The Silent Patient
The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides, published by Thorndike Press in 2019, is a large print edition comprising 484 pages. This psychological thriller centers on Alicia Berenson, a renowned painter whose seemingly perfect life is shattered when she shoots her husband, Gabriel, five times and subsequently stops speaking. Her silence transforms a domestic tragedy into a captivating mystery, drawing public attention and leading to her confinement in a secure forensic unit in North London.
Readers will follow Theo Faber, a criminal psychotherapist determined to uncover Alicia’s motives for her violent act. His obsession with her case leads him on a complex journey that intertwines with his own past. The narrative explores themes of family life, marriage, and the psychological intricacies of trauma and silence. This edition invites readers into a suspenseful exploration of human behavior and the depths of the mind.
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Promising to be the debut novel of the season 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….
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