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The Magnolia Palace

A Novel

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The Magnolia Palace

By: Fiona Davis
Narrated by: Karissa Vacker
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INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER!

Fiona Davis, New York Times bestselling author of The Lions of Fifth Avenue, returns with a tantalizing novel about the secrets, betrayal, and murder within one of New York City's most impressive Gilded Age mansions.

Eight months since losing her mother in the Spanish flu outbreak of 1919, twenty-one-year-old Lillian Carter's life has completely fallen apart. For the past six years, under the moniker Angelica, Lillian was one of the most sought-after artists' models in New York City, with statues based on her figure gracing landmarks from the Plaza Hotel to the Brooklyn Bridge. But with her mother gone, a grieving Lillian is rudderless and desperate—the work has dried up and a looming scandal has left her entirely without a safe haven. So when she stumbles upon an employment opportunity at the Frick mansion—a building that, ironically, bears her own visage—Lillian jumps at the chance. But the longer she works as a private secretary to the imperious and demanding Helen Frick, the daughter and heiress of industrialist and art patron Henry Clay Frick, the more deeply her life gets intertwined with that of the family—pulling her into a tangled web of romantic trysts, stolen jewels, and family drama that runs so deep, the stakes just may be life or death.

Nearly fifty years later, mod English model Veronica Weber has her own chance to make her career—and with it, earn the money she needs to support her family back home—within the walls of the former Frick residence, now converted into one of New York City's most impressive museums. But when she—along with a charming intern/budding art curator named Joshua—is dismissed from the Vogue shoot taking place at the Frick Collection, she chances upon a series of hidden messages in the museum: messages that will lead her and Joshua on a hunt that could not only solve Veronica's financial woes, but could finally reveal the truth behind a decades-old murder in the infamous Frick family.
Detective Fiction Genre Fiction Historical Literary Fiction Mystery Women Sleuths Women's Fiction New York

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What a treasure. Having enjoyed cocktails with the curator during lockdown (as my Monday tea-break) and more recently the Gilded Cage. I looked for a book by this author and found this magic.

Frick Magic

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I really loved this story...the weaving of fact and fiction...the spanning of decades...Fiona Davis has a light touch as a story teller...which I really appreciate...

the unfolding of a terrific story founded on fact and the. woven into fiction....Fiona Davis tells a great story impeccably...

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Some really frustrating plot holes and unlikeable characters. It had some real potential at times but then just fell back on platitudes and disappointing cliches.

Some major plot holes

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