Record Details

Catalog Search

Search The Catalog



The Magnolia Palace [electronic resource] : A Novel. Fiona Davis.

Davis, Fiona. (Author).

Summary:

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.

Electronic resources

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780593184028
  • Physical Description: 1 online resource
Subject: Historical Fiction.
Literature.
Mystery.
Fiction.

LDR 03369nam a2200289Ka 4500
00114254920
003CARDINAL
006m d
007cr cn---------
008210430s2022 nyu o 000 1 eng d
020 . ‡a9780593184028 ‡q(ebook)
037 . ‡a5737E092-AF89-496A-9E69-E3DEFB17BB0D ‡bOverDrive, Inc. ‡nhttp://www.overdrive.com
040 . ‡aTEFOD ‡cTEFOD
1001 . ‡aDavis, Fiona.
24514. ‡aThe Magnolia Palace ‡h[electronic resource] : ‡bA Novel. ‡cFiona Davis.
264 . ‡aNew York : ‡bDutton, ‡c2022.
300 . ‡a1 online resource
336 . ‡atext ‡btxt ‡2rdacontent
337 . ‡acomputer ‡bc ‡2rdamedia
338 . ‡aonline resource ‡bcr ‡2rdacarrier
520 . ‡aINSTANT 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.
650 7. ‡aHistorical Fiction. ‡2OverDrive ‡0(CARDINAL)241273
650 7. ‡aLiterature. ‡2OverDrive ‡0(CARDINAL)244606
650 7. ‡aMystery. ‡2OverDrive ‡0(CARDINAL)276335
65017. ‡aFiction. ‡2OverDrive ‡0(CARDINAL)238499
85640. ‡uhttp://link.overdrive.com/?websiteID=95&titleID=6224441 ‡zClick to access digital title. ‡7ncdl ‡9BUNCOMBE ‡9CARTERET ‡9CALDWELL ‡9FORSYTH ‡9HAYWOOD ‡9HENDERSON ‡9ONSLOW ‡9POLK ‡9RUTHERFORD ‡yClick for online content.
901 . ‡a14254920 ‡bncdl-script 4db129ed9b0b5ea884ebf9ab848c0f219cdd3e03 ab1a4f62a64dd2e8a108d211eb25a2beb546e27e ‡c14254920 ‡tbiblio ‡selectronic