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BOOK REVIEW: The Maidens by Alex Michaelides

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Publication Date:  June 15, 2021 Format:  Paperback Genre:   psychological Thriller Publisher:  Celadon           Length:  352 pages Buy:    Kindle  |  Paperback  Synopsis 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. 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. Mariana, who was once herself a student at the university...

ARC Book Review: The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides

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Release Date:  February 5, 2019 Publisher:  Celadon Books Format:  ebook Pages:  336 pages Genre:   mystery/thriller Buy:  Kindle  |  Hardcover  |  Audio Synopsis: Alicia Berenson’s life is seemingly perfect. A famous painter married to an in-demand fashion photographer, she lives in a grand house with big windows overlooking a park in one of London’s most desirable areas. One evening her husband Gabriel returns home late from a fashion shoot, and Alicia shoots him five times in the face, and then never speaks another word. Alicia’s refusal to talk, or give any kind of explanation, turns a domestic tragedy into something far grander, a mystery that captures the public imagination and casts Alicia into notoriety. The price of her art skyrockets, and she, the silent patient, is hidden away from the tabloids and spotlight at the Grove, a secure forensic unit in North London. Theo Faber is a criminal psychotherapist who has wait...