Picture the readers at your library who absolutely devoured Gone Girl and Girl on a Train. Librarian: This will be a good one for all your fans of psychological thrillers.
Gripping and full of suspense, this is one audiobook you won’t be able to stop listening to. The thrilling mystery of a classic murder tale, mixed with the psychological aspects of a fixated therapist, have made it a binge-worthy, unpausable listen. Now in audiobook form, it continues to captivate listeners. This debut title by screenwriter Alex Michaelides quickly became a New York Times and Sunday Times best seller in 2019. This style lends itself well to a story so full of psychological motives and questions, that listeners will feel both engaged and full of suspense, desperate to know what happens next. Narrators Jack Hawkins and Louise Brealey lend their voices to the audiobook in a steady, engaged tone that feels both narrative and informative. Writer Alex Michaelides has crafted a twisting tale of mystery and tension that makes for a captivating must-listen. This duality explores not only the mind of a killer, but the tricks, fixations and uncontrollable drive that can become an all-consuming need to find truth and meaning in everything.
Listeners will be entranced by this dark and thrilling saga that focuses not only on the murderer, but the therapist obsessed with finding the meaning behind her actions. Despite a seemingly idyllic life of success and domestic happiness, Alicia’s victim is her own husband.
What could be more intriguing than a crime without motive? A tale without words? The Silent Patient is an enthralling psychological thriller that delves into the mind of a killer, the motives behind violence, and what it takes to find them.Īfter committing a violent and seemingly random act of murder, Alicia Berenson never speaks again. His determination to get her to talk and unravel the mystery 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. Theo Faber is a criminal psychotherapist who has waited a long time for the opportunity to work with Alicia. The price of her art skyrockets, and she, the silent patient, is hidden away from the tabloids and spotlight at the Grove, a secure forensic unit in North London. 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.Īlicia’s refusal to talk, or give any kind of explanation, turns a domestic tragedy into something far grander, a mystery that captures the public imagination and casts Alicia into notoriety.
A famous painter married to an in-demand fashion photographer, she lives in a grand house with big windows overlooking a park in one of London’s most desirable areas.
The Silent Patient is a shocking psychological thriller of a woman’s act of violence against her husband - and of the therapist obsessed with uncovering her motive.Īlicia Berenson’s life is seemingly perfect. This program includes a bonus interview with the author. Instant number one New York Times best seller "The perfect binge listen." (Yahoo Lifestyle)