The Silent Patient Published by Celadon Books by Alex Michaelides
on February 5, 2019
Genres: Psychological Thriller, Adult, Contemporary, Crime, Mystery, Suspense, Thriller
Pages: 325
Source: Purchased
Format: Hardcover
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ISBN: 1250301696
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Alicia Berenson’s life is seemingly perfect. 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. 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.
Alicia’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. 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.
Theo Faber is a criminal psychotherapist who has waited a long time for the opportunity to work with Alicia. 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....
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.
This is one of the first in this genre that I’ve actually really enjoyed. Another book club pick, I read this one happily, hoping to be immersed in this one and on the edge of my seat.
Theo is a psychotherapist who really wants to help Alicia. Alicia, a patient at the Grove, hasn’t spoken for years after being committed for killing her husband. Theo is hopeful he can help her speak again.
Told from the alternating views of Theo and Alicia’s old journal entries, this story takes the reader on a journey to find out why–or if–Alicia did actually kill the husband that she professed to love so desperately.
About midway through is when I started to put some of the pieces together but, honestly, I could never have guess before that what the author had planned. This was well-written and full of twists that all made sense in the end.
About Alex Michaelides
Alex Michaelides was born and raised in Cyprus. He has an M.A. in English literature from Trinity College, Cambridge University, and an M.A. in screenwriting from the American Film Institute in Los Angeles. The Silent Patient was his first novel and was the biggest-selling debut in the world in 2019. It spent more than a year on the New York Times bestseller list and sold in a record-breaking forty-nine countries. Alex lives in London.
This sounds like a really intriguing thriller. I’m particular about thrillers but I do think I would enjoy it.
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