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SUMMARY:Book Discussion: "The Silent Patient" by Alex Michaelides
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DESCRIPTION:A shocking psychological thriller set in an upscale London nei
 ghborhood. Considered â€œthe perfect coupleâ€\, Alicia Berenson\,
  a painter\, and her husband\, Gabriel\, an in-demand photographer\, were 
 successful in their respective fields. \nOne evening after Gabriel returns
  home late from a photo shoot\, Alicia shoots him five times\, and never s
 peaks another word. Letâ€™s discuss the back storyâ€¦..\nhttps://
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X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p>"'That rarest of beasts: the perfect thril
 ler. This extraordinary novel set my blood fizzing?I quite literally could
 n't put it down. I told myself I'd just dip in\; eleven hours later?it's n
 ow 5:47 a.m.?I've finished it\, absolutely dazzled."?A. J. Finn\, #1 New Y
 ork Times bestselling author of The Woman in the Window "A totally origina
 l\, spellbinding psychological mystery so quirky\, so unique that it shoul
 d have its own genre."?David Baldacci "Smart\, sophisticated storytelling 
 freighted with real suspense - a very fine novel by any standard."?Lee Chi
 ld Promising to be the debut novel of the season The Silent Patient is a s
 hocking psychological thriller of a woman's act of violence against her hu
 sband?and of the therapist obsessed with uncovering her motive ... Alicia 
 Berenson's life is seemingly perfect. A famous painter married to an in-de
 mand fashion photographer\, she lives in a grand house with big windows ov
 erlooking a park in one of London's most desirable areas. One evening her 
 husband Gabriel returns home late from a fashion shoot\, and Alicia shoots
  him five times in the face\, and then never speaks another word. Alicia's
  refusal to talk\, or give any kind of explanation\, turns a domestic trag
 edy into something far grander\, a mystery that captures the public imagin
 ation and casts Alicia into notoriety. The price of her art skyrockets\, a
 nd she\, the silent patient\, is hidden away from the tabloids and spotlig
 ht at the Grove\, a secure forensic unit in North London. Theo Faber is a 
 criminal psychotherapist who has waited a long time for the opportunity to
  work with Alicia. His determination to get her to talk and unravel the my
 stery of why she shot her husband takes him down a twisting path into his 
 own motivations?a search for the truth that threatens to consume him ... "
 </p>\n<p>&mdash\;From Catalog.</p>\n<hr />\n<p>Borrow the book from PGCMLS
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