The Silent Patient is one of the world's bestsellers in the psychological thriller category
The Silent Patient by up-and-coming Cypriot author Alex Michaelides won the Goodreads Choice Awards, New York Times Bestseller for best mystery and thriller of 2019. The author's novel has sold over a million copies worldwide.
The novel focuses on a seemingly idyllic and functional marriage of a famous painter. But one day, the heroine Alicia Berenson kills her husband. Six years have passed since the terrible tragedy, during which time Alicia has remained silent. The hope for the police, who have gone nowhere in their investigation since the incident, is psychotherapist Theo Faber, who discovers that the explanation for the murder is hidden in Alice's painting.
