in...

Mariah Fredericks' mesmerizing novel, The Wharton Plot, follows renowned novelist Edith Wharton in the twilight years of the Gilded Age in New York as she tracks a killer.New York City, 1911. Edith Wharton, almost equally famed for her novels and her sharp tongue, is bone-tired of Manhattan. Finding herself at a crossroads with both her marriage and her writing, she makes the decision to leave America, her publisher, and her loveless marriage.And t...

From the author of The Lindbergh Nanny comes an evocative mystery about the 1920 murder of the gambler Joseph Elwell, featuring New Yorker writer Morris Markey and Zelda Fitzgerald.New York, 1920.Zelda Fitzgerald is bored, bored, bored. Although she’s newly married to the hottest writer in America, and one half of the literary scene’s "it" couple, Zelda is at loose ends while Scott works on his next novel, The Beautiful and the Damned

Une fiction inspirée de l'une des affaires les plus médiatisées des années 1930 : l'enlèvement du fils de l'aviateur Charles Lindbergh.Lorsque le bébé le plus célèbre d'Amérique, Charles Lindbergh Jr, est enlevé dans sa maison familiale du New Jersey en 1932, l'affaire fait la une des journaux internationaux. Renommé pour sa traversée de l'Atlantique, son père, Charles Sr. est l'enfant chéri du pays, avec à ses côtés sa riche et charmante épouse, Anne Morrow Lindber...

Jane Prescott, dame de compagnie dans le New York des années 1910, mène l'enquête entre petite et grande histoire !Jane Prescott est la dame de compagnie de Louise Tyler, épouse de William Tyler. Lorsque ses congés arrivent, elle décide d'aller voir l'exposition cubiste scandaleuse dont tout le monde parle ...1913 est aussi l'année de l'anniversaire du discours de Lincoln sur l'émancipation des esclaves.Dolly Rutherford, riche hérit...

From the author of The Lindbergh Nanny comes an evocative mystery about the 1920 murder of the gambler Joseph Elwell, featuring New Yorker writer Morris Markey and Zelda Fitzgerald.At the dawn of the Jazz Age, Morris Markey arrives in New York to become a writer. Having served in France, he needs to be in a place so distracting he cannot hear himself think. New in town, Markey hov...

When Wendy Geller's body is found in Central Park after the night of a rager, newspaper headlines scream,"Death in the Park: Party Girl Found Strangled." But shy Rain, once Wendy's best friend, knows there was more to Wendy than just "party girl." As she struggles to separate the friend she knew from the tangle of gossip and headlines, Rain becomes determined to discover the truth about the murder. Written in a voice at once immediate, riveting, and utterly convincing, Mariah Frederick's m...

“A Death of No Importance has such rich historic detail that you feel as if you’ve been transported to early twentieth century New York. Mariah Fredericks is the best at creating compulsively addictive, fresh, twisty reads.”—Meg CabotThrough her exquisite prose, sharp observation and deft plotting, Mariah Fredericks invites listeners into the heart of a changing New York in her remarkable debut adult audiobook.New York City, 1910. ...