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The Silent Patient

(2019)
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Awards
2020 Barry Award for Best First Novel (nominee)
2020 British Book Award for Crime and Thriller Book of the Year (shortlist)
2020 International Thriller Writers Award for Best First Novel (nominee)
2020 Nielsen Bestseller Award for Fiction - Gold

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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.



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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


Genre: Mystery

Praise for this book

"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. I read it in two nights and savored every luscious word, every grim encounter, every startling twist. The pages will burn with the friction from your hands turning them." - David Baldacci

"Genuinely chilling and with a real sucker punch of a twist." - Sharon Bolton

"Smart, sophisticated suspense - a very fine novel by any standard." - Lee Child

"Alex Michaelides has written one of the best psychological thrillers I have ever read. The Silent Patient is a swarming, paranoid nightmare of a novel with an ending that is destined to go down as one of the most shocking, mind-blowing twists in recent memory." - Blake Crouch

"The perfect thriller. This extraordinary novel set my blood fizzing - I quite literally couldn't put it down. I told myself I'd just dip in; eleven hours later - it's now 5.47 AM - I've finished it, absolutely dazzled." - A J Finn

"Absolutely brilliant . . . I read it in a state of intense, breathless excitement and never saw the ending coming. Not for a second!" - Stephen Fry

"An excellent, slow-burning psychological thriller; sharp, clever and with a whammy that genuinely took me by surprise (it takes a lot to do this). Kudos to the author. More, please." - Joanne Harris

"One of the best thrillers I've read this year. Masterfully plotted and brilliantly paced by a writer at the top of his game." - Cara Hunter

"The definition of a page turner. The twist comes as hard and fast as a slap across the face." - John Marrs

"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." - C J Tudor


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