{"product_id":"the-briar-club","title":"The Briar Club","description":"\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe 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.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWashington, D.C., 1950\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEveryone keeps to themselves at Briarwood House, an all-female boarding house in the heart of the US capital, where secrets hide behind respectable facades.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBut when the mysterious Grace March moves into the attic room, she draws her oddball collection of neighbours - a poised English beauty, a policeman's daughter, a frustrated female baseball star, and a rabidly pro-McCarthy typist - into an unlikely friendship.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGrace's weekly attic-room dinner parties and window-brewed sun tea become a healing balm on all their troubled lives, but she hides a terrible secret of her own. And when a shocking act of violence tears the house apart, the Briar Club must decide once and for all: who is the true enemy in their midst?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCapturing 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.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e'This powerful, unforgettable historical romance is for fans of Mary Anna Evans's Justine Byrne series and stories with strong women characters' Starred Library Journal Review\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e'Compulsively readable, The Briar Club will find eager readers in those who love woman-led historical fiction with rich, appealing characters' Starred Booklist Review\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e'Blending suspense with themes of class struggle and female empowerment, this is a thrilling addition to Quinn's repertoire' Glamour Magazine\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHistorical fiction, Thriller \/ suspense fiction, Narrative theme: Politics, Romance\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePaperback\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eKate Quinn\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e432 pages\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eH: 234mm W: 153mm Spine: 36mm\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWeight: 540 grams\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HARPERCOLLINS","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44005533450390,"sku":"9780008643553","price":36.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0587\/4978\/0118\/files\/jacket--7_8474b1b7-d391-4c49-815c-1ea0d9985a6c.jpg?v=1724300291","url":"https:\/\/www.tawabooksandpost.co.nz\/products\/the-briar-club","provider":"Tawa Books \u0026 Post","version":"1.0","type":"link"}