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Genre: Psychological, Suspense, Mystery, Crime Thriller
Author: Alex Michaelides
Audio Narrator: Jack Hawkins, Louise Brealey
Pages: 336
Content Warning: Murder, Affair,
Synopsis
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….
My Thoughts
This was my first time reading anything from this author and I’m sold! Silent patient was a great read. I switched back and forth between the physical book and the audio and while I’ll always prefer a physical copy of what I read, the audio wasn’t bad at all. The narrators did a great job!
I did not expect the book to end the way it did. The twists and turns really caught me off guard. The whole time I was absolutely convinced that Alicia’s silence was because she was protecting whoever murdered her husband but let me just say…. Oh my goodness. That’s all I could literally say lol. I don’t want to ruin the book for you, so I’ll end with this, GO READ IT!!
Rating
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️💫 (4.5)
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