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The Silent Patient

The Silent Patient

The Silent Patient
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The Silent Patient Hardback - 2019

by Michaelides, Alex

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Celadon Books, 2/5/2019 12:00:01 AM. hardcover. Good. 1.2600 in x 9.5000 in x 6.5000 in.
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  • Title The Silent Patient
  • Author Michaelides, Alex
  • Binding Hardback
  • Condition Used - Good
  • Pages 336
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Celadon Books
  • Publication date 2/5/2019 12:00:01 AM
  • Features Dust Cover
  • Bookseller's Inventory # mon0000127926
  • ISBN 9781250301697 / 1250301696
  • Weight 1.15 lbs (0.52 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.4 x 6.2 x 1.3 in (23.88 x 15.75 x 3.30 cm)
  • Size 1.2600 in x 9.5000 in x 6.5000 i
  • Category Fiction - Psychological Suspense
  • Quantity available 1

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Summary

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. 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.... - From the Publisher

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From the publisher

**THE INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER**

"An unforgettable--and Hollywood-bound--new thriller... A mix of Hitchcockian suspense, Agatha Christie plotting, and Greek tragedy."
--Entertainment Weekly

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.

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....

Media reviews

Citations

  • Booklist, 11/01/2018, Page 25
  • Kirkus Reviews, 11/15/2018, Page 0
  • Library Journal, 11/01/2018, Page 54
  • Library Journal Prepub Alert, 10/15/2018, Page 41
  • Publishers Weekly, 11/26/2018, Page 0
  • Shelf Awareness, 02/12/2019, Page 0

About the author

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 debuted at #1 on the New York Times bestseller list. It spent more than a year on the New York Times bestseller list and is sold in a record-breaking 50 countries. His second novel, The Maidens, was an instant New York Times bestseller and garnered rave reviews from The Guardian, Esquire, Entertainment Weekly, and more. After living in London for many years, Alex has recently moved back to his birthplace, Cyprus.
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