The Silent Patient(Paperback)

Alicia Berenson shoots her husband and then stops speaking altogether, and that silence becomes the case a psychotherapist stakes his whole career on cracking. Alex Michaelides structures the novel around Theo Faber's attempt to reach a patient who will not answer him, cutting Alicia's own diary entries in beside his account. The setting is a secure psychiatric unit in London, and much of the pace comes from the reader knowing more than either narrator at different points. Orion publishes this paperback edition, and the story is best approached without reading plot summaries first, since the construction depends entirely on what is withheld and for how long. Handle with care: • A dual narrative splitting between therapist and diary • A secure psychiatric unit as the principal setting • A plot built on withheld information rather than on chases • The Orion paperback edition of a widely read debut thriller For readers of psychological suspense and book clubs wanting something to argue about, published by Orion and available at Boipoka.