Table Of Content

Title Page Page: iii Copyright Notice Page: iii Dedication Page: iii Epigraph Page: v Prologue: Alicia Berenson’s Diary Page: v Part One Page: 3 Chapter One Page: 3 Chapter Two Page: 8 Chapter Three Page: 12 Chapter Four Page: 18 Chapter Five Page: 22 Chapter Six Page: 27 Chapter Seven Page: 32 Chapter Eight Page: 36 Chapter Nine Page: 40 Chapter Ten Page: 43 Part Two Page: 53 Chapter One: Alicia Berenson’s Diary Page: 55 Chapter Two Page: 63 Chapter Three Page: 67 Chapter Four Page: 73 Chapter Five Page: 77 Chapter Six Page: 82 Chapter Seven Page: 89 Chapter Eight Page: 94 Chapter Nine Page: 98 Chapter Ten Page: 103 Chapter Eleven Page: 107 Chapter Twelve Page: 112 Chapter Thirteen: Alicia Berenson’s Diary Page: 119 Chapter Fourteen Page: 126 Chapter Fifteen Page: 129 Chapter Sixteen Page: 132 Chapter Seventeen Page: 136 Chapter Eighteen Page: 139 Chapter Nineteen Page: 144 Chapter Twenty Page: 148 Chapter Twenty-One Page: 153 Chapter Twenty-Two: Alicia Berenson’s Diary Page: 157 Chapter Twenty-Three Page: 164 Chapter Twenty-Four Page: 168 Chapter Twenty-Five Page: 170 Chapter Twenty-Six Page: 172 Chapter Twenty-Seven Page: 176 Chapter Twenty-Eight Page: 180 Chapter Twenty-Nine Page: 182 Chapter Thirty Page: 185 Chapter Thirty-One Page: 192 Chapter Thirty-Two Page: 194 Chapter Thirty-Three Page: 197 Chapter Thirty-Four Page: 201 Part Three Page: 205 Alicia Berenson’s Diary Page: 205 Part Four Page: 225 Chapter One Page: 225 Chapter Two Page: 228 Chapter Three Page: 232 Chapter Four Page: 235 Chapter Five Page: 239 Chapter Six Page: 243 Chapter Seven Page: 248 Chapter Eight Page: 252 Chapter Nine Page: 256 Chapter Ten Page: 259 Chapter Eleven Page: 262 Chapter Twelve Page: 265 Chapter Thirteen Page: 269 Chapter Fourteen Page: 275 Chapter Fifteen Page: 279 Chapter Sixteen Page: 285 Chapter Seventeen Page: 289 Chapter Eighteen Page: 294 Chapter Nineteen Page: 297 Chapter Twenty Page: 300 Chapter Twenty-One Page: 302 Part Five Page: 305 Chapter One: Alicia Berenson’s Diary Page: 307 Chapter Two Page: 312 Chapter Three Page: 316 Acknowledgments Page: 323 Reading Group Guide Page: 325 Reading Group Discussion Questions Page: 327 A Book Club Conversation with the Author Page: 329 The Five Best Plot Twists in Fiction by Alex Michaelides Page: 336 Excerpt: The Maidens Page: 338 About the Author Page: 359 Newsletter Sign-up Page: 362 Copyright Page: 362

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**THE INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER**

"An unforgettable—and Hollywood-bound—new thriller... A mix of Hitchcockian suspense, Agatha Christie plotting, and Greek tragedy."
—Entertainment Weekly

The Silent Patient is a shocking psychological thriller of a woman’s act of violence against her husband—and of the therapist obsessed with uncovering her motive.

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....