The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides

The Silent Patient Summary

The Silent Patient is a fiction murder novel written by Alex Michaelides where the main female protagonist, Alicia Berenson, dramatically shoots her husband, Gabriel, and refuses to talk again. She remains silent and is subsequently admitted to a locked up psychiatric hospital. A picture where a group of birds were photographed, one of the wings of which was severely injured, and this is a picture that, in succession, became her husband at the poultry farm where Alicia worked as a singer when her husband left for work…

Thus, although Theo keeps on searching for info concerning Alicia’s past and her mind, the latter can hardly be filled with happy recollections as there are many secrets and unfriendly relations in this woman’s life. A story runs through the book with elements of coping with trauma, obsession, and what it means to tell the truth, containing a final and major twist of the proverbial brother revealing the links between each character. The novel is a piece of psychological thriller that captivates the reader to the logical conclusion of the novel.