| The Silent Patient Contributor(s): Michaelides, Alex (Author), Hawkins, Jack (Read by), Brealey, Louise (Read by) |
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ISBN: 1250317541 ISBN-13: 9781250317544 Publisher: MacMillan Audio OUR PRICE: $35.99 Product Type: Compact Disc - Other Formats Published: February 2019 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Thrillers - Psychological - Fiction | Thrillers - Suspense |
| Dewey: 823.92 |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 5.1" W x 5.9" (0.40 lbs) |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The perfect binge listen. -- Yahoo Lifestyle Instant #1 New York Times bestseller.This program includes a bonus interview with the author. The Silent Patient is a shocking psychological thriller of 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. The price of her art skyrockets, and she, the silent patient, is hidden away from the tabloids and spotlight at the Grove, a secure forensic unit in North London. Theo Faber is a criminal psychotherapist who has waited a long time for the opportunity to work with Alicia. His determination to get her to talk and unravel the mystery of why she shot her husband takes him down a twisting path into his own motivations--a search for the truth that threatens to consume him.... More praise for The Silent Patient: "Absolutely brilliant... I read it in a state of intense, breathless excitement." -- Stephen Fry "Smart, sophisticated storytelling freighted with real suspense - a very fine novel by any standard." -- Lee Child "The Silent Patient sneaks up on you like a slash of intimidating shadow on a badly lit street. Michaelides has crafted a totally original, spellbinding psychological mystery so quirky, so unique that it should have its own genre." -- David Baldacci |
Contributor Bio(s): Hawkins, Jack: - Jack Hawkins has narrated the Dinty Moore's Accidental Buddhist as well as Tom Perrotta's The Wishbones, both published by Macmillan Audio. Of Jack's reading of Accidental Buddhist, AudioFile magazine has said, "Jack Hawkins's vibrant, expressive, youthful voice admirably delivers the author's text and keeps the listener interested...[he] adds an inviting personality of his own." Michaelides, Alex: - Alex Michaelides was born in Cyprus in 1977 to a Greek father and English mother. He studied English literature at Cambridge University and got his MA in screenwriting at the American Film Institute in Los Angeles. He wrote the film The Devil You Know (2013) starring Rosamund Pike and co-wrote The Brits are Coming (2018), starring Uma Thurman, Tim Roth, Parker Posey and Sofia Vergara. THE SILENT PATIENT is his first novel. |