# The Silent Patient - Paperback

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by **Alex Michaelides** (Author)

**\*\*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....

### Author Biography

**Alex Michaelides** was 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 Patient_ was his first novel and debuted at #1 on the _New York Times_ bestseller list. It spent more than a year on the _New York Times_ bestseller list and is sold in a record-breaking 50 countries. His second novel, _The Maidens_, was an instant _New York Times_ bestseller and garnered rave reviews from _The Guardian_, _Esquire_, _Entertainment Weekly_, and more. After living in London for many years, Alex has recently moved back to his birthplace, Cyprus.

**Number of Pages:** 368

**Dimensions:** 1 x 8.1 x 5.3 IN

**Publication Date:** May 04, 2021

**Accelerated Reader:**

**Quiz Name:** Silent Patient

**Interest Level:** Upper Grades, 9-12

**Reading Level:** 4.5

**Point Value:** 11

## Details

- **Price:** 24.99 GBP
- **Vendor:** BooksCloud
- **Type:** Books
- **Tags:** Books, Fiction, Price Written on Book, Psychological, Suspense, Thrillers

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