The silent patient
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 captur…
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- Full title :The silent patient / Alex Michaelides.
Summary
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. Criminal psychotherapist Theo Faber is captivated by Alicia's story and jumps at the opportunity to work with her. 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.
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- Publication Date:2019
- Edition:First international edition: February 2019
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Celadon Books
- Place of Publication:New York
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2019
The Physical Object
- Description:325 pages ; : 25 cm.
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9781250301697, 1250301696
- oclc:on1300599540
- LC Classification:PR6113.I2645
- Dewey Decimal:823/.92
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