“PartPatriciaHighsmith,partAllAboutEveandpurefun.“―MariaSempleFlorenceDarrowhasalwaysfeltshewasdestinedforgreatness,butafteradisastrousaffairwithhermarriedboss,shestartstodoubtherself.AllthatchangeswhenshesetsoffforMoroccowithhernewboss,thecelebratedbutreclusiveauthorMaudDixon.AmidstthecolorfulstreetsofMarrakeshandthewind-sweptbeachesofthecoast,Florencebeginstofeelshe’sleadingthesortofinteresting,cosmopolitanlifeshedeserves.Butwhenshewakesupinthehospitalafteraterriblecaraccident,withnomemoryofthepreviousnight--andnosignofMaud--adangerousideabeginstotakeform...ABestBookoftheYear:NewYorkTimes,NPR,NewYorkPost,EntertainmentWeekly,CrimeReads
