Twin timelines center around the mansion home and art library of the the Frick family. By 1920's standards Helen Frick is an outcast who is hindered by her obsession with winning praise from her overbearing father and wanting to do something more important than marrying and producing heirs. When Lillian Carter shows up (on the lam) and becomes Helen's personal secretary the two couldn't have been more different. Time brings them closer together until a failed arranged romance, hastened death and theft disrupt all their lives. Jump to the 1970's when a storm brings together a young model and an intern at the Frick Library who to pass the time begin unlocking the secrets that the building has kept hidden all those years. Always a delight to see some of New York's secret treasures brought to life with real and imagined stories. Fiona Davis is a master at dropping the reader into an exciting time period and wrapping them up in a mystery with characters we can connect with. The author has included notes and books to further your knowledge of the Frick Library. Readers of historical fiction and a love of New York City will snap this one up. 4 stars
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