![]() ![]() ![]() how to start again,” Rose says as she digs to the bottom of the mystery of Esme’s death. Rose’s investigation quickly becomes her obsession and refuge when her father becomes ill, her career implodes, and her hopes for a relationship with her married lover fade. Darby, who has been a Barbizon resident for over 50 years, knew Esme and was connected to her demise. While doing research for an article on the grisly 1953 death of Barbizon maid Esme, she stays in the apartment of reclusive octogenarian tenant Darby. ![]() In the present day, journalist Rose is kicked out of her upscale condo at the former hotel for women after her lover reunites with his wife. It showcases the intersection of two women’s lives at the famed Barbizon Hotel, whose notable residents included Joan Didion, Grace Kelly, and Sylvia Plath. Davis’s impeccably structured debut is equal parts mystery, tribute to midcentury New York City, and classic love story. ![]()
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