With her mother not there to protect her Lillian goes on the run but must find other work to survive. She was protected by her mother and worries about supporting herself as she is no longer the muse for artists now that she’s not in her teens.

Angelica was mistaken for one of the candidates to be interviewed and was ushered into the Frick mansion and offered tea as she waited. If you enjoy historical fiction exploring real people and places from the past, Austenprose highly recommends them. This works out well for her since she needs to keep a low profile due to being a murder suspect, which is another misunderstanding.

Both of the young female main characters are models with unstable financial situations, without anyone to depend on other than themselves.

When this book was donated to my Little Free Library Shed, I couldn’t help but say yes to wanting to read it. BookBrowse seeks out and recommends the best in contemporary fiction and nonfiction—books that not only engage and entertain but also deepen our understanding of ourselves and the world around us. 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. Once again, using her trademark brilliance, Fiona Davis transports her readers into a mysterious past lurking beneath the surface of our modern day world.a Vogue photo shoot at the Frick Museum, we meet Veronica Weber, who gets herself locked in the museum over night during a snow storm. Davis is quickly becoming one of my favorite historical authors, especially if you are looking for a historical mystery. I think this might be my favourite Fiona Davis novel although I still need to read The Lions of Fifth Avenue. A captivating story whose characters are richly drawn, The Magnolia Palace pays particular attention to those who might go unnoticed: the deaf private secretary, the museum intern, the organ player.

It was quite an interesting read and it would probably appeal to someone interested in either the museum or the arts. When the police came to question Angelica and she realized they thought of her as a suspect in the murder, she escaped from her apartment through a window and down the fire escape. Fiona Davis is the New York Times bestselling author of six historical fiction novels set in iconic New York City buildings, including The Magnolia Palace, The Dollhouse, The Address, and The Lions of Fifth Avenue, which was a Good Morning America book club pick.The other half focuses on English model Veronica Weber who in 1966 is taking part in a Vogue photo shoot at a museum that was the former Frick residence. Hers was one of the smaller apartments in the building, with only one bedroom, where she and her mother had slept. I almost didn't finish the book, but in the end the two stories merged together and it turned out fine.