The Silent Patient

The Silent Patient is a psychological thriller about a woman's act of violence against her husband and the therapist determined to uncover her motive. Alicia Berenson is a famous painter married to an in-demand fashion photographer. They live in a grand London house overlooking a park. One evening, her husband Gabriel returns home late from a shoot, and Alicia shoots him five times in the face. She then refuses to speak or explain her actions. Alicia's silence transforms a domestic tragedy into a public mystery. Her art becomes highly valuable, and she is placed at the Grove, a secure forensic unit in North London, away from media attention. Theo Faber, a criminal psychotherapist, has long sought the opportunity to work with Alicia. His drive to make her talk and discover why she shot her husband leads him down a complex path that forces him to examine his own motivations—a search for truth that threatens to overwhelm him.