My initial impression was to connect The Maidens to both the Peter Wimsey stories and the Morse series -- both set in well-regarded colleges/universities. I have been entranced by those settings, so old and revered, but filled with people who have problems and baggage and even sinister tendencies, like the rest of the population.
And what a fantastic cover (and title)! To me t projects both mystery and fragility.
And what a fantastic cover (and title)! To me t projects both mystery and fragility.