The MaidensAlex Michaelides

Characters in The Maidens

5 characters, main characters first.

Main characters

Mariana Andros
A London group psychotherapist grieving her husband Sebastian, who travels to Cambridge after her niece's friend is murdered and becomes convinced a charismatic professor is the killer.

Antagonists

Edward Fosca
A charismatic Cambridge professor of Greek tragedy, adored by his students, who leads a secretive circle of female students and becomes Mariana's chief suspect.

Supporting characters

Zoe (The Maidens)
Mariana's niece, a Cambridge student whom Mariana raised after Zoe's parents died, whose call about her murdered best friend draws Mariana to the university.
Tara Hampton
Zoe's best friend and a member of the Maidens, whose murder at Cambridge sets Mariana's investigation in motion.

Minor characters

Theo Faber
The psychotherapist narrator of Michaelides's debut, The Silent Patient, who makes an appearance in this novel.