The Briar Club

New York Times Bestseller

Step into the shadowy corridors of Briarwood House, where secrets simmer beneath the cheerful veneer of 1950s Washington, DC. From Kate Quinn, the bestselling author of The Diamond Eye and The Rose Code, comes a gripping tale of female friendship tested by paranoia, loyalty, and devastating betrayal.

At this down-at-the-heels women’s boardinghouse, nobody asks questions—until the enigmatic Grace March arrives and transforms everything. Her attic-room dinner parties and sun-brewed tea gatherings draw together an unforgettable cast: Fliss, the English beauty hiding wounds behind her perfect-wife smile; Nora, dangerously entangled with a shadowy gangster; Beatrice, mourning her lost baseball career; and Arlene, zealously swept up in McCarthy’s Red Scare.

But when violence shatters their fragile sanctuary, these women must confront an impossible question: who is the real enemy among them?

People Magazine praises Quinn for “evocatively balancing the outward cheerfulness of the 1950s with historical observations exploring racism, misogyny, homophobia and political persecution in this sharply drawn, gripping novel.”

Quinn masterfully captures the claustrophobic paranoia of the McCarthy era while illuminating the changing landscape for women in postwar America. This special first edition features a gorgeous foil cover—a fitting tribute to a story about the fierce bonds that hold us together when everything else falls apart.

Perfect for fans of historical fiction with razor-sharp suspense and deeply drawn characters who’ll linger long after the final page.

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