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The Silent Patient

The record-breaking, multimillion copy Sunday Times bestselling thriller and TikTok sensation

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The Silent Patient

Written by: Alex Michaelides
Narrated by: Jack Hawkins, Louise Brealey
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- THE RECORD-BREAKING, MULTIMILLION COPY GLOBAL BESTSELLER AND TIKTOK SENSATION -
Discover the #1 New York Times and Sunday Times bestselling thriller with a jaw-dropping twist that everyone is talking about - as seen on TikTok. Soon to be a major film.

Alicia Berenson lived a seemingly perfect life until one day six years ago.

When she shot her husband in the head five times.

Since then she hasn't spoken a single word.
It's time to find out why.

READERS LOVE THE SILENT PATIENT

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'Everything you need from a psychological thriller with a killer twist that is impossible to see coming!'

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'Fiendishly clever ... believe the hype.'

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'Grabs your afternoon from the start and never lets go'

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'A fantastic thriller with an incredible plot twist that I really didn't see coming. I highly recommend.'

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'OMG, my heart is still pounding from the final chapters of this amazing thriller.'

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'I'm honestly speechless, best book I have read for a very long time'

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'The twists when they come, wow oh wow!'

CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED

'The perfect thriller' AJ FINN
'Terrific' - THE TIMES Crime Book of the Month
'Smart, sophisticated suspense' - LEE CHILD
'Compelling' - OBSERVER
'Absolutely brilliant' - STEPHEN FRY
'A totally original psychological mystery' - DAVID BALDACCI
'One of the best thrillers I've read this year' - CARA HUNTER
'The pace and finesse of a master' - BBC CULTURE©2019 Alex Michaelides Crime Thrillers Domestic Thrillers Genre Fiction Psychological Technothrillers Thriller & Suspense
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Critic Reviews

Absolutely brilliant . . . I read it in a state of intense, breathless excitement
Masterly plotting, Hitchcockian suspense and an absolute jaw-dropper of an ending. Read this book!
Intelligent, imaginative and a terrific read
I read it in two nights and savoured every luscious word, every grim encounter, every startling twist
Smart, sophisticated suspense - a very fine novel by any standard
The perfect thriller. I quite literally couldn't put it down
A taut, meticulously plotted and compelling novel
The Silent Patient may be a first novel, but it has the pace and finesse of a master
One of the best thrillers I've read this year. Masterfully plotted and brilliantly paced by a writer at the top of his game
A superior psycho-thriller
I was kicking myself black and blue that I did not see *that* moment coming. I have never been so happily wrong-footed. A very clever book - highly recommended.
A neatly woven, intelligently written story that lifts the curtain on the complexities of trauma and the human psyche
The definition of a page turner. The twist comes as hard and fast as a slap across the face.
Genuinely chilling and with a real sucker punch of a twist
A hugely impressive debut
Comes with a killer twist
An unforgettable - and Hollywood-bound - new thriller
An excellent, slow-burning psychological thriller; sharp, clever and with a whammy that genuinely took me by surprise
Impossible to put down, with a twist that will blow your mind
One of the most hotly anticipated novels of this year
One of the best psychological thrillers I have ever read . . . with an ending that is destined to go down as one of the most shocking, mind-blowing twists in recent memory
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Rating for this book is currently too high - it's a good book, but not as good as what the current ratings would suggest.

Decent but not outstanding.

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I know I’m enjoying a book when I opt to listen every chance I get. Thoroughly enjoyed this one. The twist was awesome!

A Thrilling Weekend

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Well-written mystery. Characters are too good.. Enjoyed this one ! Narration was very good as well.

Brilliant !

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The complexity of all the characters and the twist at the end is one of best that I've come across.

The best plot twist ever!! 💛

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Enjoyed the climax, almost like a movie ending. The build up in the initial chapters takes some perseverance to go through, but worth it.

a thrilling climax for a book that starts out pretty placid

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