ATodayShow#ReadWithJennaBookClubPickThisinstantNewYorkTimesbestsellerthatis“captivatingineverysenseoftheword“(SarahPearse,NewYorkTimesbestsellingauthor)followsagroupofresearchersuncoveringamysteriousdeckoftarotcardsandshockingsecretsinNewYork’sfamedMetCloisters.WhenAnnStilwellarrivesinNewYorkCity,sheexpectstospendhersummerworkingasacuratorialassociateattheMetropolitanMuseumofArt.Instead,shefindsherselfassignedtoTheCloisters,agothicmuseumandgardenrenownedforitsmedievalartcollectionanditsgroupofenigmaticresearchersstudyingthehistoryofdivination.Desperatetoescapeherpainfulpast,Annishappytoindulgetheresearchers’moreoutlandishtheoriesaboutthehistoryoffortunetelling.Butwhatbeginsasacademiccuriosityquicklyturnsintoobsessionwhenshediscoversahidden15th-centurydeckoftarotcardsthatmightholdthekeytopredictingthefuture.Whenthedangerousgameofpower,seduction,andambitionatTheCloistersturnsdeadly,Annbecomeslockedinaraceforanswersasthelinebetweenthearcaneandthemodernblurs.Ahauntingandmagicalblendofgenres,TheCloistersisa“masterworkofliterarysuspensethatsurgestoanotherworldlyconclusion“(MarkPrins,authorofTheLatinist).
