![]() ![]() Deemed one of the gentler inmates, Grace changes this perception when she stabs a doctor who had been inappropriately touching her. When she arrives at the Asylum, Grace refrains from speaking. ![]() Grace comes from a prominent Boston family, and because of her illegitimate pregnancy, is sent to live in the Wayburne Lunatic Asylum in Boston until she gives birth. Narrated in the first person perspective by young female protagonist Grace Mae, the story begins in 1890 Boston, Massachusetts. The novel has been praised for its “bountiful buffet of twisted, dark intrigue” by USA Today, its “dark study of the effects of power in the wrong hands, buoyed by a tenacious heroine and her colorful companions" by Kirkus Reviews, and comes “highly recommended” by School Library Journal. ![]() ![]() A Madness So Discreet won the 2015 Edgar Award for Best Young Mystery. Using her sharp intellect to escape the asylum, Grace relocates to Ohio and begins a new life of solving crimes, accessing her madness to investigate crime scenes and gain insight to the motivations of a mysterious serial killer. Set in 1890 Boston and Ohio, young-adult mystery thriller A Madness So Discreet (2015) by American author Mindy McGinnis follows Grace Mae, a young woman from a prestigious family who is compelled to enter an insane asylum to conceal her out-of-wedlock pregnancy. ![]()
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