When she looked into the future, she saw herself at a beautiful desk next to a window, typing her next great book. All she had to do was become a writer, and her alienation would magically transform into evidence of brilliance rather than a source of shame. Admittedly, she spent more time scrolling through photos of Joan Didion in her sunglasses and Corvette Stingray than actually reading her, but the lesson stuck. But without a doubt, Florence’s Bible was Slouching Towards Bethlehem. She devoured the diaries of Sylvia Plath and Virginia Woolf, who were far more glamorous and doomed than any of their characters. Soon, however, her fascination shifted from the women in the stories to the women who wrote them. She had a penchant for stories about glamorous, doomed women like Anna Karenina and Isabel Archer. Florence had haunted the library, desperate for glimpses of lives unlike her own. “Captivating debut! Who is Maud Dixon? is a beautifully written literary thriller with a sumptuous Moroccan setting.“voracious reader, and it dawned on her that a corporate job in Tampa or Jacksonville was not, in fact, the be-all and end-all. Smoothly written, nimbly plotted (boldly, too: this novel takes chances, not prisoners) - yet also buzzing with an irresistible intensity and relish. “Who Is Maud Dixon? That's but the first of countless questions to tease you - and then rivet you, and finally obsess you - as Alexandra Andrews’ astonishing debut novel glides and glitters like a snake in Moroccan sunlight.

“Unputdownable” has become overused praise, but it fully applies here it is impossible to start Alexandra Andrews’s novel and not feel compelled to speed through its switchback twists to its conclusion.” -Teddy Wayne “A Highsmithian and Hitchcockian mashup about egos in every sense of the word , Who is Maud Dixon? Never sacrifices graceful prose and acute insights for its breakneck pace. “Who is Maud Dixon? channels the spirit of Patricia Highsmith at her finest: Alexandra Andrews’ deliciously witty, surprising and sly novel will keep you riveted to the last page.” -Claire Messud

Anyone longing for a good old-fashioned thrill need look no further.” -Ann Patchett “Who is Maud Dixon? is clever, cunning, and diabolical in the best possible way. “Stylish and sharp, with wicked hairpin turns, Who Is Maud Dixon? is part Patricia Highsmith, part All About Eve and pure fun.” -Maria Semple

Who is Maud Dixon? by Alexandra Andrews