Haunting Thriller!

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The Maidens is the follow-up novel to Alex’s 2019 debut and bestseller, The Silent Patient, another brilliant thriller! I wasn’t sure The Maidens could live up to that one, but it met the high expectations! I also enjoyed that we got a bit of character overlap from The Silent Patient!


Mariana is a group therapist who is still struggling with the loss of her husband a year prior. She gets a startling call from niece Zoe at Cambridge University saying a student and possible friend of hers has been murdered. To support Zoe, Mariana returns to Cambridge, bringing up painful memories from where she and her husband first met.

When another student is found dead, Mariana has no choice but to stay and assist with the investigation. From there, she meets Edward Fosca, a Greek Tragedy professor whom Maria is convinced is guilty. Mariana becomes obsessed with proving his guilt and, in the process, puts herself in danger…

Louise Brealey did most of the narration for the audiobook, and I found her voice so captivating! Also, this book had super short chapters, which are my FAVORITE. Highly recommend this one, a haunting novel, and another great release from Celadon Books. Alex Michaelides is absolutely a must-read author for me now!