THE SUNDAY TIMES TOP 5 BESTSELLER . . . IN HARDBACK AND NOW IN PAPERBACKThe Secret History meets Ninth House . . . the discovery of a mysterious deck of tarot cards lays bare shocking secrets within a closeknit circle of researchers at New Yorks famed Met Cloisters museum.Glamour power seduction ambition The Cloisters has it all. I adored this deliciously gothic beautifully written novel. LOUISE ONEILLDark and enigmatic . . . a story of academic obsession Renaissance magic and the ruthless pursuit of power. Captivating in every sense. SARAH PEARSEElegant and atmospheric and suffused with brooding menace. LUCY CLARKESultry and sinister . . . teems with sexual tension the secrets of divination and scholarly obsessiveness . . . jawdropping. SARAH PENNERBeguiling and atmospheric an entrancing and gripping tale. KATE MOSSEAnn Stilwell arrives in New York City hoping to spend her summer working at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Instead she is assigned to The Cloisters a gothic museum and garden renowned for its collection of medieval and Renaissance art.Drawn into a small circle of charismatic but enigmatic researchers Ann happy to indulge some of their more outlandish theories including the museums curator who is fixated on tarot and the real possibility of predicting the future.But when Ann discovers a mysterious oncethought lost deck of 15thcentury Italian tarot cards she finds herself at the centre of a dangerous game of power toxic friendship and ambition.And as the game being played within the Cloisters spirals out of control Ann must decide who she trusts . . .Instant Sunday Times bestseller February 2024