New York Times best selling author Kate Quinn brings us an intimate tale of historical fiction filled with suspense and intrigue in The Briar Club.

Political paranoia is at its peak during the McCarthy era in Washington DC, just after World War II.

Society has been fractured and reshaped by war and ordinary people are still trying to put the pieces back together.

We get a snapshot of those struggles as we are introduced to the tenants of Briarwood House, an all-female boarding house, where the inhabitants barely know each other’s names.

This all changes with the arrival of Grace March, who moves into the attic. Grace seems to know what her flatmates need before they do and is ready to listen, while rarely sharing any of her own struggles.

Her supper clubs and sun tea quickly bring the tenants together and strong bonds begin to form.

But Grace harbours a dark secret of her own and when a violent murder shatters the facade, her new family must decide where their loyalties lie.

Publisher: HarperCollins.

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