Kores

Alex Michaelides

Edward Fosca is a murderer. Marianna is sure of that. But no one can touch him. Handsome and charismatic, Fosca teaches ancient tragedy at Cambridge University and is adored by both staff and students - especially members of a closed group of favored female students known as the Daughters. Marianna is a brilliant but also sad psychologist who becomes obsessed with Daughters when one of their members - a friend of her niece, Zoe - is found murdered in Cambridge. Having been a student at this university in the past, it will not be long before she suspects that behind the idyllic beauty of medieval buildings and ancient traditions lies something threatening. And she is convinced that, despite his alibi, Edward Fosca is guilty of murder. But why should he target a female student? And how is his obsession with the Eleusinian Mysteries justified and the journey of Persephone - the Daughter - to Hades? When another corpse is discovered, Marianna's obsession with proving Fosca's guilt goes out of control, threatening to destroy both her credibility and her closest relationships. But she is determined to stop this murderer, even if it costs her everything.