the maidens – Cannonball Read 17

Grief, murder and more grief

The Maidens: A Novel by Alex Michaelides

December 1, 2024 by ElCicco Leave a Comment

I tore through this novel over the weekend. It’s a psychological thriller and murder mystery set at Cambridge University. “The Maidens” are an informal sorority of students whose leader/father figure is an American professor of classics named Edward Fosca. When a beautiful “maiden” named Tara is found brutally murdered just off campus, psychotherapist Mariana Andros rushes to the university to comfort her niece Zoe, Tara’s best friend. Mariana is convinced that despite his alibi, Fosca is behind the murder, especially when the body of another […]

Writing by Numbers

The Maidens by Alex Michaelides

October 19, 2022 by Zirza Leave a Comment

Thirty-six year old Mariana works as a group therapist in London as she mourns the loss of her beloved husband Sebastian, who drowned off the coast of the Greek island of Naxos a year earlier. When her niece Zoë calls her and tells her that her best friend has been found dead, Mariana seizes the chance and travels to Cambridge to offer comfort. But she soon finds herself in the middle of the investigation, and as other girls turn up dead she looks toward a […]

“Edward Fosca was a murderer.”

The Maidens by Alex Michaelides

July 7, 2021 by narfna Leave a Comment

**30 Books in 30 Days** Book 9/30 I received a free ARC of The Maidens by Alex Michaelides from Macmillan in an exchange for an honest review. I tell you what, I am just really not sure what to say about this book! I kind of feel like I want to sit with it some more, but I need to get this review out. I’m reading so many books this month they would just pile up if I didn’t keep on top of them, so […]

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