Chatting Books Online Year 2, day 49. Today's recommended book is The Lions of Fifth Avenue by Fiona Davis.
I was first tipped off to this book by a friend who reads even more than I do and over the years has made me aware of several books that have become all-time favorites (she was the first to recommend Richard Grant's Dispatches from Pluto to me as well). Well, she was right again it is a totally enjoyable read.
This novel starts in 1913 with the Lyons family as they settle into life in an apartment hidden in the depths of the New York public library . Laura has everything she wants. Her husband Jack is the newly named superintendent of the library and an aspiring novelist. She has two beautiful children and things seem to be going well, until she sees that there may be more to life than what is right in front of her eyes. Suddenly valuable books start disappearing .
The book flashes forward 80 years to 1993 where we meet Sadie, a woman working in her dream job at the Berg Collection , a special section of the New York public library where the rarest of the rare books are kept. And books suddenly start disappearing again.
As the two timelines unfold we see the connections between the storylines and learn the mystery behind the disappearances.
Part historical fiction, part contemporary novel. and all page turning mystery
This book currently is available in hardcover, 354 pages and sells for $ 27.00
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