The Lions of Fifth Avenue
A GMA Book Club Pick: A Novel
What's it about
Ever wonder what secrets a grand old building might hold? Discover a gripping mystery that connects two women, decades apart, through a series of rare book thefts at the iconic New York Public Library. What would you risk to protect your family's legacy? This story plunges you into the lives of Laura, a budding journalist in 1913, and her granddaughter Sadie, a library curator in 1993. As priceless books vanish in both eras, you'll uncover a web of family secrets, forbidden love, and the sacrifices women make for their passions. Find out if Sadie can solve the mystery that haunted her family for eighty years before the library's most precious treasures—and its history—are lost forever.
Meet the author
Fiona Davis is the New York Times bestselling author of historical fiction set in iconic New York City buildings, with her novels lauded as GMA Book Club Picks. A former actress and journalist with a master's from Columbia, she draws on her love for the city's untold stories and architectural secrets. Davis masterfully blends past and present, exploring the lives of women who dared to defy the conventions of their time, a theme central to The Lions of Fifth Avenue.
What's it about
Ever wonder what secrets a grand old building might hold? Discover a gripping mystery that connects two women, decades apart, through a series of rare book thefts at the iconic New York Public Library. What would you risk to protect your family's legacy? This story plunges you into the lives of Laura, a budding journalist in 1913, and her granddaughter Sadie, a library curator in 1993. As priceless books vanish in both eras, you'll uncover a web of family secrets, forbidden love, and the sacrifices women make for their passions. Find out if Sadie can solve the mystery that haunted her family for eighty years before the library's most precious treasures—and its history—are lost forever.
Meet the author
Fiona Davis is the New York Times bestselling author of historical fiction set in iconic New York City buildings, with her novels lauded as GMA Book Club Picks. A former actress and journalist with a master's from Columbia, she draws on her love for the city's untold stories and architectural secrets. Davis masterfully blends past and present, exploring the lives of women who dared to defy the conventions of their time, a theme central to The Lions of Fifth Avenue.
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