The Cloisters : a novel / Katy Hays.
Assigned to The Cloisters, a gothic museum and garden, curatorial associate Ann Stilwell becomes obsessed with the history of fortune-telling after discovering a hidden 15th-century deck of tarot cards that might hold the key to predicting the future, blurring the line between the modern and the arcane.
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- ISBN: 9781668004401
- ISBN: 1668004402
- Physical Description: 312 pages : astrological chart ; 24 cm
- Edition: First Atria Books hardcover edition.
- Publisher: New York : Atria Books, 2022.
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Subject: | Cloisters (Museum) > Fiction. Museums > Fiction. Fortune-telling by cards > Fiction. Divination > Fiction. Tarot > Fiction. Fate and fatalism > Fiction. |
Genre: | Detective and mystery fiction. Thrillers (Fiction) |
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The Cloisters : A Novel
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The Cloisters : A Novel
INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A Today Show #ReadwithJenna Book Club Pick "For fans of The Talented Mr. Ripley and The Secret History ...The perfect mystery." --Jenna Bush Hager, Today In this "sinister, jaw-dropping" (Sarah Penner, author of The Lost Apothecary ) debut novel, a circle of researchers uncover a mysterious deck of tarot cards and shocking secrets in New York's famed Met Cloisters. When Ann Stilwell arrives in New York City, she expects to spend her summer working as a curatorial associate at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Instead, she finds herself assigned to The Cloisters, a gothic museum and garden renowned for its medieval art collection and its group of enigmatic researchers studying the history of divination. Desperate to escape her painful past, Ann is happy to indulge the researchers' more outlandish theories about the history of fortune telling. But what begins as academic curiosity quickly turns into obsession when Ann discovers a hidden 15th-century deck of tarot cards that might hold the key to predicting the future. When the dangerous game of power, seduction, and ambition at The Cloisters turns deadly, Ann becomes locked in a race for answers as the line between the arcane and the modern blurs. A haunting and magical blend of genres, The Cloisters is a gripping debut that will keep you on the edge of your seat.