{"product_id":"the-maidens","title":"'The Maidens'","description":"Product Description\n\n\n\nWe all keep secrets. Even from ourselves.\n 'A thrilling, heart-in-throat ride'\nSTEPHEN FRY\n 'An absolute jaw-dropper'\nLUCY FOLEY\n 'Elegant, sinister, stylish'\nCHRIS WHITAKER\n 'Grips from start to finish'\nHARRIET TYCE\n\n * * * * *\n\n \nFrom 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...\nEdward 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.\n\nMariana 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.\n\nMariana, 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?\n\nWhen 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.\n\n\n* * * * *\n'There's definitely a flavour of\nThe Secret History to Alex Michaelides's second novel ...\nThe Maidens is a compelling read, and delivers its Hellenic thrills in style.'\nSUNDAY TELEGRAPH\n\n 'A book which screams 'make me into a TV series' ... his writing, especially his characterisation, possesses a unique sparkle and more promise than most other writers.'\nDAILY MAIL\n\n 'Nothing short of genius.'\nWOMAN \u0026amp; HOME\n\n 'Elegant, sinister, stylish and thrilling,\nThe Maidens answers the weighty question, how do you go about following one of the biggest thrillers of the past decade? You write something even better.'\nCHRIS WHITAKER, bestselling author of WE BEGIN AT THE END\n\n 'Grips from intriguing start to horrifying finish ... A brilliant achievement.'\n\nHARRIET TYCE\n\n 'A page-turner of the first order'\n\nDAVID BALDACCI\n\n 'The greatest campus novel since\nThe Secret History by Donna Tartt ... with a climatic twist that you will NEVER see coming.'\n\nTONY PARSONS\n\n 'A stunning psychological thriller ... Michaelides is on a roll.'\n\nPUBLISHERS WEEKLY\n\n\n\nReview\n\n\nElegant, sinister, stylish and thrilling,\nThe Maidens answers the weighty question, how do you go about following one of the biggest thrillers of the past decade? You write something even better. ―\nCHRIS WHITAKER\n\nAlex has achieved the almost impossible and surpassed\nThe Silent Patient in this compelling literary thriller, which grips from intriguing start to horrifying finish ... A brilliant achievement. ―\nHARRIET TYCE\n\nWhat a thrilling, heart in throat ride. A great triumph. ―\nSTEPHEN FRY\n\nA deliciously dark, elegant, utterly compulsive read - with a twist that blew my mind. I loved this even more than I loved\nThe Silent Patient and that's saying something! ―\nLUCY FOLEY\n\nAlex Michaelides hits a home run in his sophomore effort.\nThe Maidens is a page-turner of the first order. ―\nDAVID BALDACCI\n\nA stunning psychological thriller ... The intelligent, cerebral plot finds contemporary parallels in Euripides's tragedies, Jacobean dramas such as\nThe 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. ―\nPublishers Weekly\n\nThe greatest campus novel since\nThe Secret History by Donna Tartt. Packed to the dreaming spires with mystery, murder, emotion and a yearning","brand":"smeikalbooks","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39667904708693,"sku":"9781409181668N","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2481\/5790\/products\/90100d3b-92e2-4739-9620-20e38f1feb9a.jpg?v=1644269942","url":"https:\/\/smeikalbooks.co.uk\/en-us\/products\/the-maidens","provider":"smeikalbooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}