Although the Magnolia Palace is the home of Henry Clay Frick and the book uses him and his family as main characters, it is definitely a work of fiction. Not until the author's note in the back will readers know what is real and what is made up.
A beautiful model whose face and body are on sculpture and buildings all around New York City comes to be a private secretary to Helen Frick in 1919. Another model in 1966 takes a job that will be shot at the home, now a museum. Their stories collide as a magnificent pink diamond is the center of a mystery that even involves murder.
Readers who are interested in history will want to search for more information on the Fricks and to find photographs of the treasures of the very real collection.
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