A maid on Fifth Avenue

Sinéad Crowley

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How far must you run to truly escape your past? Annie thinks she has found the answer when she leaves her home on the west coast of Ireland and boards a ship for New York. Irish maids are in demand in the 1920s, and she finds work with the wealthy Cavendish family in their opulent Fifth Avenue mansion. Annie soon makes a friend too, an Italian waitress named Elena. As their friendship deepens into something more passionate and dangerous for them both, however, Annie’s past rises up to haunt her. Once again she will be forced to flee. A century later, in post-pandemic Ireland, Emer is also running, and finds a haven in her family’s home in West Kerry. But here, too, the past is refusing to die, and as Annie and Emer’s lives intertwine, long buried secrets are about to be revealed. ‘A Maid on Fifth Avenue’ is a heart-stopping dual timeline novel.

ISBN: 9781801105682 Category:

Description

[A] stunning novel that combines history with a fascinating mystery... Enthralling, absorbing and entirely delightful‘ – Jane Casey

A heart-stopping dual timeline mystery, from the bestselling author of The Belladonna Maze.

In 1924, Annie, dreaming of a new life, leaves her home in Ballydrynawn, West Kerry, and boards a ship bound for New York. With Irish maids in demand, she soon finds work with the wealthy Cavendish family in their opulent Fifth Avenue mansion. Only Annie knows the secrets she left behind though and when her friendship with an Italian waitress named Elena deepens into something more passionate and dangerous for them both, Annie’s past rises up to haunt her. Will be she be forced to flee again?

Now, Emer arrives at her family’s holiday home in Ballydrynawn. Burnt out and desperate for more, Emer has run away from her new life in LA. But even as the village begins to work its healing magic, the past refuses to stay silent.

As Annie and Emer’s past and future begin to intertwine in the shadows of the village’s magical Fairy Tree, long buried secrets will be revealed?

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Authors and readers LOVE A Maid on Fifth Avenue:

‘An absolute page-turner‘ – Liz Nugent
Utterly captivating?Sinead Crowley at the top of her game’ – Andrea Mara
‘I highly recommend this book – I couldn’t put it down!’ – 5* reader review
Beautifully written… I couldn’t get enough of it. Such a wonderful novel’ – 5* reader review
I’m so in love with this story…. emotional, so beautifully written and I couldn’t put it down’ – 5* reader review

Additional information

Weight 0.702 kg
Dimensions 22.9 × 14.8 × 4.1 cm
Author

Publisher

Imprint

Cover

Hardback

Pages

496

Language

English

Edition

Hardback original

Dewey

823.92 (edition:23)

Readership

General – Trade / Code: K

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