Deadly Virtues - Love. Honour. Obey. -16 - -201... -

The home invasion genre is a cinematic staple, tapping into the primal fear that our sanctuaries can become places of supreme vulnerability. From the stark realism of Funny Games to the gritty terror of The Strangers , the formula is often the same: innocent people are terrorized by outsiders. But what happens when the intruder sees himself not as a monster, but as a therapist? And what if the "innocent" victims harbor secrets more twisted than any crime the attacker could commit? This is the unsettling premise of * Ate de Jong's 2014 psychological thriller, Deadly Virtues: Love. Honour. Obey. *

Aaron stepped back, admiring the silhouette. To the world, she was missing—a tragedy on a evening news crawl. To him, she was perfect: a living statue that would never lie, never leave, and never disobey.

"You need to drink," Arthur said, his voice a gravelly rumble.