The New York Times bestselling author of The Diamond Eye and The Rose Code returns with a haunting and powerful story of female friendships and secrets in a Washington, DC, boardinghouse during the McCarthy era. Washington, DC, 1950. Everyone keeps to themselves at Briarwood House, a down-at-the-heels all-female boardinghouse in the heart of the nation’s capital where secrets hide behind white picket fences.

But when the lovely, mysterious widow Grace March moves into the attic room, she draws her oddball collection of neighbors into unlikely friendship: poised English beauty Fliss, whose facade of perfect wife and mother covers gaping inner wounds; policeman’s daughter Nora, who finds herself entangled with a shadowy gangster; frustrated baseball star Beatrice, whose career has come to an end along with the women’s baseball league of WWII; and poisonous, gung-ho Arlene, who has thrown herself into McCarthy’s Red Scare. Grace’s weekly attic-room dinner parties and window-brewed sun tea become a healing balm on all their lives, but she hides a terrible secret of her own. When a shocking act of violence tears the house apart, the Briar Club women must decide once and for all: who is the true enemy in their midst?

Capturing the paranoia of the McCarthy era and evoking the changing roles for women in postwar America, The Briar Club is an intimate and thrilling novel of secrets and loyalty put to the test. Includes a bonus conversation with Kate Quinn, Saskia Maarleveld, and Tessa Woodward, editor of The Briar Club.

In the shadowy corridors of The Briar Club lies a labyrinth of secrets daring the bold to uncover its mysteries. As the club’s elite members gather under an aura of opulence, the veil between the luxurious and the sinister grows thin. Relationships are tested, alliances form and shatter, and danger lurks behind gilded doors.

Enter this enigmatic world where each turn holds the promise or peril of unveiling the truth.

A suspenseful journey where opulence masks dark secrets waiting to be unveiled. Complex characters with hidden motives intertwine in a web of intrigue and mystery. Unexpected twists challenge perceptions of trust friendship and loyalty.

The Briar Club presents itself as a sanctuary for society’s elite where a gilded facade shields a deeper much darker reality. As members gather for an exclusive event old rivalries resurface stirring the waters of long-buried secrets. When a mysterious invitation leads an unlikely outsider into this cloistered circle tensions rise fueling suspicion and intrigue.

The newcomer drawn by destiny navigates the treacherous currents of ambition and betrayal with increasing difficulty. Amidst swirling rumors and darkened whispers alliances are tested revealing the precarious balance of power within The Briar Club’s hallowed halls. Each character must choose between ambition and integrity unaware that danger lurks closer than they imagine.

As the night unfolds truth intertwines with deception and life-altering decisions are made. The Briar Club challenges every assumption compelling its members to confront their deepest fears and fallibilities. Only those who dare to face the shadows will uncover the ultimate secret hidden in plain sight.

The Briar Club shines with its intricate plot weaving suspense and mystery seamlessly captivating readers from the first page to the last Its rich multifaceted characters add profound depth each wrestling with moral ambiguities reflective of human nature’s complexity The novel’s atmospheric setting serves almost as a character itself enveloping readers in a world where luxury and menace coexist.