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Twins Joaquim and Javier are mirror-identical twins, but completely different people! Javier chose a risky drug cartel lifestyle, while Joachim went to college and made a career of being the best butler ever. Not my favorite DS, but good for audiocrafting & laundering …

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I am feeling lukewarm about this book. The plot was weak and slow. This is not a deal breaker but when the the book is depending almost totally on the characters I feel they have to be outstanding. While I liked the characters, I was not in love with them and that affected how I felt about the entire book. 3ish ⭐️

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Joachim is one of the main characters and the Butler in the story. His mother works for a group that recovers and tries to return art stolen during WWII to the original owners.

Joachim von Hartmann is born and raised in Buenos Aires alongside his twin Javier. The two could not be any more different, yet inseparable. In Joachim's late teens he moves to Paris with his mother and new stepdad. Javier stays behind willingly and disappears from his family's lives to enter a dark world. After dropping out of school, Joachim begins training as a butler and goes to work for the grandest of homes in England. (look at comments)

The Butler by Daniel Steel may be my favorite DS release this year. Unusual with a male main character but a close supporting role of a female main character. Joachim is a finally trained formal Butler who finds himself in between jobs when his long time elderly employees pass away. Taking a break while he reevaluates and weighs his options, he makes a trip to Argentina where he was raised with his identical twin brother(cont in comments)