Release date - 5th February 2019
Book length - 352 pages Publisher - Orion Worldwide - www.bookdepository.com Amazon UK - www.amazon.co.uk Amazon US - www.amazon.com I want to thank Tracy from www.compulsivereaders.com for the opportunity to take part in this blog tour and for providing me with a copy of this book for review. ABOUT THIS BOOK Only she knows what happened. Only I can make her speak. I love him so totally, completely, sometimes it threatens to overwhelm me. Sometimes I think- No. I won't write about that. ALICIA Alicia Berenson writes a diary as a release, an outlet - and to prove to her beloved husband that everything is fine. She can't bear the thought of worrying Gabriel, or causing him pain. Until, late one evening, Alicia shoots Gabriel five times and then never speaks another word. THEO Forensic psychotherapist Theo Faber is convinced he can successfully treat Alicia, where all others have failed. Obsessed with investigating her crime, his discoveries suggest Alicia's silence goes far deeper than he first thought. And if she speaks, would he want to hear the truth? MY REVIEW After finishing THE SILENT PATIENT by Alex Michaelides I completely understand why it is on everyone's lips because this is a haunting, hypnotic, and devastating story of hurt and betrayal. When forensic psychotherapist begins his new job at The Grove he is determined to break down the walls that Alicia Berenson has built around herself ever since she was found guilty of her husband's murder. She hasn't spoken a word but Theo knows that he can get through to her if she will let him, for Theo's abusive past is the reason he became a psychotherapist and he feels a connection with Alicia who he is convinced is still there, hiding beneath the medication. What drives someone to kill the person they love? As Theo digs deeper and deeper into the case, he starts to question Alicia's guilt at all but when the truth finally becomes clear, it will be unlike anything you could believe. The characters draw you in slowly and gently and soon you find yourself completely consumed with this story and desperate to find the truth. Alicia is fascinating and I found my opinion of her changing throughout as I doubted myself and what I thought was happening. The author has a way of drawing a curtain of tension around the reader as they read and I found the hair on the back of my neck rising at times and glancing out of the window to check for the stranger on the street, which is a powerful talent that Alex Michaelides has. THE SILENT PATIENT by Alex Michaelides is perfect for psychological thriller fans and I would love to see it on our tv screen someday, and I'm certain it will be on every 'best books of 2019' list at the end of the year. AUTHOR BIO Born in Cyprus to a Greek-Cypriot father and English mother, I studied English literature at Cambridge University and got my MA in screenwriting at the American Film Institute in Los Angeles. I wrote the film The Devil You Know (2013) starring Rosamund Pike and co-wrote The Con is On (2018), starring Uma Thurman, Tim Roth, Parker Posey and Sofia Vergara. THE SILENT PATIENT is my first novel. For more information: Twitter - twitter.com/AlexMichaelides Instagram - www.instagram.com/alex.michaelides/ DON'T FORGET TO CHECK OUT ALL OF THE OTHER STOPS ALONG THE WAY!!!!
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