Book of The Month discussion

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, quickly suspects that behind the idyllic beauty of the spires and turrets, and beneath the ancient traditions, lies something sinister. And she becomes convinced that, despite his alibi, Edward Fosca is guilty of the murder. 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?

When another body is found, Mariana’s obsession with proving Fosca’s guilt spirals out of control, threatening to destroy her credibility as well as her closest relationships. But Mariana is determined to stop this killer, even if it costs her everything—including her own life.

Definitely going to be a good one

I hope so.

I did as an audio book. I went in to it thinking I wouldn't like it and ended up loving it! I hope you guys do too!

How far are you into it? or have you finished already?

I finished (because I had it as an arc) but I loved it!
Have you started yet??



Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Yes, and I finished it yesterday.

Did you guess correctly on whodonit?

I did not, I suspected everyone else and their uncle but not the one that did it!

They were both sick, one more than the other.

(view spoiler)[ He was an adult a sick adult but still an adult, and he took advantage of this little girl that already had problems and twisted her mentally where she went along with his idea to kill her aunt so they would get the money! When eventually she would have gotten it anyway. She was good never letting on and get caught by her aunt, but when you have a sick twisted adult grooming her since she was little, then that is the result, a very good manipulator with no empathy. (hide spoiler)]

I read this one and I loved it! I did guess The Who dunnit, but did not guess the motivation behind the actions!

Ok loved the book but I still do not understand the connection between the maidens and professor to Zoe and Sebastian

Janfra wrote: "Ok loved the book but I still do not understand the connection between the maidens and professor to Zoe and Sebastian"

(view spoiler)[I think it was just to throw us off, because how was the husband to know that Zoe was going to take a class where the professor would create a group of females that would happen to call themselves the Maidens, when he has been dead for over a year.

There was no mention that the group was created by Zoe, in fact I believe the professor was the one who created the group.

To say that the late husband and Zoe planed for Zoe to set this in motion way before his death is highly unlikely. But that's what the author wants us to believe. There are to many factors to guarantee that their plan was going to work like they planed. I don't buy it. (hide spoiler)]