TY  - BOOK
AU  - Michaelides,Alex
TI  - The silent patient
SN  - 9781409181620
PY  - 2019///
CY  - London
PB  - Orion Books
KW  - Family violence
KW  - Fiction
KW  - Marriage
KW  - Artists
KW  - Selective mutism
KW  - Psychotherapist and patient
KW  - London (England)
KW  - Suspense fiction
N2  - Alicia Berenson writes a diary as a release, an outlet - and to prove to her beloved husband that everything is fine. She can't bear the thought of worrying Gabriel, or causing him pain. Until, late one evening, Alicia shoots Gabriel five times and then never speaks another word. Forensic psychotherapist Theo Faber is convinced he can successfully treat Alicia, where all others have failed. Obsessed with investigating her crime, his discoveries suggest Alicia's silence goes far deeper than he first thought. And if she speaks, would he want to hear the truth? The Silent Patient is a heart-stopping debut thriller about a woman's brutal and random act of violence against her husband - and the man obsessed with discovering why
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