THE MAIDENS

Alex Michaelidess long-awaited next novel, The Maidens, is finally here...the premise is enticing and the elements irresistible. The New York TimesFans of The Secret History will fall hard for The Maidens, Michaelides dazzling chaser to 2019s bestselling The Silent Patient, a challenging act to follow...Layered in dreamlike references to Greek mythology and ancient ritualized murders, this clever literary page-turner firmly establishes Michaelides as an unstoppable force in the thriller space. EsquireElegant, sinister, stylish and thrilling, The Maidens answers the weighty question, how do you go about following one of the biggest thrillers of the past decade? You write something even better.Chris Whitaker, New York Times bestselling author of We Begin at the EndThe author of the critically acclaimed The Silent Patient permanently cements himself as a top modern author with this new work, a masterful, slow burn blend of Greek mythology and a knife-edged plot...destined for the bestseller list. NewsweekMichaelides stage-setting skills are as masterful here, as they were in The Silent Patient (2019); another tense, cleverly twisted winner. Booklist, starred reviewMichaelides melds mythology and crime into a compelling page-turner.Oprah DailyMichaelides has proven that he is no one-hit wonder and is well on his way to becoming one of the worlds most influential and well-read thriller writers.Bookreporter.comStunning... The intelligent, cerebral plot finds contemporary parallels in Euripidess tragedies, Jacobean dramas such as The Duchess of Malfi, and Tennysons 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 reviewTautly plotted and impeccably paced, its an intelligent and propulsive second novel.The ObserverEnticingly dark and compulsively pageturning, this chilling novel takes readers on a suspenseful journey thats both terrifying and twisted... If y