It was an easy read and the perfect escape. Does anyone else tend to stick their nose in their book too, ha ha? But I did end up starting it and had it read within a couple days. I brought this book with me this past weekend on our getaway to Lake Oconee and was hesitant to start reading it because I didn’t want to ignore my hubby once I started. 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 hadn’t read a psychological thriller in forever so I was excited when my hold at the library came due for The Silent Patient. Theo Faber is a criminal psychotherapist who has waited a long time for the opportunity to work with Alicia. 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.
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. A mix of Hitchcockian suspense, Agatha Christie plotting, and Greek tragedy." "An unforgettable―and Hollywood-bound―new thriller. This will be a virtual book club on Zoom, please rsvp to to get the login information. Read and discuss The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides
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