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The Silent Patient is a 2019 psychological thriller novel written by British-Cypriot author Alex Michaelides. The audio-book version was released on the same date which is read by Louise Brealey and Jack Hawkins. Upon its release, the book debuted on The New York Times Best Seller list at No.1. It later won the Goodreads Choice Award 2019 in the Mystery and Thriller category.
"An unforgettable--and Hollywood-bound--new thriller... A mix of Hitchcockian suspense, Agatha Christie plotting, and Greek tragedy." --Entertainment Weekly
The story is narrated by an English psychotherapist, Theo Faber, dealing with a patient who turns mute after murdering her husband.
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.
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. Alicia Berenson's life is seemingly perfect, she lives a life anyone would dream of. One evening 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 silence turns a domestic tragedy into a big mystery that becomes the talk of the town and flings Alicia into notoriety. The price of her artworks shoots up to the sky 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 drag him in.
The novel got mostly positive reviews from critics. The Guardian concurred, praising its "tight, uncluttered prose" and "skillful [of] tension until the novel's shocking denouement.
The Washington Post praised the plot as "fresh" but criticized its "hacky horror tropes, trite scenes, and comically shifty red herring characters.
About the Author
Alex Michaelides (born 1977) is a bestselling British-Cypriot author and screenwriter. His debut novel, the psychological thriller The Silent Patient, is a New York Times and Sunday Times bestseller.
He studied English literature at Trinity College, Cambridge University. He studied psychotherapy for three years and worked for two years at a secure unit for young adults. This work provided material and inspiration for his debut novel.
Michaelides' as yet unpublished second novel, The Maidens, is a psychological detective story about a series of murders at a Cambridge college. Michaelides also wrote the film The Devil You Know and co-wrote The Con is On.
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Author: Alex Michaelides
Publisher: Celadon Books
Publishing Date: February 5, 2019
Edition Language: English
Genre: Psychological Fiction, Psychological Thriller, Murder Thriller
ISBN-10: 1250301696
ISBN-13: 978-1250301697
Pages: 336 (Hardcover)
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