The Silent Patient
of Alex Michaelides (Goodreads Author)
Description
Alicia Berensonâs 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 Londonâs 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.Aliciaâs 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 motivationsâa search for the truth that threatens to consume him...
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Book Details
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 325 pages
- Publisher Celadon Books
- Publication Date February 5th 2019
- First Publication Not informed
- Language English
- ISBN 9781250301697
- Edition Not informed
- Category Mystery & Thriller
- Scenario ['London, England']
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