**THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER**
"Alex Michaelides's long-awaited next novel, 'The Maidens, ' is finally
here...the premise is enticing and the elements irresistible."
--The New York Times
"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.
