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The Silent Patient

Alicia Berenson’s life is seemingly perfect. She is a famous painter and her husband, Gabriel, an in-demand fashion photographer. Until one evening, when Gabriel returns home late from work and Alicia shoots him five times in the face and then never speaks another word. #1 New York Times bestseller

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Published May 4, 2021

368 pages

Average rating: 7.82

4,756 RATINGS

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Community Reviews

Suzemart
Nov 05, 2023
6/10 stars
3.5
Shelly81
Oct 20, 2023
10/10 stars
Wow! I didn’t see that coming
Daniellelise
Oct 18, 2023
8/10 stars
I liked the layout of this book. Took me awhile to get into it. Had elements of psychology and characters that “could” have been the murderer. Overall, had a twisted ending. Didn’t love how the book ended - kind of was left open and unfinished.
MED
Mar 16, 2022
9/10 stars
I loved this book! A well done thriller.
dortizhoffman
Nov 13, 2023
Alicia Berenson ruthlessly murders her husband and falls completely silent. At the Grove, a psychiatric facility, psychotherapist Theo Faber makes it his mission to get Alicia talking and unveiling the events of her crime. Through a series of conversations, art therapy sessions, and diary entries details of Alicia's troubled past and ill-fated future come to light.

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