The Silent Patient [Paperback]

**THE INSTANT #1NEW YORK TIMESBESTSELLER** ANew York Times50 Best Thrillers of the 21st Century

An unforgettableand Hollywood-boundnew thriller... A mix of Hitchcockian suspense, Agatha Christie plotting, and Greek tragedy.
Entertainment Weekly

The Silent Patientis a shocking psychological thriller of a womans act of violence against her husbandand of the therapist obsessed with uncovering her motive.

Alicia Berensons 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 Londons 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.

Alicias 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 motivationsa search for the truth that threatens to consume him....

Alex Michaelideswas born and raised in Cyprus. He has an M.A. in English Literature from Trinity College, Cambridge University, and an M.A. in Screenwriting from the American Film Institute in Los Angeles.The Silent Patientwas his first novel and debuted at #1 on theNew York Timesbestseller list. It spent more than a year on theNew York Timesbestseller list and is sold in a record-breaking 50 countries. His second novel,The Maidl³