The Maidens
Alex Michaelides
A group therapist at Cambridge becomes convinced that a charming professor of Greek tragedy is behind a student's murder, in the same author's follow-up.
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Verity
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Shutter Island
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Pick by what hooked you about Alicia's silence. For more from the same author, The Maidens follows a therapist who suspects a professor of murder. For a story about someone who cannot leave her home, try The Woman in the Window. Shutter Island is the oldest and moodiest of the group, set in a 1954 hospital. Gone Girl, The Girl on the Train and Before I Go to Sleep are quick, compelling reads. Verity is the most explicit and disturbing, with sexual content and very dark events, so check content notes first. Several of these hinge on a reveal and work best when you know as little as possible, so stick to the jacket copy.
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