The Silent Patient
About this book
Alicia Berenson’s life is seemingly perfect. 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.
Reader Profile
4.5/5 · 27458 readers · 366 pages · ≈ 6 h 47 m · Moderate
How long does it take to read The Silent Patient?
About ≈ 6 h 47 m — 366 pages, assuming roughly 250 words per page at 225 words per minute.
How many pages is The Silent Patient?
366 pages in its most-read edition.
What genre is The Silent Patient?
It sits on the Fiction shelves.
Is The Silent Patient in the public domain?
No — it is still under copyright.
Who wrote The Silent Patient?
Alex Michaelides (1977–0).