El thriller perfecto (segun A.J. Finn, autor de La mujer en la ventana) que esta conmocionando a treinta y siete paises y cuyos derechos han sido comprados para una adaptacion cinematografica producida por Brad Pitt.

SOLO ELLA SABE LO QUE SUCEDIO.

SOLO YO PUEDO HACERLA HABLAR.

Alicia Berenson, una pintora de exito, dispara cinco tiros en la cabeza de su marido, y no vuelve a hablar nunca mas. Su negativa a emitir palabra alguna convierte una tragedia domestica en un misterio que atrapa la imaginacion de toda Inglaterra.

Theo Faber, un ambicioso psicoterapeuta forense obsesionado con el caso, esta empenado en desentranar el misterio de lo que ocurrio aquella noche fatal y consigue una plaza en The Grove, la unidad de seguridad en el norte de Londres a la que Alicia fue enviada hace seis anos y en la que sigue obstinada en su silencio. Pronto descubre que el mutismo de la paciente esta mucho mas enraizado de lo que pensaba. Pero, si al final hablara, ?estaria dispuesto a escuchar la verdad?

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On the list of the Best 2019 Mystery / Thrillers Books of Publishers Weekly

The instant #1 New York Times bestseller

An unforgettable and Hollywood-bound new thriller… A mix of Hitchcockian suspense, Agatha Christie plotting, and Greek tragedy. . Entertainment Weekly

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.

Alicia Berenson’s life is seemingly perfect. 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. 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 tragedy into something far grander, a mystery that captures the public imagination and casts Alicia into notoriety. 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.

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 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….