

She meets a young student named Fred who takes an interest in her. After Mariana realizes Zoe needs her, she decides to put her psychology skills to use. Mariana goes to Cambridge to be with Zoe who seems desperate to keep Mariana at her side.

She believes it is her friend Tara who confided in Zoe that Professor Edward Fosca threatened her just hours before she died. His body washed up a few days later.Ī year later, Mariana receives a frantic call from Zoe who says a body has been found on campus. One morning, Sebastian went for a swim and drowned. On the advice of a doctor, Mariana and Sebastian took a trip to a vacation home she inherited in Greece, hoping the relaxed atmosphere would help them conceive. The only rocky point in her marriage was the lack of a child.

Mariana became wealthy upon the death of her father, who left her a vast estate. Mariana and Sebastian became Zoe's guardians, eventually settling her in as a student at Cambridge. When Mariana's only sister and brother-in-law died in a car wreck, they left a young daughter named Zoe. After dating throughout college, they married. There, Mariana hoped to find love and friends, but she remained too shy to make those relationships happen until a chance encounter with handsome Sebastian. Mariana decided to attend Cambridge University. Her mother died when Mariana was an infant, and Mariana read all her mother's books from England. Mariana Andros grew up in Greece under the control of a cold but wealthy father. Macmillan Publishers, New York, NY, 2021. The following version of the book was used to create this study guide: Michaelides, Alex.
