The Lions of Fifth Avenue: A Novel by Fiona Davis.Dutton, 2020. Adult fiction. Historical fiction. In 1913, Laura Lyons and her husband and two children actually live in an apartment in the New York Public Library. The home is a perk of Laura's husband's job as Superintendent of the Library. She longs to be a journalist herself. The family is upended and suspect as valuable items go missing from the library.
In 1995, Sadie Donovan is a curator at the New York Public Library and grand daughter of the famous essayist Laura Lyons. Her life has been rather topsy-turvy and she longs to find out more about her grandmother's life and her own family. The situation gets really sticky when items go missing from a display that Sadie is planning.
The two voices merge as clues are found about the thefts and modern police get involved. Sadie is no longer incognito in her position. Readers will enjoy the details about the library itself and how the pieces are put together to solve the puzzle. They will root for Sadie!
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