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Touchstone
August 2018
On Sale: August 14, 2018
336 pages
ISBN: 1501165054
EAN: 9781501165054
Kindle: B01MG7NPAZ
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Historical
In this βglittering, Gatsby-esqueβ (Publishers Weekly) novel, two generations of Quincy womenβa bewitching Jazz Age beauty and a young lawyerβare bound by a spectacular and mysterious Indian necklace.Always the black sheep of the tight-knit Quincy clan, Nell is cautious when sheβs summoned to the elegantly shabby family manor after her great-aunt Loulouβs death. A cold reception from the family grows chillier when they learn Loulou has left Nell a fantastically valuable heirloom: an ornate necklace from India that Nell finds stashed in a Crown Royal whiskey bag in the back of a dresser. As predatory relatives circle and art experts begin to question the necklaceβs provenance, Nell turns to the only person she thinks she can trustβthe attractive and ambitious estate lawyer who definitely is not part of the old-money crowd. More than just a piece of jewelry, the necklace links Nell to a long-buried family secret involving Ambrose Quincy, who brought the necklace home from India in the 1920s as a dramatic gift for May, the woman he intended to marry. Upon his return, he discovered that May had married his brother Ethan, the βgoodβ Quincy, devoted to their father. As a gesture of friendship, Ambrose gave May the necklace anyway. Crisp as a gin martini, fresh as a twist of lime, The Necklace is the charming and intoxicating story βwritten with wit, compassion, and a meticulous attention to period and cultural detailβ (Kirkus Reviews) of long-simmering family resentments and a young woman who inherits a secret much more valuable than a legendary necklace.
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