WITH OVER A MILLION COPIES SOLD, read the Sunday Times and No.1 New York Times bestselling, record-breaking 2019 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 2019 - perfect for fans of THE WOMAN IN THE WINDOW by A.J. Finn and THE GIRL BEFORE by JP Delaney.
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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 *
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Höhe: 238 mm
Breite: 154 mm
Dicke: 34 mm
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978-1-4091-8161-3 (9781409181613)
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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.
