That is how The Maidens ended!?

What happens when you mix a cult of young women who worship a college professor, a grieving widow who is trying to solve a murder case, and a young woman with daddy issues? You make a believer out of Ella. 

The Maidens by Alex Michaelides 

The Maidens is a spellbinding tale of psychological suspense, weaving together Greek mythology, murder, and obsession. When Mariana Andros, a brilliant but troubled group therapist, becomes fixated on The Maidens when one member, a friend of Mariana’s niece Zoe, is found murdered in Cambridge, she must find who did it…and why they did it. 

Our Cambridge expert, Ella Kopeikin, joins me today to talk about all things cults, murder, and Harry Potter. 

In this episode we cover: 

• Why we wish there were 300 more pages of this book
• How Alex Michaelides threw so much shade at the one American character in the novel
• Why college-aged girls with daddy issues might be more dangerous that we originally thought. 

Open your book and press play on a podcast episode that will leave you wanting to visit Cambridge and experience being stuck in the 1940s because…why not?

Mentioned in the Pairings section of the podcast:

• Sherlock (TV Show)
• Election (Movie)
• Broadchurch (TV Show)
• Mare of Easttown (TV Show)
• Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Book)
• The Secret History (Book)
• Sharp Objects (Book)
• A Simple Favor (Movie)

Wine Pairings: dry white wine (try Rombauer Chardonnay), The Prisoner red blend

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