Les Demoiselles

Un thriller total destiné à créer une dépendance littéraire, par l'auteur de La patiente silencieuse, Prix des lecteurs de Goodreads, plus de 2,5 millions d'exemplaires vendus et traduit dans 40 pays.

Mariana tente de se remettre de la mort de Sebastián, l'amour de sa vie, noyé pendant des vacances sur une île grecque, lorsque sa nièce Zoe l'appelle de Cambridge pour lui dire que Tara, sa meilleure amie, a été assassinée. Elle décide d'aller l'aider et y rencontre le professeur Fosca, un charismatique professeur de philologie classique qui a un groupe de disciples connues sous le nom de Demoiselles. Tara faisait partie du groupe avant de mourir ; elle avait reçu une carte postale représentant des statues grecques et les vers de cultes éleusiniens, exactement la matière qu'enseigne Fosca. Les cadavres d'autres jeunes femmes apparaissent sur le campus, les yeux arrachés et une pomme de pin à la main. Mariana devra non seulement faire face à ces crimes, mais aussi aux fantômes de son propre passé.

ENGLISH DESCRIPTION

"Stunning... The intelligent, cerebral plot finds contemporary parallels in Euripides's tragedies, Jacobean dramas such as The Duchess of Malfi, and Tennyson's poetry. The devastating ending shows just how little the troubled Mariana knows about the human psyche or herself. Michaelides is on a roll." ?Publishers Weekly, starred review

"A deliciously dark, elegant, utterly compulsive read?with a twist that blew my mind. I loved this even more than I loved The Silent Patient and that's saying something!" ?Lucy Foley, New York Times bestselling author of The Guest List

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Silent Patient comes a spellbinding tale of psychological suspense, weaving together Greek mythology, murder, and obsession, that further cements “Michaelides as a major player in the field” (Publishers Weekly).

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.