Shortlisted for a Barry for best debut and Barnes and Noble Book of the Year. An top 10 book of the year and their no.1 thriller of the year.
It was voted Goodreads Best Crime and Thriller of the Year. It was a Richard and Judy pick and a Times Book of the Month.
It was the biggest HB debut thriller of the year in the UK and it has become a true global bestseller, going top ten in Norway, Poland, Greece, Israel, Finland, Russia, Italy, Romania, Australia, India, Ireland, South Africa, Brazil… It’s a UK record breaker - no UK debut has ever gone straight into no.1 in the US or spent so long in the US charts. It has so far spent 38 weeks in the NYT bestseller chart. The bulk of the novel takes place in the present-day, narrated by Theo Faber, a forensic psychoanalyst who recently began working with. It tells the story of Alicia, who killed her husband, Gabriel, six years earlierand hasn’t spoken since. It was also the bestselling US HB debut of the 2019, a Sunday Times top 10 bestseller for seven weeks, a no.1 New York Times bestseller, and Amazon no.1 bestseller. The Silent Patient (2019) is a contemporary psychological thriller from author Alex Michaelides. It has been shortlisted for the Best Crime and Thriller at the 2020 British Book Awards. It has been a top 10 hit in many countries all over the world. It went straight into no.1 on the NYT bestseller list, and has remained in the top 10 for over a year. 'Sharp, clever and with a whammy that genuinely took me by surprise' - JOANNE HARRISĪlex Michaelides' debut, The Silent Patient, was subject to auctions and pre-empts in a world-record breaking number of territories, and has gone on to the be the world's bestselling debut in 2019. 'Blindsiding and brilliantly clever' - EMILY KOCH, author of IF I DIE BEFORE I WAKE Obsessed with investigating her crime, his discoveries suggest Alicia's silence goes far deeper than he first thought.Īnd if she speaks, would he want to hear the truth? Until, late one evening, Alicia shoots Gabriel five times and then never speaks another word.įorensic psychotherapist Theo Faber is convinced he can successfully treat Alicia, where all others have failed. Born in Surrey, outside of London, Theo grew up with his mother and abusive father. And I became a psychotherapist because I was fucked up (16). She can't bear the thought of worrying Gabriel, or causing him pain. The novel’s narrator, Theo introduces himself thusly: My name is Theo Faber. I love him so totally, completely, sometimes it threatens to overwhelm me.Īlicia Berenson writes a diary as a release, an outlet - and to prove to her beloved husband that everything is fine. 'Smart, sophisticated storytelling freighted with real suspense' LEE CHILD 'A totally original psychological mystery' DAVID BALDACCI
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