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2021., Celadon Books Call No: MYS Fic Mic Edition: First Edition. Availability:0 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: "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"--
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2021., Macmillan Publishers Connect to this eBook title Summary Note: "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.
![The maidens [eBook]](/Library/images/~imageCT101659.JPG "The maidens [eBook]")
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-- Les amis de Peter2008., Adult, distributed by Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, : distributed by Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment Call No: DVD Fic Peter's Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: "In this hilariously bittersweet tradition of The Big Chill comes Kenneth Branagh's 'brisk, funny, disarmingly performed' (Newsweek) comedy Peter's Friends, featuring a 'superbly selected'(The Hollywood Reporter) cast of acclaimed stars! Its been ten years since an eccentric yet devoted group of friends (including Emma Thompson, Hugh Laurie, Imelda Stauton, and Stephen Fry) graduated from college, and they've reunited at a grand English manor in the countryside to ring in the New Year in style. But when the drinks start flowing, and their inhibitions are stripper away, it isn't long before this close knit crew find themselves caught up in unexpected melee of mishaps and misunderstandings that will soon test the very limits of love, sex, and friendship itself!"--Container.
![Peter's friends [DVD] (1992). Directed by Kenneth Branagh.](/Library/images/~imageCT84209.JPG "Peter's friends [DVD] (1992). Directed by Kenneth Branagh.")