- The Silent Patient
- By Alex Michaelides
Genre - Thriller, Suspense, Mystery, Fiction
Rating - 4/5
Pages - 336
The Silent Patient is a shocking psychological thriller about a women'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...
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...
I don't want to give any more spoilers to the readers. But I can ensure you that the author has unfolded the story and the mystery very well. It was found okay in the starting. But oh boy when you deeply start reading the novel, the curiosity is generated at the peak level. I myself have finished it in one day only. The novel is truly engaging and will always keep you on the edge. The plot is amazing like no one could not ever think that. All I will say it is a very good suspense thriller and a must-read novel.
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