I have never been so happily wrong-footed. "I was kicking myself black and blue that I did not see *that* moment coming. A famous painter married to an in-demand fashion photographer, she lives in a grand house with big windows. The twist comes as hard and fast as a slap across the face." - John Marrs Alicia Berensons life is seemingly perfect. Masterfully plotted and brilliantly paced by a writer at the top of his game." - Cara Hunter "One of the best thrillers I've read this year. "An excellent, slow-burning psychological thriller sharp, clever and with a whammy that genuinely took me by surprise (it takes a lot to do this). I read it in a state of intense, breathless excitement and never saw the ending coming. He took his time to develop the main characters, Alicia and Theo Faber by intricately building the plot that justifies their actions.
I told myself I'd just dip in eleven hours later - it's now 5.47 AM - I've finished it, absolutely dazzled." - A J Finn THE SILENT PATIENT is the gripping must-read debut thriller of 2019 - perfect for fans of THE WOMAN IN THE WINDOW by A.J. Promising to be the debut novel of the season The Silent Patient is a shocking psychological thriller of a womans act of violence against her husbandand of. The Silent Patient was Alex Michaelides debut novel as an author, of the thriller sought so to speak. This extraordinary novel set my blood fizzing - I quite literally couldn't put it down. The Silent Patient is a swarming, paranoid nightmare of a novel with an ending that is destined to go down as one of the most shocking, mind-blowing twists in recent memory." - Blake Crouch What makes The Silent Patient such a tacky slog is the consistently lazy, cliche-ridden, dumbed down prose. "Alex Michaelides has written one of the best psychological thrillers I have ever read. What makes Gone Girl and Sharp Objects more then just cheesy page turners is the quality of the writing. "Smart, sophisticated suspense - a very fine novel by any standard." - Lee Child "Genuinely chilling and with a real sucker punch of a twist." - Sharon Bolton The pages will burn with the friction from your hands turning them." - David Baldacci He doesn’t know me, so he wouldn’t have guessed that with the premise of a few lines, I’m already drawn in the marriage of. It tells the story of Alicia, who killed her husband, Gabriel, six years earlierand hasn’t spoken since. I read it in two nights and savored every luscious word, every grim encounter, every startling twist. That’s Theo Faber, telling me about ‘The Silent Patient’. The Silent Patient (2019) is a contemporary psychological thriller from author Alex Michaelides. Michaelides has crafted a totally original, spellbinding psychological mystery so quirky, so unique that it should have its own genre. "The Silent Patient sneaks up on you like a slash of intimidating shadow on a badly lit street.