The Maidens

Edward Fosca is a murderer—or so Mariana Andros is certain. But Fosca is untouchable: a magnetic and celebrated professor of Greek tragedy at Cambridge University, adored by colleagues and worshiped by his devoted circle of female students known as The Maidens.

Mariana, a brilliant yet haunted group therapist, becomes drawn into the dark world of The Maidens when one of its members—a close friend of her niece, Zoe—is found murdered on campus. Returning to Cambridge, where she once studied herself, Mariana senses a sinister current running beneath the university’s polished traditions and ancient beauty. Despite Fosca’s impeccable alibi, she becomes convinced he is the killer. But what motive could lie behind his fascination with Persephone—the maiden who descended into the underworld?

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