The ending is nothing you’d expect full of unexpected twists and turns. These are some of the questions that psychotherapist Theo Faber must figure out. So why now? And why won’t she talk about it? They lived in one of London’s most desirable neighbourhoods. What was Alicia’s motivation for shooting her husband in the face so many times? Why commit such a brutal murder when she seemed to have everything going for her? After all, she loved her husband and he loved her. Prior to the murder, Alicia had her own successful career as a painter but her art didn’t become worldly famous until after her husband died. The main protagonist is Alicia Berenson, the woman accused of murdering her husband Gabriel, an established fashion photographer, then immediately fell silent. One is Theo Faber, a psychiatrist with a dark past of his own, who wants to “help people” he says, but really, he’s looking to help himself.

The Silent Patient offers two alternative perspectives. Since then, the book has been a NYT best seller for many, many weeks, and according to Goodreads, “ the biggest-selling debut in the world in 2019.” 96 Agatha Christie Suspense Meets Silent Female Killersĭid Alicia Berenson really kill her husband, especially when they seemed to have such a perfect life? That’s the question that pervades throughout Alex Michaelides’ debut novel The Silent Patient, which came out in February 2019.

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