“The facts, such as they were, were simple. They fell in love and had been lustfully fond of each other from the first day they had met and had eventually married.Īn artist, a photographer, a theatre actress, and a psychotherapist draw a link as the story comes to meet its climax and we see the three plots intersecting at one point turning the entire story topsy-turvy. They were introduced to each other through their exes. It makes perfect sense - to me at least - that she would pick up her brush and paints, and express her complicated emotions on canvas.”Ī third storyline tells about Theo’s personal life, mainly focussing on his childhood and his wife Kathy. “But let us not forget that while Alicia Berenson may be a murderer, she was also an artist. In those days she made a painting, a self-portrait, and named it Alcestis. A few days after her trial, viewing her condition, she was put on home arrest. Unlike other suspects who scream their hearts out to prove their innocence, Alicia remained quiet throughout her interrogation, trial, and then forever. Theo tells us that Alicia killed her husband six years ago, shot him five times in the head, attempted suicide, and is currently admitted in The Grove, a secure forensic unit. Alicia is fond of her husband, she’s deeply in love with him and according to him, Gabriel loves her just as much. He has given her that diary, she’s unsure whether to call it a diary or a journal or something else, to write down whatever she feels since he found out Alicia was upset with something. I love Gabriel so much.”Īlicia writes in her diary that the only reason for her writing is her husband Gabriel. I don’t ever want to cause him any distress or make him unhappy or cause him pain. "About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.“I can’t bear the thought of him worrying about me. 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. Michaelides has crafted a totally original, spellbinding psychological mystery so quirky, so unique that it should have its own genre. Finn, bestselling author of THE WOMAN IN THE WINDOW * Smart, sophisticated storytelling freighted with real suspense - a very fine novel by any standard * LEE CHILD * The Silent Patient sneaks up on you like a slash of intimidating shadow on a badly lit street. I told myself I'd just dip in eleven hours later - it's now 5.47 AM - I've finished it, absolutely dazzled * A.
This extraordinary novel set my blood fizzing - I quite literally couldn't put it down. * JOANNE HARRIS * That rarest of beasts: the perfect thriller.
Then I'll stop.' Once you pick up The Silent Patient, this will be what you'll say to yourself, until you give in and keep reading until the blindsiding and brilliantly clever conclusion - no matter how good a sleuth you are, you aren't going to see it coming * EMILY KOCH, author of IF I DIE BEFORE I WAKE * An excellent, slow-burning psychological thriller sharp, clever and with a whammy that genuinely took me by surprise (it takes a lot to do this). He was inspired to write it while doing a post graduate course in psychotherapy, and working part-time at a secure psychiatric unit for two years. He wrote the film The Devil You Know starring Rosamund Pike and co-wrote The Brits are Coming, starring Uma Thurman, Tim Roth, Stephen Fry, Parker Posey and Sofia Vergara. "synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.Īlex Michaelides was born in Cyprus in 1977. ********** 'Blindsiding and brilliantly clever' - EMILY KOCH, author of IF I DIE BEFORE I WAKE 'Sharp, clever and with a whammy that genuinely took me by surprise' - JOANNE HARRIS ********** PRE-ORDER THE MOST ANTICIPATED THRILLER OF 2019 NOW! Only then can he unravel the shocking events of that night five years before. Forensic psychotherapist Theo Faber must find a way to get Alicia Berenson to talk if he wants to treat her. FINN, bestselling author of The Woman in the Window 'A totally original, spellbinding psychological mystery so quirky, so unique that it should have its own genre' DAVID BALDACCI'Smart, sophisticated storytelling freighted with real suspense' LEE CHILD What could possibly drive a normal, happy woman to brutally murder her husband? The gripping, twisty psychological thriller you won't be able to put down.************** Alicia Berenson shoots her husband in the head five times, and then never speaks again.