The Housekeepers

By Alex Hay,

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Book description

The night of London's grandest ball, a bold group of women downstairs plot a daring revenge heist against Mayfair society in this dazzling historical novel about power, gender, and class

Named a Best Book of Summer by The Washington Post * Good Housekeeping * Harper's Bazaar * Reader's Digest

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2 authors picked The Housekeepers as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

I'm a sucker for a good historical, so The Housekeepers immediately caught my eye—and when the MC was dismissed from her post as a housekeeper in a palatial London townhome in the very first chapter, I was immediately hooked.

The less you know about this one, the better, so I'll just say that if you love Downton Abbey or Ocean's Eleven, read this book because it's both.

A heist story set in the glamourous world of the best addresses of 1900s London, setting the servants against the owners of the house? Yes, please!

This is like nothing I've ever read before – it’s a fabulous story with vivid and memorable characters that will have you on the edge of your seat. It's one of those 'just one more chapter, and Then I'll sleep' books. I still miss the women I met in those pages.

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