The Briar Club
$22.24
- Paperback
432 pages
- Release Date
25 August 2025
Summary
Secrets of Briarwood House
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, D.C., 1950
Everyone keeps to themselves at Briarwood House, an all-female boarding house in the heart of the US capital, where secrets hide behind respectable facades.
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Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780008643584 |
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| ISBN-10: | 000864358X |
| Author: | Kate Quinn |
| Publisher: | HarperCollins Publishers |
| Imprint: | HarperCollins |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 432 |
| Release Date: | 25 August 2025 |
| Weight: | 300g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 129mm x 30mm |
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Critics Review
Praise for THE BRIAR CLUB:
‘Blending suspense with themes of class struggle and female empowerment, this is a thrilling addition to Quinn’s repertoire’ Glamour Magazine
‘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
‘Compulsively readable, The Briar Club will find eager readers in those who love woman-led historical fiction with rich, appealing characters’ Starred Booklist Review
‘A Mcarthy-era caper. Quinn evocatively balances the outward cheerfulness of the 1950s with historical observations exploring racism, misogyny, homophobia and political persecution in this sharply drawn, gripping novel’People Magazine, Pick of the Week
‘Blending suspense with themes of class struggle and female empowerment, this is a thrilling addition to Quinn’s repertoire’ Glamour Magazine
‘If you’ve never read a Kate Quinn novel, there’s no time like the present. The Briar Club is a murder mystery wrapped up in the stories of multiple women [that’s] a delightful read. Quinn creates characters readers will care about and root for’ The Associated Press
Praise for Kate Quinn:
‘Recommend it to all lovers of smart historical fiction’ Booklist
‘Exciting … historical fiction fans will be riveted’ Publishers Weekly
‘Readers looking for a new and unique viewpoint of World War II with a mystery to solve and a light touch of romance will dive deep into this story’ Library Journal
About The Author
Kate Quinn
Kate Quinn is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of historical fiction. A native of southern California, she attended Boston University where she earned a Bachelor’s and Master’s degree in Classical Voice. She has written five novels in the Empress of Rome saga, and two books set in the Italian Renaissance, before turning to the 20th century with The Alice Network, The Rose Code and The Diamond Eye. All have been translated into multiple languages. Kate and her husband now live in San Diego with three rescue dogs.
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