Alex michaelides the silent patient
Finn, bestselling author of THE WOMAN IN THE WINDOW * Smart, sophisticated storytelling freighted with real suspense - a very fine novel by any standard * LEE CHILD * The Silent Patient sneaks up on you like a slash of intimidating shadow on a badly lit street. I told myself I'd just dip in eleven hours later - it's now 5.47 AM - I've finished it, absolutely dazzled * A. This extraordinary novel set my blood fizzing - I quite literally couldn't put it down. * JOANNE HARRIS * That rarest of beasts: the perfect thriller. Then I'll stop.' Once you pick up The Silent Patient, this will be what you'll say to yourself, until you give in and keep reading until the blindsiding and brilliantly clever conclusion - no matter how good a sleuth you are, you aren't going to see it coming * EMILY KOCH, author of IF I DIE BEFORE I WAKE * 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). He was inspired to write it while doing a post graduate course in psychotherapy, and working part-time at a secure psychiatric unit for two years. He wrote the film The Devil You Know starring Rosamund Pike and co-wrote The Brits are Coming, starring Uma Thurman, Tim Roth, Stephen Fry, Parker Posey and Sofia Vergara. "synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.Īlex Michaelides was born in Cyprus in 1977. ********** 'Blindsiding and brilliantly clever' - EMILY KOCH, author of IF I DIE BEFORE I WAKE 'Sharp, clever and with a whammy that genuinely took me by surprise' - JOANNE HARRIS ********** PRE-ORDER THE MOST ANTICIPATED THRILLER OF 2019 NOW! Only then can he unravel the shocking events of that night five years before. Forensic psychotherapist Theo Faber must find a way to get Alicia Berenson to talk if he wants to treat her. FINN, bestselling author of The Woman in the Window 'A totally original, spellbinding psychological mystery so quirky, so unique that it should have its own genre' DAVID BALDACCI'Smart, sophisticated storytelling freighted with real suspense' LEE CHILD What could possibly drive a normal, happy woman to brutally murder her husband? The gripping, twisty psychological thriller you won't be able to put down.************** Alicia Berenson shoots her husband in the head five times, and then never speaks again.
One of the best psychological thrillers I have ever read. One of the most hotly anticipated novels of this year * DAILY EXPRESS * Impossible to put down, with a twist that will blow your mind * MARK EDWARDS, bestselling author of THE MAGPIES * Genuinely chilling and with a real sucker punch of a twist * SHARON BOLTON, Sunday Times bestselling author of THE CRAFTSMAN *Ī hugely impressive debut * STEVE CAVANAGH, bestselling author of THIRTEEN *Ĭomes with a killer twist * SUNDAY TIMES Crime Club *Īn unforgettable - and Hollywood-bound - new thriller * ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY *Īn excellent, slow-burning psychological thriller sharp, clever and with a whammy that genuinely took me by surprise * JOANNE HARRIS * * JOHN MARRS, bestselling author of THE GOOD SAMARITAN * The twist comes as hard and fast as a slap across the face. TUDOR, Sunday Times bestselling author of THE CHALK MAN *Ī neatly woven, intelligently written story that lifts the curtain on the complexities of trauma and the human psyche * ALI LAND, Sunday Times bestselling author of GOOD ME, BAD ME * I have never been so happily wrong-footed. I was kicking myself black and blue that I did not see *that* moment coming. Masterfully plotted and brilliantly paced by a writer at the top of his game * CARA HUNTER, Sunday Times bestselling author of CLOSE TO HOME *
One of the best thrillers I've read this year. The Silent Patient may be a first novel, but it has the pace and finesse of a master * BBC CULTURE * Finn, bestselling author of THE WOMAN IN THE WINDOW *Ī taut, meticulously plotted and compelling novel * THE OBSERVER * I quite literally couldn't put it down * A. Smart, sophisticated suspense - a very fine novel by any standard * LEE CHILD *
I read it in two nights and savoured every luscious word, every grim encounter, every startling twist * DAVID BALDACCI * Intelligent, imaginative and a terrific read * THE TIMES - Crime Book of the Month * Read this book! * LUCY FOLEY, bestselling author of THE HUNTING PARTY * Masterly plotting, Hitchcockian suspense and an absolute jaw-dropper of an ending.
I read it in a state of intense, breathless excitement * STEPHEN FRY *