The Silent Patient
The Silent Patient
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With film rights snapped up by an Oscar winning Hollywood production company, rights sold in a world record 43 territories, and rave blurbs from David Baldacci, Lee Child and A.J. Finn, The Silent Patient promises to be the debut thriller of 2019.
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The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides
WITH OVER A MILLION COPIES SOLD, read the Sunday Times and No.1 New York Timesbestselling, record-breaking thriller that everyone is talking about - soon to be a major film. '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 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. THE SILENT PATIENT is the gripping must-read debut thriller of 2020 - perfect for fans of THE WOMAN IN THE WINDOW by A.J. Finn and THE GIRL BEFORE by JP Delaney.
Absolutely brilliant. . I read it in a state of intense, breathless excitement * STEPHEN FRY *
Masterly plotting, Hitchcockian suspense and an absolute jaw-dropper of an ending. Read this book! * LUCY FOLEY, bestselling author of THE HUNTING PARTY *
Intelligent, imaginative and a terrific read * THE TIMES - Crime Book of the Month *
I read it in two nights and savoured every luscious word, every grim encounter, every startling twist * DAVID BALDACCI *
Smart, sophisticated suspense - a very fine novel by any standard * LEE CHILD *
The perfect thriller. I quite literally couldn't put it down * A. J. Finn, bestselling author of THE WOMAN IN THE WINDOW *
A taut, meticulously plotted and compelling novel * THE OBSERVER *
The Silent Patient may be a first novel, but it has the pace and finesse of a master * BBC CULTURE *
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, Sunday Times bestselling author of CLOSE TO HOME *
A superior psycho-thriller * THE TIMES *
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, Sunday Times bestselling author of THE CHALK MAN *
A neatly woven, intelligently written story that lifts the curtain on the complexities of trauma and the human psyche * ALI LAND, Sunday Times bestselling author of GOOD ME, BAD ME *
The definition of a page turner. The twist comes as hard and fast as a slap across the face. * JOHN MARRS, bestselling author of THE GOOD SAMARITAN *
Genuinely chilling and with a real sucker punch of a twist * SHARON BOLTON, Sunday Times bestselling author of THE CRAFTSMAN *
A hugely impressive debut * STEVE CAVANAGH, bestselling author of THIRTEEN *
Comes with a killer twist * SUNDAY TIMES Crime Club *
An unforgettable - and Hollywood-bound - new thriller * ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY *
An excellent, slow-burning psychological thriller; sharp, clever and with a whammy that genuinely took me by surprise * JOANNE HARRIS *
Impossible to put down, with a twist that will blow your mind * MARK EDWARDS, bestselling author of THE MAGPIES *
One of the most hotly anticipated novels of this year * DAILY EXPRESS *
One of the best psychological thrillers I have ever read . . . with an ending that is destined to go down as one of the most shocking, mind-blowing twists in recent memory * BLAKE CROUCH, author of DARK MATTER *
Masterly plotting, Hitchcockian suspense and an absolute jaw-dropper of an ending. Read this book! * LUCY FOLEY, bestselling author of THE HUNTING PARTY *
Intelligent, imaginative and a terrific read * THE TIMES - Crime Book of the Month *
I read it in two nights and savoured every luscious word, every grim encounter, every startling twist * DAVID BALDACCI *
Smart, sophisticated suspense - a very fine novel by any standard * LEE CHILD *
The perfect thriller. I quite literally couldn't put it down * A. J. Finn, bestselling author of THE WOMAN IN THE WINDOW *
A taut, meticulously plotted and compelling novel * THE OBSERVER *
The Silent Patient may be a first novel, but it has the pace and finesse of a master * BBC CULTURE *
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, Sunday Times bestselling author of CLOSE TO HOME *
A superior psycho-thriller * THE TIMES *
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, Sunday Times bestselling author of THE CHALK MAN *
A neatly woven, intelligently written story that lifts the curtain on the complexities of trauma and the human psyche * ALI LAND, Sunday Times bestselling author of GOOD ME, BAD ME *
The definition of a page turner. The twist comes as hard and fast as a slap across the face. * JOHN MARRS, bestselling author of THE GOOD SAMARITAN *
Genuinely chilling and with a real sucker punch of a twist * SHARON BOLTON, Sunday Times bestselling author of THE CRAFTSMAN *
A hugely impressive debut * STEVE CAVANAGH, bestselling author of THIRTEEN *
Comes with a killer twist * SUNDAY TIMES Crime Club *
An unforgettable - and Hollywood-bound - new thriller * ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY *
An excellent, slow-burning psychological thriller; sharp, clever and with a whammy that genuinely took me by surprise * JOANNE HARRIS *
Impossible to put down, with a twist that will blow your mind * MARK EDWARDS, bestselling author of THE MAGPIES *
One of the most hotly anticipated novels of this year * DAILY EXPRESS *
One of the best psychological thrillers I have ever read . . . with an ending that is destined to go down as one of the most shocking, mind-blowing twists in recent memory * BLAKE CROUCH, author of DARK MATTER *
Alex Michaelides was born in Cyprus to a Greek-Cypriot father and English mother. He read English at Cambridge University and received a MA in screenwriting from the American Film Institute. He wrote the film Devil You Know, starring Rosamund Pike, and co-wrote The Con is On, starring Uma Thurman and Tim Roth. The Silent Patient, his first novel, is a Sunday Times, New York Times, Australian and Irish bestseller.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9781409181620 |
| ISBN 10 | 1409181626 |
| Title | The Silent Patient |
| Author | Alex Michaelides |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Orion Publishing Co |
| Year published | 2019-02-07 |
| Number of pages | 352 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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