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First We take Manhattan by [Colette Caddle]

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Colette Caddle

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Identical twins, Sinéad and Sheila, have always done everything together and so, after graduating in millinery, it's no surprise when they open their own hat shop. It's a struggle to keep such a small business going until one day a glamorous young actress buys one of their hats, wears it to the Baftas and suddenly success seems guaranteed. But tragedy strikes when Sheila disappears, and is presumed dead. Sinead can't accept that her sister would have taken her own life and is convinced she's been murdered. Top of her list of suspects is Sheila's smooth-talking, politician husband. Consumed by grief and anger, Sinead doesn't notice that her business is going down the toilet. Her brother, when he's not distracted by his siser's sexy new partner, urges Sinead to pull herself together. She's just about ready to move on when she is given new hope: there has been a sighting of her sister. While she is filled with excitement at the thought that Sheila might be alive, she is haunted by questions. Why had Sheila left? And even if she felt she had to, why hadn't she told her twin? After all, they'd always told each other everything … hadn't they?

'A compelling, emotional story from number one bestseller Colette Caddle'
'Caddle can whip up a tremendous love story'

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September 25, 2014
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About the Author

Colette Caddle lives in Dublin with her husband and two young sons. She is the author of the bestselling A Cut Above, Too Little Too Late, Forever FM, Shaken Not Stirred, Red Letter Day, Changing Places, Always on My Mind, and First We Take Manhattan. Find out more at www.colettecaddle.com --This text refers to an alternate kindle_edition edition.

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00NYB4QC0
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Pcbooks (September 25, 2014)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ September 25, 2014
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 1678 KB
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Print length ‏ : ‎ 417 pages
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Best Sellers Rank: #2,224,689 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
- #4,866 in Contemporary Urban Fiction
- #15,588 in Fiction Urban Life
- #21,896 in Urban Fiction (Kindle Store)

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Colette Caddle

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I am an Irish Novelist, born and bred in Dublin. I write about ordinary people who find themselves in extraordinary situations. There's love, laughter and tears along the way and bucket-loads of suspense. My books are available worldwide in English in book, ebook and audio format and have been translated into several languages.

If you've read one of my books, do please let me know what you think by posting a review on Amazon or Goodreads. Also, remember to 'Like' Colette Caddle Books on Facebook to be sure not to miss competitions and giveaways. To find out more about my books, visit my website www.colettecaddle.com or else come and say hi on Twitter, @colettecaddle.

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Sharon Shillato

A great read about twin sister's that after graduating from a ...

Reviewed in the United States on July 12, 2017

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This is the first book I have read by Colette Caddle and plan to read more books by this Author. A great read about twin sister's that after graduating from a millinery school opened up their own millinery shop and had struggles Shelia one of the twins goes missing so this book has interesting storyline.

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carol hunt

I loved this book - I didn't expect it to deal ...

Reviewed in the United States on September 2, 2014

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I loved this book - I didn't expect it to deal all the knotty issues of separation, family, loyalty and love - and the need to escape them sometimes - with such sensitivity and finesse. Insightful and intelligent, a great premise with the separation of the twins which delivers beautifully and keeps you reading until the end. Lovely read.

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jimmy mc guirk

Fabulous

Reviewed in the United States on May 7, 2014

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Great book really enjoyed it story grips u from the start to finish characters come to life and into ur soul

Reviewed in the United States on March 31, 2015

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Very good as usual by Colette.

Reviewed in the United States on March 25, 2015

Good read.

So much unfulfilled promise

Reviewed in the United States on August 15, 2014

The premise for this book is soooo good. You've got identical twin sisters, one goes missing and is presumed dead, leaving the other one so bereft with grief that the women's business suffers, her relationship suffers, and the people around her suspect her of paranoia.

What you need, though, is a reason for the one sister to leave. It must be a viable, believable reason that doesn't feel forced or contrived.

And that's where this book loses its steam.

Sinead is barely hanging on after twin sister Sheila's disappearance many months earlier. In a millinery business together, Sinead's grief has caused a loss of clientele, not to mention distance from her boyfriend, father, brother, and Sheila's husband. After she receives a disturbing prognosis for her professional future, Sinead pulls herself together and hires an assistant.

This proves to be quite fortuitous, because her assistant, newly returned to Ireland from a brief attempt at a fashion career in New York, says she is pretty certain that she saw Sheila over there.

This, of course, sends Sinead into a tizzy. Is Sheila still alive? But how could she be? She's Sinead's twin sister! They were so close! Sheila would never do this to Sinead!

So ... if Sheila left, she had to have a good reason, right?

Caddle lets us know fairly early that Sheila is, in fact, alive and living in New York, and - coincidences of coincidences - she does run into Sinead's future employee on a sidewalk there. Sheila alludes to all sorts of dark reasons for her disappearance, leading me to assume it would be pretty spectacular.

The problem is, it was not. It was anticlimactic to the point that, upon reading it, I said out loud, "That's IT?" The greater mystery, as it turns out, is what's going on with Sheila's husband and the twins' father.

Dear Old Dad's story, while more compelling than Sheila's, nonetheless is a head scratcher. It isn't so much that we can't believe it's true as it is that Sinead's recollections of her father and her treatment of him belie the truth of his character.

There are some very neat, very tidy endings in this book. If you're looking for messiness, this is not the book for you. If you want happy happy, then it might be.

Sinead is likable and pitiable, although she occasionally behaves very selfishly. Sheila, though, is a piece of work. All of Sinead's fond memories of her sister seem to be at odds with the character we see. That anyone would care about this woman is questionable, to say the least.

Parts of this book are really fun to read. When we get in the head of the twins' brother and his love interest, it's enjoyable, cute, and sweet. Sinead's complexity makes her interesting, although, like I said, sometimes you just want to shout at her to stop. Ultimately, however, the problem is the weakness of Sheila's reasons for leaving Ireland. I just did not buy into them.

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A Funny Girl

Superb Book! Will be reading MORE of Caddle!

Reviewed in the United States on September 24, 2014

I had never had the pleasure of reading any of Colette Caddle's work prior to receiving this book. I am so glad that I won this on Facebook and was able to immerse myself inside the fascinating world that Colette Caddle created.

This book was a lovely story about a family who has been ripped apart by the sudden loss of Sheila. With no body and no hard concrete evidence it makes it hard for this family to move oThe family is stuck between mourning the loss of Sheila to hanging onto the thread of hope that she's still out there. The question is, if Sheila is alive, what could possibly make her want to leave her old life behind.

Colette Caddle so masterfully told this story. You know, it's hard for me to know exactly what it is that makes me enjoy a particular book so much. This time though, it occured to me what it was that had me so hooked. Ms. Caddle was able to leave an air of mystery throughout the entire book, when you found one piece of the puzzle you discoverd another piece missing. This kept you unable to put it down, wanting to discover the answers to the every unfolding mysteries that were uncovered.

That's when you know it's a good book, when an author can give you JUST enough information to where you're not feeling exasperated, but you are working out the answers in your own head and SOMETIMES you might be right, but are thrilled when you discover you just THOUGHT you knew. That's how it was for me with this book. There were some elements that it didn't take me long to figure out, or well that I had at some point figured out prior to the answer being displayed.

Yet, there were other times when I was just DEAD wrong. It happens OCCASSIONALLY that I'm wrong :) I LOVED this book. I loved the characters that Ms. Caddle created and the way she integrated them into the plot. It was a story that felt seamless. It was a relief after some of the books I've read (none that have been reviewed here) where the characters' weren't fully developed and the plots just seemed rushed or there was no "climax".

In "First We Take Manhattan", you have a lovely story of a family broken, long kept secrets that are uncovered, newfound loves, friendship and self-empowerment and discovering what it is that makes you happy is something we all need to find and hold onto if and when we find it.

This is a DEFINITE 5 star book! I cannot reitterate how much I loved this lovely, lovely story! It doesn't appear to yet be available on Kindle, however it doesn't take that long to order and receive it from the UK or Ireland! I got this book within a week of winning it! If you haven't ever read Irish or UK literature / chick lit, I'm telling you that there's something so thrilling about the way these women tell stories! I have found myself searching for new Irish and UK authors when my favs have all been read!

** This book was won in a giveaway!

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Sissel M. Østdahl

Charming read but without the expected bombshell...

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 3, 2014

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It's not often a book is better in the beginning and middle than towards the end, which happened with this one.

I found the story about the Fields family fascinating. The twins Sheila and Sinead and their successful millinery business. Their smashing brother Max, their father Kieran, a brooding somewhat distant head of the family, and their aunt Birdie who looked after the family over the years but is now sadly suffering from dementia. And there is talented designer Krystie, returned to Ireland from New York after failing to achieve success in The Big Apple and joining Sinead in the hat business.

But a mystery hits the family when Sheila suddenly disappears leaving her car abandoned on a pier. Stricken in their belief that Sheila is dead, may have even taken her own life, they struggle with questions and answers. Sinead misses her twin terribly, goes into a depression, neglects their business and loses the store.

We get all the answers in the end but I find many of them a bit far-fetched. Especially does it not quite ring through that Sheila would go as far as leave her husband and family without a word based on the reasons given in this story. She is searched after by the police, believed dead, it is quite a serious business. An intelligent and responsible woman, it seems to me rather unlikely unless she had suffered from a complete break down.

However, it is a pleasant and at times exciting journey for the reader until aunt Bridie dies and it's time to put the cards on the table. The many characters in the book are interesting and well described. But I expected more of a finale, a real bombshell to top off a charming story in the author's usual easy and entertaining style.

I put it in the category "cozy reading" and recommend it as such. And after all, happy endings are always nice!

Tara Niland

Great read with a bit of everything in it, mystery and love!! What more could one ask for x

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 23, 2014

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What a fantastic read this book was I really enjoyed it..... Not wanting to give away to much of the story, it's about a family who are literally been torn apart with family secrets and it shows the consequences from this, theirs an air of mystery, romance and most definitely "what's happening next"? Twins Sinead & Sheila with their very successful business, however Sheila goes missing and nobody is sure if she is dead or alive as no body was ever found, their brother Max and their father Kieran and not forgetting Phillip, Sheila's husband who is involved in politics and of course one can't forget Krystie who for me was a delight in this book she was like a ray of sunshine and added so much to the story itself..... As I was reading this book I could picture each character in my head and visualise the whole story itself as it progressed and that to me is what I call a great book. Buy it you won't be disappointed and you just might find you love it like me x

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Sylwia

Loved it!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 16, 2014

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I enjoyed this book so much, I couldn’t put it down! The story was very well plotted with many twists that you wouldn’t have seen coming! The characters were very well crafted and really interesting. What I loved most about this book was the way Colette put together the main plot and all the smaller subplots. Everything in the story was there for a reason – the smallest event was significant and each character had a role to fulfill. While I was reading it, poor Pete had to put up with me exclaiming (at least once in each chapter): ‘oh, so that’s why she did it!’ or ‘now I understand!’ and ‘I can’t believe what’s just happened’… So you have Manhattan, some nice twists in the plot and brilliantly crafted characters, add a bit of drama and mystery and you know you’re in for a treat!
It was the first book by Colette Caddle that I read. It caught my eye because it had this word in the title that I couldn’t just ignore…(you probably know how much I love New York..?). I really loved this book, it was a fantastic read from start to finish. I would definitely recommend it and would certainly be reading it again myself.

Rachel Butterworth

Great storyline from a writer who knows her art

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 28, 2014

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This is a truly compelling read, that I highly recommend. I'm reasonably new to this talented Irish writers work but I'm already a huge fan.
I loved the strong characterisation and cleverly scripted plot. As a reader, it was a treat to venture from Ireland to Manhattan with such cleverly written ease.
It was certainly one that I just couldn't put down. (Isn't it great when you find a treasure like that?!)
Exciting, emotional and climactic. I'd originally picked this up in print but have now downloaded three of her previous novels on the strength of this it; I think that shows how much I enjoy her writing!
More please!

Jenn. S.

Fantastic.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 7, 2018

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I loved Colette’s Welsh novels, because I’m Welsh but I also love Ireland and the Irish. I wish I had the imagination to write a good story but I think I’ll just leave to women like Colette.

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