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. 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). **THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER** "Alex Michaelides’s long-awaited next novel, 'The Maidens,' is finally here.the premise is enticing and the elements irresistible." -The New York Times "A deliciously dark, elegant, utterly compulsive read-with a twist that blew my mind.
If you've never tried Meltzer, this is the one." - Harlan Coben Not since The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo have you seen a character like this. "Meltzer is a master and this is his best. Together, Nola and Zig will either reveal a sleight of hand being played at the highest levels of power or die trying to uncover the US Army's most mysterious secret-a centuries-old conspiracy that traces back through history to the greatest escape artist of all: Harry Houdini. Yet as Zig digs into Nola's past, he learns that trouble follows Nola everywhere she goes. So when Zig realizes Nola is still alive, he's determined to find her. Nola was a childhood friend of Zig's daughter and someone who once saved his daughter's life. Zig works at Dover Air Force Base, helping put to rest the bodies of those who die on top-secret missions. But Jim "Zig" Zigarowski has just found out the truth: Nola is still alive. Her commanding officer verifies she's dead.
Her body was found on a plane that mysteriously fell from the sky as it left a secret military base in the Alaskan wilderness. Who is Nola Brown? Nola is a mystery Nola is trouble. Army's artist-in-residence-a painter and trained soldier-sees something nobody was supposed to see and earns a dangerous enemy in this novel as powerful as "a launched torpedo slashing through 400 pages of deep water before reaching impact.one of the best thrill rides ever" (David Baldacci). His determination to get her to talk and unravel the mystery of why she shot her husband takes him down a twisting path into his own motivations-a search for the truth that threatens to consume him. Theo Faber is a criminal psychotherapist who has waited a long time for the opportunity to work with Alicia. The price of her art skyrockets, and she, the silent patient, is hidden away from the tabloids and spotlight at the Grove, a secure forensic unit in North London.
Alicia’s refusal to talk, or give any kind of explanation, turns a domestic tragedy into something far grander, a mystery that captures the public imagination and casts Alicia into notoriety. One evening her husband Gabriel returns home late from a fashion shoot, and Alicia shoots him five times in the face, and then never speaks another word.
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A famous painter married to an in-demand fashion photographer, she lives in a grand house with big windows overlooking a park in one of London’s most desirable areas.
Alicia Berenson’s life is seemingly perfect. A mix of Hitchcockian suspense, Agatha Christie plotting, and Greek tragedy." -Entertainment Weekly The Silent Patient is a shocking psychological thriller of a woman’s act of violence against her husband-and of the therapist obsessed with uncovering her motive. **THE INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER** "An unforgettable-and Hollywood-bound-new thriller.
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