'Alex Michaelides has written one of the best psychological thrillers I have ever read.

This is an absolutely fantastic and extraordinary read.' - Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child, #1 New York Times bestselling authors of the Pendergast series Beautifully written, exquisitely plotted, the story relentlessly pulls you in and doesn't let you go until the last shocking (and yet brutally logical) twist.

'One of the most spellbinding psychological thrillers we've read in years. 'Smart, sophisticated storytelling freighted with real suspense―a very fine novel by any standard.' - Lee Child The pages will burn with the friction from your hands turning them.' - David Baldacci I read it in two nights and savored every luscious word, every grim encounter, every startling twist. Alex Michaelides has crafted a totally original, spellbinding psychological mystery so quirky, so unique that it should have its own genre. ' The Silent Patient sneaks up on you like a slash of intimidating shadow on a badly lit street. 'Amateurish, with a twist savvy readers will see coming from a mile away.' - Kirkus 'Dark, edgy, and compulsively readable.' - Library Journal 'Unputdownable, emotionally chilling, and intense, with a twist that will make even the most seasoned suspense reader break out in a cold sweat.' - Booklist This edgy, intricately plotted psychological thriller establishes Michaelides as a major player in the field.' - Publisher's Weekly His determination to get her to talk and unravel the mystery of why she shot her husband takes him down a twisting path into his own motivations - a search for the truth that threatens to consume him. Theo Faber is a criminal psychotherapist who has waited a long time for the opportunity to work with Alicia.

The price of her art skyrockets, and she, the silent patient, is hidden away from the tabloids and spotlight at the Grove, a secure forensic unit in North London. One evening her husband Gabriel returns home late from a fashion shoot, and Alicia shoots him five times in the face, and then never speaks another word.Īlicia's refusal to talk, or give any kind of explanation, turns a domestic tragedy into something far grander, a mystery that captures the public imagination and casts Alicia into notoriety. A famous painter married to an in-demand fashion photographer, she lives in a grand house with big windows overlooking a park in one of London's most desirable areas. Promising to be the debut novel of the season The Silent Patient is a shocking psychological thriller of a woman's act of violence against her husband - and of the therapist obsessed with uncovering her motive.Īlicia Berenson's life is seemingly perfect.

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