Fiona Davis writes another historical fiction novel in The Lions of Fifth Avenue. The lions are concrete statues of lions situated outside the New York Public library. Inside the library, the superintendent's last name is Lyons and he lives in the seven room apartment with his wife, Laura, and their two children, Harry and Pearl. The year is 1913. Laura decides to go to graduate school at the Columbia School of Journalism. She investigates the Heterodoxy Club. At this club feminists gather together to talk and to listen to speakers such as Helen Keller and Margaret Sanger. Although the people in this story are completely fictional, the library and the superintendent's apartment and the Heterodoxy Club are real. The other part of the story takes place in 1993. Sadie is a librarian at the New York Public library and she is the granddaughter of the superintendent and Laura and also the daughter of Pearl. She has just been promoted to curator of the newest exhibition. When important books (like the last of Virginia Wolff's diaries) goes missing, Sadie tries to figure out who is stealing from the library. In her investigation she learns that books went missing in 1913 as well. Besides this book being historical fiction, it is also a book stealing mystery. Fiona Davis is an excellent writer.
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