The Wharton Plot: A Novel [Paperback]

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 Phillipsa writer with often notorious ideas about society and womens place in itis 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 Garden 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 Plotfollows 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.

MARIAH FREDERICKS was born, raised, and still lives in New York City. She graduated from Vassar College with a degree in history. She is the author of the Jane Prescott mystery series, which has twice been nominated for the Mary Higgins Clark Award.The Lindbergh Nanny,her first standalone novel, was nominated for the Agatha and Anthony Awards.

Nominated for the Macavity/Sue Feder Memorial Award
Nominated for the Agatha for Best Historical Mystery
One of the South Florida Sun-Sentinels Best Mystery Fiction of 2024
One of Library Journals Best Mystery Fiction of 2024
Named the Best MysterlÓ&