The premise of the book is that a clinical group therapist with a loose association to Cambridge University comes to be there for her niece and ward after the girl's roommate is found murdered. From the beginning, I felt that the author was really attempting to create an allure of mystery and suspense. This never really made it there at all for me. Marianne's character ends up feeling damaged by the recent loss of her great love, however I felt that there was such a disconnect between what she is feeling and how she ultimately becomes invested as her story ties into the one at Cambridge. This ends up feeling forced to me and keeps me from really becoming invested in any type of resolution in the end. I did like the tie in to Greek mythology though and did find the concept of the maiden to be quite intriguing. It was just not done well. Thanks for the ARC, BookishFirst.