Michaelides, Alex,

The silent patient / Alex Michaelides. - First U.S. edition. - 325 pages ; 25 cm

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 motivation--a search for the truth that threatens to consume him....

ISBN: 9781250301697 1250301696

LCCN: 2018961338

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Family violence
Marriage
Artists
Selective mutism
Psychotherapy patients

LC Class. No.: PR6113.I2645 / S55 2019

Dewey Class. No.: 823/.92