The Maidens by Alex Michaelides (audiobook)

 genre: thriller

As a successful therapist, Mariana Andros is very in tune with human nature. And when a friend of her niece Zoe is found murdered, she can't help but become emotionally involved.  Back in Cambridge, where her own love affair with her beloved late husband Sebastian started, Mariana is pulled into the mystery.  What's the deal with this secret collegiate society of women?  And could Zoe's professor of Greek Tragedy be involved?

This is a psychological thriller that, while keeping me guessing, also had so many plot holes in the end, in my opinion.  It kept my attention and the writing was fine.  I do enjoy a good university mystery and I was surprised by the twist at the end but I had a hard time BELIEVING it.  Like I had to suspend my disbelief too much and it didn't click into place like the best kind of mysteries do.  Having already read the Silent Patient, I did enjoy a couple Easter eggs in there but in the end, this was more atmospheric than good.