The Silent Affected person

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

“An unforgettable―and Hollywood-bound―new thriller… A mixture of Hitchcockian suspense, Agatha Christie plotting, and Greek tragedy.”
―Leisure Weekly

Alex Michaelides’s The Silent Affected person is a surprising psychological thriller of a girl’s act of violence towards her husband―and of the therapist obsessive about uncovering her motive.

Alicia Berenson’s life is seemingly good. A well-known painter married to an in-demand style photographer, she lives in a grand home with large home windows overlooking a park in one in all London’s most fascinating areas. One night her husband Gabriel returns residence late from a style shoot, and Alicia shoots him 5 occasions within the face, after which by no means speaks one other phrase.

Alicia’s refusal to speak, or give any sort of rationalization, turns a home tragedy into one thing far grander, a thriller that captures the general public creativeness and casts Alicia into notoriety. The value of her artwork skyrockets, and he or she, the silent affected person, is hidden away from the tabloids and highlight on the Grove, a safe forensic unit in North London.

Theo Faber is a felony psychotherapist who has waited a very long time for the chance to work with Alicia. His dedication to get her to speak and unravel the thriller of why she shot her husband takes him down a twisting path into his personal motivations―a seek for the reality that threatens to devour him….