Who Is Maud Dixon? by Alexandra Andrews

                                                

I received a copy of this book from the publisher in exchange for an honest review. 

Title: Who Is Maud Dixon?
Author: Alexandra Andrews 
Release Date: 3.2.21
Publisher: Little, Brown, and Company 

Goodreads Summary:
For readers of The Silent Patient - a taut, twisty, character-driven suspense novel about a famous novelist and a small-town striver locked in a struggle for fortune and fame.

Florence Darrow is a small-town striver who believes that she's destined to become a celebrated writer. When she stumbles into the opportunity to become the assistant to "Maud Dixon," a celebrated-but anonymous-novelist (think: Elena Ferrante), she believes that the universe is finally providing her big chance. The arrangement feels idyllic; Helen can be prickly, but she is full of pointed wisdom on both writing and living. She even invites Florence along on a research trip to Morocco, where her new novel is set. Florence has never been out of the country before; maybe, she imagines, she'll finally have something exciting to write about herself. But when Florence wakes up in the hospital after a terrible car crash, and Helen is dead, she begins to imagine what it might be like to 'upgrade' into not only Helen's life, but also that of Helen's bestselling pseudonym, Maud Dixon...


My Review:

"The charade was on."

I'll cut to the chase...I LOVED every page of this novel and frankly I'm shocked that I'm not seeing more advanced reviews for this book. Currently there are only 21 posts with the #whoismauddixon hashtag on Instagram and 83 reviews on Goodreads. I mean, what?! Author Alexandra Andrews' writing compares to Shirley Jackson, Patricia Highsmith, and Ruth Ware--full of uncomfortable situations, unlikeable characters, and cutting dialogue. As with any mystery it's important to not give away too many details so I'll simply say that I totally recommend this.