Author: Katy MA and PhD in Art History HaysModern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945) | Crime & mysteryPublished on 1st February 2024 by Transworld Publishers Ltd (Penguin (Transworld)) in the United Kingdom.Paperback / softback | 416 pages 127mm x 197mm x 30mm | 286g THE SUNDAY TIMES TOP 5 BESTSELLER . . . IN HARDBACK AND NOW IN PAPERBACK!The Secret History meets Ninth House . . . the discovery of a mysterious deck of tarot cards lays bare shocking secrets within a close-knit 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 ONEILL,Dark 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 . . . jaw-dropping. SARAH PENNER‘Beguiling and atmospheric, an entrancing and gripping tale.’ KATE MOSSE-------Ann 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, once-thought lost deck of 15th-century 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 . . .The instant Sunday Times bestseller, January 2023
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