The Maidens

Alex Michaelides Orion

Alex Michaelides took the world by storm with his 2019 debut novel

The Silent Patient, an-edge-of-the-seat thriller that kept you guessing right to the end. His new novel doesn’t disappoint.

Mariana Andros is a therapist. She’s good at her job and treats her patients with care and understanding. When Zoe, her niece, calls one night sounding very upset Mariana knows she has to go to her to try and help. Zoe is a student at Cambridge University where the body of a young woman, her friend, has been discovered. It’s obvious the woman has been murdered.

After spending time with Zoe and asking many questions, Mariana suspects Edward Fosca of the murder. He is a professor of Greek Tragedy, but a group of young women students known as The Maidens provide him with an alibi.

The plot twists and turns and it’s a very hard book to put down. An exciting psychological thriller.