{"title":"Alex Michaelides","description":"Alex Michaelides was born and raised in Cyprus. He has an M.A. in English Literature from Trinity College, Cambridge University, and an M.A. in Screenwriting from the American Film Institute in Los Angeles. The Silent Patient was his first novel and debuted at #1 on the New York Times bestseller list. It spent more than a year on the New York Times bestseller list and is sold in a record-breaking 50 countries. His second novel, The Maidens, was an instant New York Times bestseller and garnered rave reviews from The Guardian, Esquire, Entertainment Weekly, and more. After living in London for many years, Alex has recently moved back to his birthplace, Cyprus.","products":[{"product_id":"the-fury-paperback","title":"The Fury - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e**THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER**\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Alex Michaelides hits the trifecta with his third novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Fury\u003c\/i\u003e. The highly original story presents the reader with the king of all unreliable narrators, enough twists and turns to power two novels, and a host of characters that bleed right on the page. \" --David Baldacci\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA masterfully paced thriller about a reclusive ex-movie star and her famous friends whose spontaneous trip to a private Greek island is upended by a murder -- from the #1 \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Silent Patient \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis is a tale of murder. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOr maybe that's not quite true. At its heart, it's a love story, isn't it? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLana Farrar is a reclusive ex-movie star and one of the most famous women in the world. Every year, she invites her closest friends to escape the English weather and spend Easter on her idyllic private Greek island. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eI tell you this because you may think you know this story. You probably read about it at the time ― it caused a real stir in the tabloids, if you remember. It had all the necessary ingredients for a press sensation: a celebrity; a private island cut off by the wind...and a murder. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWe found ourselves trapped there overnight. Our old friendships concealed hatred and a desire for revenge. What followed was a game of cat and mouse ― a battle of wits, full of twists and turns, building to an unforgettable climax. 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