But why would the professor target one of his students? And why does he keep returning to the rites of Persephone, the maiden, and her journey to the underworld? And she becomes convinced that, despite his alibi, Edward Fosca is guilty of the murder. Mariana, who was once herself a student at the university, quickly suspects that behind the idyllic beauty of the spires and turrets, and beneath the ancient traditions, lies something sinister. 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.
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.
Let me know what you all thought about it! The SynopsisĮdward Fosca is a murderer. I also did not feel the epilogue gave much closure to this story. And maybe it was hard to actually find her motivation behind the killings so he threw in the Sebastian angle. I get that the author wanted to have a huge twist with Zoe. There was a moment where Zoe seemed super angry that Sebastian was not there so I had a pause but it didn’t resonate enough with me to think that they actually had an affair. I can tell the author also tried to mislead with Fred and his potentially murky intentions but I knew it was Zoe.īut I did not foresee the affair with Sebastian at all. In my opinion, Fosca was way too obvious. And they kept emphasizing the murderer was a man so it seemed that a twist would be it’s actually Zoe.
She continued to lie and mislead Mariana. I knew the murderer was Zoe about halfway through the book. I’m now going to get into my thoughts about why it didn’t work for me so here’s a reminder that it’s all spoilers from here on out! When I got to the final twists, my impression of the story immediately changed. I read this novel in one day and I kept thinking how much I enjoyed it up until a certain point.
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