A recent release, “The Silent Patient” is about a well-known painter, Alicia Berenson, who hasn’t uttered a single word since murdering her husband in cold blood. When a new psychotherapist joins Alicia’s care team, he’s determined to get her to reveal the truth about what happened that night, while harbouring some secrets of his own. Raised in Cyprus, Alex Michaelides cites well-known Greek myths and tragedies as the major inspiration behind his debut novel.
The Silent Patient is a shocking psychological thriller about 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.
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