A Madness So Discreet

Edgar Award for Best Young Adult Mystery

Mindy 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.

• Crime-Solving Duo: A brilliant young woman institutionalized against her will, and the doctor who sees her potential as the key to understanding the criminal mind.
• Strong Female Lead: To the world, Grace is just another patient. But her feigned insanity allows her to move unnoticed at grisly crime scenes, gathering clues that others miss.
• Atmospheric Gothic Setting: From the brutal, gaslit halls of an asylum to the shadowy corners of a city stalked by a killer.
• Edgar Award Winner: Winner of the Edgar Award for Best Young Adult Mystery, perfect for readers who love the dark suspense of Asylum and the chilling atmosphere of American Horror Story.