The Silent Patient

**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