The Spectacular
A Novel
Fiona Davis
- From
- the
- New
- York
- Times
- Bestselling
- Author
- of
- The
- Magnolia
- Palace:
- A
- thrilling
- story
- about
- love,
- sacrifice,
- and
- the
- pursuit
- of
- dreams,
- set
- amidst
- the
- glamour
- and
- glitz
- of
- Radio
- City
- Music
- Hall
- in
- its
- mid-century
- heyday.New
- York
- City,
- 1956:
- Nineteen-year-old
- Marion
- Brooks
- knows
- she
- should
- be
- happy.
- Her
- high
- school
- sweetheart
- is
- about
- to
- propose
- and
- sweep
- her
- off
- to
- the
- life
- everyone
- has
- always
- expected
- they’d
- have
- together:
- a
- quiet
- house
- in
- the
- suburbs,
- Marion
- staying
- home
- to
- raise
- their
- future
- children.
- But
- instead,
- Marion
- finds
- herself
- feeling
- trapped.
- So
- when
- she
- comes
- across
- an
- opportunity
- to
- audition
- for
- the
- famous
- Radio
- City
- Rockettes—the
- glamorous
- precision-dancing
- troupe—she
- jumps
- at
- the
- chance
- to
- exchange
- her
- predictable
- future
- for
- the
- dazzling
- life
- of
- a
- performer.Meanwhile,
- the
- city
- is
- reeling
- from
- a
- string
- of
- bombings
- orchestrated
- by
- a
- person
- the
- press
- has
- nicknamed
- the
- “Big
- Apple
- Bomber,”
- who
- has
- been
- terrorizing
- the
- citizens
- of
- New
- York
- for
- sixteen
- years
- by
- planting
- bombs
- in
- popular,
- crowded
- spaces.
- With
- the
- public
- in
- an
- uproar
- over
- the
- lack
- of
- any
- real
- leads
- after
- a
- yearslong
- manhunt,
- the
- police
- turn
- in
- desperation
- to
- Peter
- Griggs,
- a
- young
- doctor
- at
- a
- local
- mental
- hospital
- who
- espouses
- a
- radical
- new
- technique:
- psychological
- profiling.As
- both
- Marion
- and
- Peter
- find
- themselves
- unexpectedly
- pulled
- in
- to
- the
- police
- search
- for
- the
- bomber,
- Marion
- realizes
- that
- as
- much
- as
- she’s
- been
- training
- herself
- to
- blend
- in—performing
- in
- perfect
- unison
- with
- all
- the
- other
- identical
- Rockettes—if
- she
- hopes
- to
- catch
- the
- bomber,
- she’ll
- need
- to
- stand
- out
- and
- take
- a
- terrifying
- risk.
- In
- doing
- so,
- she
- may
- be
- forced
- to
- sacrifice
- everything
- she’s
- worked
- for,
- as
- well
- as
- the
- people
- she
- loves
- the most.
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