The Briar Club

by Kate Quinn

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In a Washington boarding house during the 1950s, women from different backgrounds share kitchens, secrets and the pressure of lives shaped by federal work, marriage and political suspicion. The arrival of Grace March gradually turns an uneasy collection of tenants into a community.

A murder reveals that several residents have concealed connections to the investigations and loyalties of the early Cold War. The house itself becomes a witness as domestic conflict, friendship and McCarthy-era fear are reconstructed from competing accounts.