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'Clever, cunning, and diabolical in the best possible way. Anyone longing for a good old-fashioned thrill need look no further' Ann Patchett

Celebrated, bestselling, elusive...who is Maud Dixon?

Florence Darrow wants to be a writer. Correction: Florence Darrow IS going to be a writer. Fired from her first job in…

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2 authors picked Who Is Maud Dixon? as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

This literary thriller is a delicious blend of sneakiness, travel, and treachery. The story begins in New York but soon moves to the humid backdrop of Morocco, where the mysteriously pen-named “Maud” is working on her new novel.

Told in the voice of Maud’s assistant, this book drew me into the main character’s desperate need to be somebody. But who is tricking who? The twists in this book are epic.

From Roz's list on sneaky thrills and twists.

I loved this book so much! This is a fun, twisted novel about a lost soul who's desperate to find her way in the world.

The hero/antihero of the book is Florence Darrow, a young woman who wants to be somebody one day. She wants to be special. She wants to be great. For her, that takes the form of dreaming of becoming a bestselling novelist. She'll do anything to achieve that dream. Anything.

Maybe this shows my own moral failings as a human being, but I totally related! So when she... well, I won't say what she does because…

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