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NAL
June 2015
On Sale: June 2, 2015
Featuring: Anne Stanbury; Edgar Stanbury
368 pages ISBN: 0451474147 EAN: 9780451474148 Kindle: B00LWF6W22 Paperback / e-Book
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Thriller Psychological | Women's Fiction Historical | Mystery
A deep and riveting psychological thriller inspired by true events of the Victorian era, THE MEDEA COMPLEX explores the nature of the human psyche: what possesses us, what drives us, and how love, passion, and hope for the future can drive us to insanity. 1885. Anne Stanbury wakes up in a strange bed, having been kidnapped from her home. As the panic settles in, she realizes she has been committed to a lunatic asylum, deemed insane and therefore unfit to stand trial for an unspeakable crime. But all is not as it seemsβ¦ Edgar Stanbury, her husband as well as a grieving father, is torn between helping his confined wife recover her sanity and seeking revenge for his ruined life. But Anneβs future rests wholly in the hands of Dr. George Savage, chief medical officer of Bethlem Royal Hospital. THE MEDEA COMPLEX is the darkly compelling story of a lunatic, a lie, and a shocking revelation that elucidates the difference between madness and evilβ¦
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