THE CLOISTERS

Narrator Emily Tremaine guides listeners into this sinister exploration of scholarship, the occult, and those driven by a desire for power. Ann's summer job at New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art takes a sudden shift when she's assigned to The Cloisters, a museum of medieval art and architecture. There, she encounters a group of driven academics, well-versed in arcane knowledge, botanical drugs, and manipulation. Intelligent but naïve, Ann discovers a deck of tarot cards from the fifteenth century, which may actually predict the future. Tremaine provides just the right suspenseful tone as Ann becomes obsessed by questions of fate, friendship, destiny, and magic. Tremaine's voice reflects Ann's increasing questioning of her ability to make rational choices; however, she never foreshadows the shocking twists ahead. Engrossing listening. S.J.H. © AudioFile 2022, Portland, Maine [Published: NOVEMBER 2022]