A Madness So Discreet

Name: A Madness So Discreet
Brand: Harper Audio
Availability: InStock
Author: Mindy McGinnis
ISBN: 9780062434692

Author: Mindy McGinnis

Narrator: Brittany Pressley

Unabridged: 9 hr 34 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: HarperCollins

Published: 10/06/2015

Categories: Children's Fiction, Historical Stories, Children's Mystery & Detective

Synopsis

Edgar Award for Best Young Adult MysteryMindy McGinnis, the acclaimed author of Not a Drop to Drink and In a Handful of Dust, combines murder, madness, and mystery in a beautifully twisted gothic historical thriller perfect for fans of novels such as Asylum and The Diviners as well as television's True Detective and American Horror Story.Grace Mae is already familiar with madness when family secrets and the bulge in her belly send her to an insane asylum—but it is in the darkness that she finds a new lease on life. When a visiting doctor interested in criminal psychology recognizes Grace's brilliant mind beneath her rage, he recruits her as his assistant. Continuing to operate under the cloak of madness at crime scenes allows her to gather clues from bystanders who believe her less than human. Now comfortable in an ethical asylum, Grace finds friends—and hope. But gruesome nights bring Grace and the doctor into the circle of a killer who will bring her shaky sanity and the demons in her past dangerously close to the surface.

About Mindy McGinnis

Mindy McGinnis is the author of several young adult novels, including How Girls Are Made, Under this Red Rock, A Long Stretch of Bad Days, The Last Laugh, The Initial Insult, Heroine, The Female of the Species, and A Madness So Discreet, winner of an Edgar Award. She writes across multiple genres, including postapocalyptic, historical, thriller, contemporary, mystery, and fantasy. While her settings may change, you can always count on her books to deliver grit, truth, and an unflinching look at humanity and the world around us. Mindy lives in Ohio. You can visit her online at mindymcginnis.com.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Emily May on May 16, 2016

When I picked this book up, I confess I was hoping for something. Something that the blurb had promised and that the creepy, beautiful cover reinforced. I wanted this: the fine line between sanity and insanity, good and evil—and the madness that exists in all of us. And I got it - for the first 1......more

Goodreads review by Lotte on April 01, 2016

I LOVED THIS. (I'm currently trying to write a coherent review for this, because I don't understand why this doesn't have the raving reviews it so clearly deserves and I want more people to read it.)......more

Goodreads review by Maryam on April 14, 2019

4.25 MAD STARS! “It’s a madness so discreet that it can walk the streets and be applauded in some circles, but it is madness nonetheless.” I think I should start this with what Mindy McGinnis herself used to start her book in the dedication: For all who struggle in darkness. She had me from that fi......more

Goodreads review by aimee (aimeecanread) on September 08, 2016

*Warning: I cuss. As usual. Am I a fan of bone-chilling thrillers? Yes. Am I a fan of spine-tingling horrors? YES. Am I a fan of hair-raising brilliancy? ASDFGHJKL YES. Was A Madness So Discreet any of those things? Erm... no. Then what the heck was it?! Honestly, I'm not too sure myself. If anything, A M......more

Goodreads review by grace on August 29, 2016

Wow. I was not expecting to love this book as much as I did. Can't wait to talk about it more in my wrap up!......more