Nominated for the Agatha for Best Historical Mystery

One of the South Florida Sun-Sentinel’s Best Mystery Fiction of 2024

One of Library Journal’s Best Mystery Fiction of 2024

Named the Best Mystery of 2024 by Steve Donoghue of SteveReads.com

One of BookBub’s Best Historical Mysteries of 2024.

"Come to this novel for the engrossing mystery, stay for the cinematic portrait of an aging woman who fears her popularity is waning and whose marriage is dissolving, even as she’s struggling with feeling obsolete in a modernizing world.” ―Oprah Daily

“Superb…Fredericks hits this one out of the park.”―Library Journal (Starred Review)

"An Edith Wharton scholar could read Ms. Frederick’s novel with profit and amusement."—Wall Street Journal.

"[A] dazzling, magical foray into the life of Edith Wharton... Sure to be one of the best books of the year, and a perfect choice for book groups."―First Clue (Book of the Week)