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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..
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The Maidens, Alex Michaelides
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- Released
- 2021
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- Title
- The Maidens
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Alex Michaelides
- Released
- 2021
- Format
- Paperback
- ISBN10
- 1409181677
- ISBN13
- 9781409181675
- Series
- Tags
- Fiction, Mystery & Thriller, Thriller, Suspense, Murders, Folklore & Mythology, Gifts for older schoolchildren, Mythology, Psychological Thrillers, Betrayal, University, College, Serial killers, Underworld, Dark Academia
- First published
- 2021
- Original title
- The Maidens
- Rating
- 3.7 out of 5
- Description
- 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..