Pitched as The Secret History for a new generation, this dark tale of toxic obsession, ambition and corrosive friendships proved to be one of the year's most captivating debuts - a top 10 bestseller in the UK and the USA!

The Secret History meets Ninth House in this sinister, atmospheric novel . . . the discovery of a mysterious deck of tarot cards lays bare shocking secrets within a close-knit circle of researchers at New York's famed Met Cloisters museum.

'Beguiling and atmospheric, an entrancing and gripping tale.' KATE MOSSE

'Glamour, power, seduction, ambition - The Cloisters has it all. I adored this deliciously gothic, beautifully written novel.' LOUISE O'NEILL, author of Idol

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, the Met's gothic museum and garden renowned for its medieval and Renaissance collections.

Drawn into a small circle of charismatic but enigmatic researchers and relieved to have left her troubled past behind, Ann is happy to indulge some of their more outlandish theories, including those of the museum's curator, Patrick Roland, who is fixated on Tarot and the possibility of divination.

But then Ann discovers a mysterious, once-believed lost deck of 15th-century Italian tarot cards she suddenly finds herself at the centre of a dangerous game of power, toxic friendship and ambition.

As things begin to spiral out of control, Ann must decide whether she is truly able to defy the cards and shape her own future . . .

Bringing together the modern and the arcane, The Cloisters is a rich, thrillingly-told tale of obsession and the ruthless pursuit of power.