But Mariana is determined to stop this killer, even if it costs her everything-including her own life. 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. Be forewarned, however: There’s a supremely unsettling, sure-to-be-divisive twist at the end of this cliffhanger.

The Greek tragedy aspect is intriguing and Michaelides explains the mythology, so there’s no need to brush up beforehand. 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? The Maidens is a well-paced, suspenseful and easy-to-digest thriller. And she becomes convinced that, despite his alibi, Edward Fosca is guilty of the murder. 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. 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. A monster with a knife was among them, unseen, prowling the streets, apparently able to strike and then melt away invisibly into the darkness His invisibility made him into something more than human, something supernatural: a creature born from myth, a phantom. 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. Book review and synopsis for The Maidens by Alex Michaelides, a mystery involving Greek mythology and a secret society. The Maidens by Alex Michaelides My Review.

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