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A professors life is turned upside down when he takes in his charming wildly dangerous nephew whose wealthy parents have just died under mysterious circumstances in this propulsive edgeofyourseat debut psychological thriller

An absolute pageturner I read it in a single sittingMiranda Cowley Heller bestselling author of The Paper Palace

The cleverest psychopaths hide in plain sight

Gil is living a quiet life as a creative writing professor in a bucolic Vermont town when he receives some shocking news His sister and her husband have been killed in a car accident and their only son is coming to live with him and his family

Gil and his wife are apprehensive about taking in seventeenyearold Matthew Yes he has just lost both his parents but they havent seen him in seven yearsand the last time the families were together Matthew lured their young daughter into a terrifying lifethreatening situation Since that incident Gil has been estranged from his sister and her flashy wealthy banker husband

Now Matthew is their charge living under their roof

The boy seems charming smart and urbane if strangely unaffected by his parents deaths Gil hopes they can put the past behind them though hes surprised when Matthew signs up for his creative writing class Then Matthew begins turning in chilling stories about the imagined deaths of Gils family and his own parents Bewildered and panicked Gil ultimately decides he must take matters into his own handsbefore life imitates art

Told in limber mesmerizing prose A Flaw in the Design is a twisting novel of suspense that brilliantly explores the tensions surrounding class family and the drive to control ones own story