The Maidens -- Alex Michaelides

<p><b>**THE INSTANT <i>NEW YORK TIMES </i>BESTSELLER**</b> <p/>Alex Michaelides's long-awaited next novel, 'The Maidens, ' is finally here...the premise is enticing and the elements irresistible. <br><b><i>--The New York Times</i></b> <p/>A deliciously dark, elegant, utterly compulsive read<i>--</i>with a twist that blew my mind. I loved this even more than I loved <i>The Silent Patient</i> and that's saying something!<br><b><i>--</i>Lucy Foley, <i>New York Times </i>bestselling author of <i>The Guest List</i></b><br><b><br>From the #1 <i>New York Times</i> bestselling author of<i> The Silent Patient</i> comes a spellbinding tale of psychological suspense, weaving together Greek mythology, murder, and obsession, that further cements "Michaelides as a major player in the field" (<i>Publishers Weekly</i>).</b> <p/>Edward 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. <p/>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. <p/>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. And