Edward Fosca is a murderer. Marianna is certain of this. However, no one can touch him. Handsome and charming, Fosca teaches ancient tragedy at the University of Cambridge and is adored by both his staff and students—especially by the members of a closed group of favored female students known as the Maidens.
Marianna is a brilliant yet sorrowful psychologist who becomes obsessed with the Maidens when one of their members—a friend of her niece, Zoe—is found murdered in Cambridge. Having been a student at this university herself in the past, she soon suspects that behind the idyllic beauty of the medieval buildings and ancient traditions lies something threatening.
And she is convinced that, despite his alibi, Edward Fosca is guilty of the murder. But why would he target one of his students? And how is his obsession with the Eleusinian Mysteries and Persephone’s journey—the Maiden—to the Underworld justified? When another body is discovered, Marianna's obsession to prove Fosca's guilt spirals out of control, threatening to destroy both her credibility and her closest relationships.
Yet, she is determined to stop this murderer, even if it costs her everything. Even her life...
Manufacturer
- Author
- Alex Michaelides
- Publisher
- Dioptra
- Original Title
- The maidens
- Type
- Crime
- Cover
- Soft
- Number of Pages
- 448
- Release Date
- 6/2021
- Publication Date
- 2021
- Dimensions
- 14x20.5 cm
- ISBN-13
- 9789606533310
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