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After a failed apprenticeship she rises to head housekeeper of a posh London hotel, Sara Smythe’s life changes when she meets New York architect Theodore Camden. In 1985, his descendant Bailey Camden partners with Melanie, the architect’s great‑granddaughter, to restore an apartment in The Dakota—a storied building once occupied by Camden himself. The renovation threatens the building’s history, and a buried truth about Camden’s death—claims she was stabbed by Sara Smythe—rises from the basement, unsettling both generations.
First publish date: 2017
Genre: Mystery & Detective/Historical Mystery
Authors: Fiona Davis
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