Purchased from WinCo on Stephanie St. in Henderson, NV a few days ago.

What a convoluted story we have here.

Mariana Andros is a group therapist who runs to her niece Zoe's side when her friend Tara is murdered. Tara and Zoe and several other young women all attend classes by the charming professor Edward Fosca.

Mariana meets Fosca and finds something off about him. He soon becomes her number one suspect for the murder, and she won't rest until he's arrested. When another of his students turns up dead, she is even more convinced of his guilt. She learns that Fosca has a group of students he calls the Maidens, after Greek tragedy characters (which is what he teaches). As they are all young, attractive women, Mariana wonders what goes on at their secret meetings.

Her obsession is never backed by anything other than instinct, and her crying to the winds about it doesn't endear her to the detectives working these cases. I found it especially annoying. A therapist should have better control of herself and be wary of jumping off the deep end. She does have a history that may affect her judgment.

I did read it all the way through but got to a point when I could hardly wait for it to be over. I hope others who find this book enjoy it more than I did.

Inside the box.