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. 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. Theo Faber is a criminal psychotherapist who has waited a long time for the opportunity to work with Alicia. 1,518,439 ratings136,554 reviews Goodreads Choice Award Winner for Best Mystery & Thriller (2019), Nominee for Best Debut Novel (2019) Alicia Berenson’s life is seemingly perfect.

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. The story is narrated by an English psychotherapist, Theo Faber, dealing with a patient who turns mute after murdering her husband. 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.Īlicia'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.

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.

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.Īlicia Berenson's life is seemingly perfect.

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