The Silent Patient [B1624]

2020 PB in nice clean condition. 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....

From recent Amazon/GoodReads reviews: "Yaaaaall so good that I read this in 3 days while on a busy trip. I literally pulled it out to finish at a jazz bar. I was so convinced I was right about where the story was going but SO wrong. I'm already feeling depressed that I won't top this book for a while"; "Was so good... the story telling and building was great from start to finish. That ending though?! It happened so fast my head is spinning. Is it just me or did it take a few days for the realizations to settle in!"; "Wow oh wow what a twist, couldn't put it down. What a great book. Lots of things to think about retrospectively."