The Maidens

Edward Fosca is a killer. Mariana is sure of it. The charismatic handsome professor teaches a course on Greek tragedy at Cambridge. He is adored by colleagues and students, especially the female students from the secret society 'The Maidens,' who... are willing to do anything for their mentor. Guided by the professor's mystical teachings, the girls engage in occult games and ritual ceremonies. Soon, one of them is found dead, with a slit throat and gouged eyes...
 
Mariana Andros is a talented psychotherapist suffering from post-traumatic depression due to her husband's death. She clearly sees: Edward Fosca is a narcissistic sociopath who skillfully manipulates people. There is something sinister in his obsession with the cult of Persephone, who, according to myth, descended into the world of the dead. And the death of the student is the literal embodiment of the goddess's journey to the afterlife. Edward Fosca is a killer. Now it remains to prove it...
 
The book is formatted as a clutch book.