The Silent Patient

The record-breaking, multimillion copy Sunday Times bestselling thriller and TikTok sensation

Alex Michaelides author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Orion Publishing Co

Published:12th Dec '19

£9.99

Available for immediate dispatch.

The Silent Patient cover

- THE RECORD-BREAKING, MULTIMILLION COPY GLOBAL BESTSELLER AND TIKTOK SENSATION -
Discover the #1 New York Times and Sunday Times bestselling thriller with a jaw-dropping twist that everyone is talking about - as seen on TikTok. Soon to be a major film.

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.

READERS LOVE THE SILENT PATIENT

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'Everything you need from a psychological thriller with a killer twist that is impossible to see coming!'

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'Fiendishly clever ... believe the hype.'

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'Grabs your afternoon from the start and never lets go'

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'A fantastic thriller with an incredible plot twist that I really didn't see coming. I highly recommend.'

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'OMG, my heart is still pounding from the final chapters of this amazing thriller.'

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'I'm honestly speechless, best book I have read for a very long time'

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'The twists when they come, wow oh wow!'

CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED

'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

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 *
One of the best psychological thrillers I have ever read . . . with an ending that is destined to go down as one of the most shocking, mind-blowing twists in recent memory * BLAKE CROUCH, author of DARK MATTER *

ISBN: 9781409181637

Dimensions: 196mm x 128mm x 24mm

Weight: 240g

352 pages