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The Silent Patient

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

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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 Thriller Fiction Crime Exciting Scary 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
All stars
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This book is a must read. If you like an intelligent crime mystery with a compulsive story, literally jaw dropping twists and turns, and thoroughly believable plot. Don't delay it's a corker!

What a journey..

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The end had crossed my mind but .......!! a tangled web that slowly unravels keeping you totally engrossed to all the way through!

Brilliant!

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Loved this intriguing story written from 2 sides, finished in 3 days, can't wait for the film!

Wow what a story!

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Had no trouble listening to the end of this book. The story is different to others I've read or watched on tv, I live a good murder mystery and the mystery was slowly slowly revealed throughout the book.
Sometimes I found the 'female' voice read within the main chapters a bit irritating, it put me in mind of a drag queen , or an older woman with twin set and pearls. Yet that is not how I saw the characters. It was otherwise well read and the characters visible within the words and the path through the tale was clear and easy to follow.
I did feel a little annoyed that the aggressive mental health patients were portrayed through the accents as rough working class. Yet the words did not necessitate this and could as easily been read as a middle class accent.
The story was believable and gripped my imagination and I was looking forward to hearing each chapter.
highly recommend this to murder mystery fans. It doesn't introduce a new character towards the end, which is a real cheat regularly used by less imaginative and lower quality writers. This book shows the imagination the faces of the characters through effective descriptions that create a character. Enough words spoken gives as the writer slowly brings the clues together allows the mind to hear the meanings. As the book progresses the meaning of the previous mysterious happenings become clear, or do they? A surprising and excellent book well worth listening or reading.

keeps the suspense right up to the final chapter

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What a beautiful tale. It took a surprising turn and I thoroughly enjoyed reading it. Will definitely look out for more books by this author.

Excellent read!

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