A Nearly Normal Family: A Novel

Edvardsson, M.T.

Celadon Books

Nearly Normal Family

"...A compulsively readable tour de force." ―The Wall Street Journal New York Times Book Review recommends M.T. Edvardsson’s A Nearly Normal Family and lauds it as a “page-turner” that forces the reader to confront “the compromises we make with ourselves to be the people we believe our beloveds expect.” (NYTimes Book Review Summer Reading Issue)
M.T. Edvardsson’s A Nearly Normal Family is a gripping legal thriller that forces the reader to consider: How far would you go to protect the ones you love? In this twisted narrative of love and murder, a horrific crime makes a seemingly normal family question everything they thought they knew about their life―and one another.
Eighteen-year-old Stella Sandell stands accused of the brutal murder of a man almost fifteen years her senior. She is an ordinary teenager from an upstanding local family. What reason could she have to know a shady businessman, let alone to kill him?
Stella’s father, a pastor, and mother, a criminal defense attorney, find their moral compasses tested as they defend their daughter, while struggling to understand why she is a suspect. Told in an unusual three-part structure, A Nearly Normal Family asks the questions: How well do you know your own children? How far would you go to protect them?

Literature & Fiction

Genre Fiction

About the Author\nM. T. Edvardsson is an author and teacher from Trelleborg, Sweden. He is the author of multiple novels, including A Nearly Normal Family, his first published in the United States. He lives with his family in Löddeköpinge, Sweden.\n"...A compulsively readable tour de force." ―The Wall Street Journal\nNew York Times Book Review recommends M.T. Edvardsson’s A Nearly Normal Family and lauds it as a “page-turner” that forces the reader to confront “the compromises we make with ourselves to be the people we believe our beloveds expect.” (NYTimes Book Review Summer Reading Issue)\nWhen the teenage daughter of responsible, upstanding parents is accused of murder, a family realizes that it isn’t love that will keep them together: it’s lies.\nEighteen-year-old Stella Sandell stands accused of the brutal murder of a man almost fifteen years her senior. She is an ordinary teenager from a respectable local family. What reason could she have to know a shady businessman, let alone to kill him?\nTold in an unusual three-part structure, this gripping, domestic drama pushes a family to its limits. The father, a pastor, believes his daughter can only be innocent, despite mounting evidence. The mother, a defense attorney, believes no one is telling the truth. And the daughter, desperate for her dreams of the future, believes no one understands how far she is willing to go.\nIn this complex, multi-layered novel, every character’s loyalty and morality is tested. Are we duty-bound to defend our family, even with the evidence against them? Is anyone who they seem on the surface? And what are we willing to compromise to keep our lives, as we know them, intact?

A wealthy couple ends up murdered in the nicest part of town in this compulsively readable, page-turning thriller from M. T. Edvardsson, The Woman Inside.\nBill Olsson, recently widowed, is desperate to provide for his daughter, Sally. Struggling to pay rent, he welcomes a lodger into their home: Karla, a law student and aspiring judge, who works as a housekeeper to make ends meet. Her clients are the Rytters, an incredibly wealthy couple who hide behind closed doors. The wife is ill and hasn’t left the house in months. The husband is controlling and obsessive. Is he just a worried husband, concerned for his wife’s health? Or is there something more sinister at play?\nAs Bill’s situation becomes more dire, Karla is forced to make a difficult choice. And when the Rytters wind up dead, and Karla is pulled in for questioning, she’s made to defend some parts of her past she’d rather not revisit.\nEvery person in The Woman Inside is hiding something, but could any of them really have been driven to kill?

The Woman Inside: A Novel

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Thrillers & Suspense

New York Times Book Review recommends M.T. Edvardsson’s A Nearly Normal Family and lauds it as a “page-turner” that forces the reader to confront “the compromises we make with ourselves to be the people we believe our beloveds expect.” (NYTimes Book Review Summer Reading Issue) 
M.T. Edvardsson’s A Nearly Normal Family is a gripping legal thriller that forces the listener to consider: How far would you go to protect the ones you love? In this twisted narrative of love and murder, a horrific crime makes a seemingly normal family question everything they thought they knew about their life―and one another.
Eighteen-year-old Stella Sandell stands accused of the brutal murder of a man almost fifteen years her senior. She is an ordinary teenager from an upstanding local family. What reason could she have to know a shady businessman, let alone to kill him?
Stella’s father, a pastor, and mother, a criminal defense attorney, find their moral compasses tested as they defend their daughter, while struggling to understand why she is a suspect. Told in an unusual three-part structure, A Nearly Normal Family asks the questions: How well do you know your own children? How far would you go to protect them?

MacMillan Audio

"...A compulsively readable tour de force." --The Wall Street Journal New York Times Book Review recommends M.T. Edvardsson'sA NearlyNormal Family and lauds it as a "page-turner" that forces the reader to confront "the compromises we make with ourselves to be the people we believe our beloveds expect." (NYTimes Book Review Summer Reading Issue) M.T. Edvardsson'sA Nearly Normal Family is a gripping legal thriller that forces the reader to consider: How far would you go to protect the ones you love? In this twisted narrative of love and murder, a horrific crime makes a seemingly normal family question everything they thought they knew about their life--and one another. Eighteen-year-old Stella Sandell stands accused of the brutal murder of a man almost fifteen years her senior. She is an ordinary teenager from an upstanding local family. What reason could she have to know a shady businessman, let alone to kill him? Stella's father, a pastor, and mother, a criminal defense attorney, find their moral compasses tested as they defend their daughter, while struggling to understand why she is a suspect. Told in an unusual three-part structure,A Nearly Normal Family asks the questions: How well do you know your own children? How far would you go to protect them?

'A deceptive and riveting novel' - Karin Slaughter
Chosen as one of the best seven thrillers of the summer by the New York Times
A Nearly Normal Family is the stunning psychological thriller from M. T. Edvardsson and asks what would you do if your child was suspected of murder, how far would you go to protect them? Do you want to know the truth? If you loved A. J. Finn’s The Woman in the Window or J. P. Delaney’s The Girl Before, you will love this.
Every murder case starts with a suspect. What if the suspect is your daughter? Would you believe her, or the evidence against her?
The Father Believes his daughter has been framed.
The Mother Believes she is hiding something.
The Daughter Believes they have no idea what she’s truly capable of . . .
There are three sides to the story. And the truth will shatter this family to pieces.
Praise for A Nearly Normal Family
'Tore through this in a matter of days . . . A cracking read!' - T M Logan
'An absolutely fantastic read . . . I can see why it's being pitched as the big one for 2019' - Jo Spain
'An utterly compelling premise . . . a layered, intelligent novel' - Fiona Cummins
'A canny, intensely suspenseful legal thriller' - Scott Turow
'I couldn't go to bed until I finished it. Effortlessly brilliant' - Sandie Jones
'Any parent will be gripped by this book . . . I couldn't put it down' - Michelle Frances
'An unsettling page turner. Highly Recommended' Adam Hamdy

A Nearly Normal Family: A gripping, page-turning thriller with a shocking twist

Macmillan

Edvardsson, M: A Nearly Normal Family

Pan/Macmillan

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A Nearly Normal Family: A Novel

A Nearly Normal Family: A Novel

Nearly Normal Family

The Woman Inside: A Novel

A Nearly Normal Family: A Novel

Nearly Normal Family

A Nearly Normal Family: A Novel

A Nearly Normal Family: A gripping, page-turning thriller with a shocking twist

Edvardsson, M: A Nearly Normal Family