Waterstones Thriller of the Month for June 2022
From the author ofthe global #1 bestselling debut The Silent Patientcomes a spellbinding literary thriller which weaves together Greek mythology,psychology,and murder...
St Christopher's College,Cambridge,is a closed world to most.
For Mariana Andros - a group therapist struggling through her private grief - it's where she met her late husband. For her niece,Zoe,it's the tragic scene of her best friend's murder.
As memory and mystery entangle Mariana,she finds a society full of secrets,which has been shocked to its core by the murder of one of its own.
Because behind its idyllic beauty is a web of jealousy and rage which emanates from an exclusive set of students known only as The Maidens. A group under the sinister influence of the enigmatic professor Edward Fosca.
A man who seems to know more than anyone about the murders - and the victims. And the man who will become the prime suspect in Mariana's investigation - an obsession which will unravel everything...
The Maidens is a story of love,and of grief - of what makes us who we are,and what makes us kill.
Publisher: Orion Publishing CoISBN: 9781409181682Number of pages: 368Weight: 260 gDimensions: 196 x 128 x 30 mm
MEDIA REVIEWS
'What a thrilling,heart in throat ride. A great triumph.'- Stephen Fry
'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
'Elegant,sinister,stylish and thrilling,The 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.'- Chris Whitaker
'Grips from intriguing start to horrifying finish...A brilliant achievement.'- Harriet Tyce
'A page-turner of the first order'- David Baldacci
'The greatest campus novel since The Secret History by Donna Tartt...with a climactic twist that you will NEVER see coming.'- Tony Parsons
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