Fiona Davis

Fiction

Mystery, History and the Radio City Rockettes Combine in New Novel

A singular timeline with a thriller vibe is a slight change from previous novels, but Fiona Davis upped her game with these added elements of excitement along with her special touches we know and love. Centering around a NYC landmark, in this case Radio City Music Hall, in the 1950s, The…

Jennifer BlankfeinAugust 28, 2023

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Rhys Bowen Recommends Summer Historical Fiction Reads

As we battle the summer heat, I’m sure many of us are enjoying staying indoors and reading or finding a shady spot beside some water. So, I’m happy to share some suggestions for my fellow fans of the historical novel. It seems we’re still obsessed with recent history and suddenly…

Rhys BowenJuly 27, 2023

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“The Lions of Fifth Avenue,” Hilarity in the Afterlife and Unsolved True Crime

BookTrib wants to keep you in the book news loop! Each week our editors take a pulse on what’s happening in the book world and hand pick stories, tidbits and reviews you may have missed. Unsolved: True Crime Stories With a Few Loose Strings — Novel Suspects Book Thefts at…

BookTribJuly 24, 2020

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Romance, Mystery & Art Behind a Tranquil Fifth Avenue Façade in Fiona Davis’ Latest

The stories embedded in the architectural masterpieces of New York City have long intrigued Fiona Davis, whose new novel, The Magnolia Palace (Dutton), is set in a Fifth Avenue mansion that happens to house one of the finest art collections in the world. The industrialist Henry Clay Frick, who made…

Claudia KeenanJanuary 25, 2022

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Fiona Davis’s “The Lions of Fifth Avenue:” A New York City Mystery of History

In the world’s fastest growing city, where well over a dozen daily newspapers were read by more than five million people, the year 1914 burst forth with the Great War and battles over modernism and women’s rights. While immigrants lived in stifling squalor on the Lower East Side, the lingering…

Claudia KeenanJuly 21, 2020

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“The Masterpiece:” NYC’s Grand Central as One of the Stars

Today Fiona Davis' own narrative work of art, The Masterpiece (Dutton) comes out in paperback. To celebrate, we revisit the intricate story and informative interview with the author. Today’s radiant Grand Central Terminal belies the nadir of its seventh decade when decay, crime, and overreaching developers threatened its existence. Thanks…

Claudia KeenanJuly 8, 2019

Fiction

Fiona Davis Examines the Destructive Lure of Technology in Allegra Goodman’s ‘The Chalk Artist’

Critically-acclaimed author Allegra Goodman takes a deep dive into the world of virtual reality gaming from multiple perspectives in her new novel, The Chalk Artist. While the choice of subject may at first seem curious, she’s created complex characters who offer crossover appeal to fans of both literary fiction and…

Fiona DavisJuly 7, 2017

Fiction

Author Fiona Davis Shares the Secrets to Her Writing Success

Last year, author Fiona Davis published her wonderful debut, The Dollhouse, rich in history about the Barbizon Hotel in NYC. Keeping with iconic Manhattan landmarks, her fabulous new release, The Address is set in alternating timelines; in the late 1800s during the building of the Dakota, the architecturally stunning residence on…

Jennifer BlankfeinAugust 22, 2017

Fiction

True Friendship Never Fades in Fiona Davis’ Latest

In Fiona Davis' The Chelsea Girls (Dutton), the shy cerebral Hazel Ripley and flamboyant Maxine Mead are thrown together for a USO performance in Naples, Italy, during World War II. They hate each other at first sight. Maxine regularly brings down the house while Hazel, whose reputation as a perpetual…

Claudia KeenanJuly 31, 2019

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When Are We? 8 Stories Featuring Dual Timelines

It’s true. It is possible to be in two places at once. It’s even possible to be in two different times at once! It’s the fascinatingly complex and incredibly revealing method used by authors in books with two separate timelines. You’ve read them — part of the book is marked…

Hank Phillippi RyanJanuary 14, 2021

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Check Out These 9 “Library Books” for National Library Week

Walking into a library is like walking into an opium den. The exhilarating scent of paper and binding — whether musty with age or fruit-sweet and fresh off the press — is a perfume like no other. Endorphins flood the brain. Ahhhhh ... books! Here we can wander among the…

BookTribApril 5, 2022

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10 Books to Binge if You Loved HBO’s “The Gilded Age”

The Gilded Age might just be one of the most fascinating periods in history. A moment in time when fortunes were made, legacies cemented — and the rift between the “Old Money” and “New Money” took hold, establishing class lines that lasted for generations. The marvelous dresses, historical buildings, and…

Kristy Woodson Harvey and Renée RosenMarch 17, 2022

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Visit the Big Apple Through the Pages of These 5 Great Reads

One of my favorite parts of writing any book is the research. I love to wade into pages and pages about a particular event or person and trek to the location to immerse myself in the sounds, sights and smells of it. When the research is paired with one of…

Heather WebbFebruary 3, 2022

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5 Intriguing and Powerful Historical Fiction Novels of Women Pushing Back

It’s difficult for anyone to avoid the world’s expectations. We’re indoctrinated with so many of them and from such an early age, like that pallette of pink and blue with which society paints itself. So, what happens when we decide we’d like to circumvent these expectations? Try painting with a…

BookTribJune 7, 2021

Rhys Bowen Recommends Summer Historical Fiction Reads

“The Lions of Fifth Avenue,” Hilarity in the Afterlife and Unsolved True Crime

Romance, Mystery & Art Behind a Tranquil Fifth Avenue Façade in Fiona Davis’ Latest

Fiona Davis’s “The Lions of Fifth Avenue:” A New York City Mystery of History

“The Masterpiece:” NYC’s Grand Central as One of the Stars

Fiona Davis Examines the Destructive Lure of Technology in Allegra Goodman’s ‘The Chalk Artist’

Author Fiona Davis Shares the Secrets to Her Writing Success

True Friendship Never Fades in Fiona Davis’ Latest

When Are We? 8 Stories Featuring Dual Timelines

Check Out These 9 “Library Books” for National Library Week

5 Intriguing and Powerful Historical Fiction Novels of Women Pushing Back

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