The Miniaturist Audie Award Nominee for Literary Fiction & Classics (2025) As the afternoon progresses

As the afternoon progresses

these women will nonetheless come together for a clandestine project that will put them all at risk

Hold onto your mini-chlorians: The play's the thing

And yet―how many women do you know who ever find that life

and deception

The Miniaturist Audie Award Nominee for Literary Fiction & Classics (2025) As the afternoon progressesSet in seventeenth century Amsterdama city ruled by glittering wealth and oppressive religiona masterful debut steeped in atmosphere and shimmering with mystery, in the tradition of Emma Donoghue, Sarah Waters, and Sarah Dunant.There is nothing hidden that will not be revealed . . .On a brisk autumn day in 1686, eighteen year old Nella Oortman arrives in Amsterdam to begin a new life as the wife of illustrious merchant trader Johannes Brandt. But her