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The Silent Patient

By: Alex Michaelides
Narrated by: Louise Brealey, Jack Hawkins
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- 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.


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

©2019 Alex Michaelides (P)2019 Orion Publishing Group Amateur Sleuths Crime Thrillers Domestic Thrillers Mystery Psychological Technothrillers Thriller & Suspense Thriller Fiction Crime Exciting Scary Suspense
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This book is a must read. If you like an intelligent crime mystery with a compulsive story, literally jaw dropping twists and turns, and thoroughly believable plot. Don't delay it's a corker!

What a journey..

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The end had crossed my mind but .......!! a tangled web that slowly unravels keeping you totally engrossed to all the way through!

Brilliant!

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Loved this intriguing story written from 2 sides, finished in 3 days, can't wait for the film!

Wow what a story!

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This book got my attention quite quickly and kept it to the very end. I loved the twists and big questions it gave me along the way. I only half figured it out in the last few chapters.

This was a very enjoyable listen and I stayed up way too late finishing it last night!

Great enjoyable listen, good twists

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Had no trouble listening to the end of this book. The story is different to others I've read or watched on tv, I live a good murder mystery and the mystery was slowly slowly revealed throughout the book.
Sometimes I found the 'female' voice read within the main chapters a bit irritating, it put me in mind of a drag queen , or an older woman with twin set and pearls. Yet that is not how I saw the characters. It was otherwise well read and the characters visible within the words and the path through the tale was clear and easy to follow.
I did feel a little annoyed that the aggressive mental health patients were portrayed through the accents as rough working class. Yet the words did not necessitate this and could as easily been read as a middle class accent.
The story was believable and gripped my imagination and I was looking forward to hearing each chapter.
highly recommend this to murder mystery fans. It doesn't introduce a new character towards the end, which is a real cheat regularly used by less imaginative and lower quality writers. This book shows the imagination the faces of the characters through effective descriptions that create a character. Enough words spoken gives as the writer slowly brings the clues together allows the mind to hear the meanings. As the book progresses the meaning of the previous mysterious happenings become clear, or do they? A surprising and excellent book well worth listening or reading.

keeps the suspense right up to the final chapter

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