Pre-release Review of 'The Silent Patient' by Alex Michaelides

Publication Date: 5 Feb 19

One of the most wonderfully twisted mysteries I've read this year. Alicia a gifted artist, is convicted to a sanitarium after her husband is found tied in their home, shot numerous times in the face, she herself dripping in blood and holding a knife. There are some who might support her but as she has spoken not a single word after the event, the outcome is inevitable. Every psychologist and psychiatrist at The Grove has attempted to elicit a response from Alicia with no luck. Until Dr. Theodore Faber joins the team and makes no bones about his desire to try to work with her. After a physical attack toward him, he re-news his efforts. Time seems to bring no breakthrough until he is given the journal that decribes all of her fears in detail. The journal reveals a mysterious man who has lurked in the shadows of her home and whom she has tried to talk to her husband about, but Gabriel does not take her concerns as more than her imagination playing tricks on her. Theo's interest is far more than altruistic however and the ending is perfect justice.