El Thriller total destinado a provocar adicción literaria, por el
autor de La paciente silenciosa, Premio de los lectores de Goodreads,
más de 2.5 millones de ejemplares vendidos y traducidos en 40 países.
Mariana intenta recuperarse de la muerte de Sebastián, el amor de su
vida, ahogado durante unas vacaciones en una isla griega, cuando su
sobrina Zoe la llama desde Cambridge para decirle que Tara su mejor
amiga, ha sido asesinada. Ella decide ir en su ayuda y allí conoce al
profesor Fosca, un carismático catedrático de Filología Clásica que
tiene un grupo de discípulas conocidas como las Doncellas. Tara
pertenecía al grupo antes de morir había recibido una postal de unas
estatuas griegas y los versos de unos cultos eleusinos, justo la materia
que imparte Fosca. Los cadávares de otras chicas irán apareciendo en el
campus con los ojos arrancados y una piña en la mano. Mariana no solo
deberá enfrentarse a estos crímenes, si no a los fantasmas de su propio
pasado.
ENGLISH DESCRIPTION
"Stunning... The intelligent, cerebral plot finds contemporary parallels
in Euripides's tragedies, Jacobean dramas such as The Duchess of Malfi,
and Tennyson's poetry. The devastating ending shows just how little the
troubled Mariana knows about the human psyche or herself. Michaelides is
on a roll." ―Publishers Weekly, starred review
"A deliciously dark, elegant, utterly compulsive read*―*with a twist
that blew my mind. I loved this even more than I loved The Silent
Patient and that's saying something!" ―Lucy Foley, New York Times
bestselling author of The Guest List
**
From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Silent Patient
comes a spellbinding tale of psychological suspense, weaving together
Greek mythology, murder, and obsession, that further cements
"Michaelides as a major player in the field" (Publishers Weekly).
Edward Fosca is a murderer. Of this Mariana is certain. But Fosca is
untouchable. A handsome and charismatic Greek tragedy professor at
Cambridge University, Fosca is adored by staff and students
alike―particularly by the members of a secret society of female students
known as The Maidens.
Mariana Andros is a brilliant but troubled group therapist who becomes
fixated on The Maidens when one member, a friend of Mariana's niece Zoe,
is found murdered in Cambridge.
Mariana, who was once herself a student at the university, quickly
suspects that behind the idyllic beauty of the spires and turrets, and
beneath the ancient traditions, lies something sinister. And she becomes
convinced that, despite his alibi, Edward Fosca is guilty of the murder.
But why would the professor target one of his students? And why does he
keep returning to the rites of Persephone, the maiden, and her journey
to the underworld?
When another body is found, Mariana's obsession with proving Fosca's
guilt spirals out of control, threatening to destroy her credibility as
well as her closest relationships. But Mariana is determined to stop
this killer, even if it costs her everything―including her own life.
