{"product_id":"the-silent-patient","title":"The Silent Patient","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"The perfect binge listen.\"  Yahoo Lifestyle  Instant #1 New York Times bestseller.  This program includes a bonus interview with the author.  The Silent Patient is a shocking psychological thriller of a womans act of violence against her husbandand of the therapist obsessed with uncovering her motive.  Alicia Berensons 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 Londons 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.  Alicias 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 motivationsa search for the truth that threatens to consume him....  More praise for The Silent Patient:  Absolutely brilliant I read it in a state of intense  breathless excitement.  Stephen Fry  Smart  sophisticated storytelling freighted with real suspense - a very fine novel by any standard.  Lee Child  The Silent Patient sneaks up on you like a slash of intimidating shadow on a badly lit street. Michaelides has crafted a totally original  spellbinding psychological mystery so quirky  so unique that it should have its own genre.  David Baldacci\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44986295386165,"sku":"ByrdShop_1250317541","price":54.48,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9781250317544.jpg?v=1770894976","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-silent-patient","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}