Week 47 Review: The Wharton Plot

From Goodreads:

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 then, dashing novelist David Graham Phillips—a writer with often notorious ideas about society and women's place in it—is shot to death outside the Princeton Club. Edith herself met the man only once, when the two formed a mutual distaste over tea in the Palm Court of the Belmont hotel. When Phillips is killed, Edith's life takes another turn. His sister is convinced Graham was killed by someone determined to stop the publication of his next book, which promised to uncover secrets that powerful people would rather stayed hidden. Though unconvinced, Edith is curious. What kind of book could push someone to kill?

Inspired by a true story, The Wharton Plot follows Edith Wharton through the fading years of the Gilded Age in a city she once loved so well, telling a taut tale of fame, love, and murder, as she becomes obsessed with solving a crime.

My Review:
I love Mariah Frederick's writing. And this latest stand alone, featuring a writer, yeah, I was really excited to read it! And boy was it a fantastic story! I have no idea what true story it was based upon, but this fiction story was amazing! 

This was another fantastic historical mystery and I can't wait to read more by Mariah Fredericks! 

Author: Mariah Fredericks 
Read: November 18th, 2023
Source: NetGalley 
Reason Why: Love her writing and it sounded really great, and it's a Historical Fiction 2023 Book, SAC 2023 Book and a WoW Book!
Publisher: Minotaur Books
Expected Publication: January 23rd 2024

/5 Hearts

/5 Books

/5 Stars