Wednesday, March 20, 2019



The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides


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....


What I thought...

The only words I can think of to describe this book is: Holy sh*tballs!?
This story will take you on a crazy ride and drop you off the edge of a cliff. If you read this and you see that ending coming, then you are way smarter than me!
I love a good thriller and it has been a loooong time since I have read one that had me truly on the edge of my seat like this one did. Excellent first book by this author and I desperately hope he is busy writing another one!!!

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