**THE INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER**

"An unforgettable—and Hollywood-bound—new thriller... A mix of Hitchcockian suspense, Agatha Christie plotting, and Greek tragedy."
—Entertainment Weekly

The Silent Patient is a shocking psychological thriller of a woman’s act of violence against her husband—and of the therapist obsessed with uncovering her motive.

Alicia Berenson’s 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 London’s 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.

Alicia’s 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 motivations—a search for the truth that threatens to consume him....

PREMIO DE LOS LECTORES DE GOODREADS, ESTA NOVELA YA HA CONMOCIONADO A DOS MILLONES Y MEDIO DE LECTORES EN MÁS DE 40 PAÍSES Y SEDUJO A BRAD PITT, QUIEN LA LLEVARÁ AL CINE

«El thriller perfecto» (A.J. Finn, autor de La mujer en la ventana)

SOLO ELLA SABE LO QUE SUCEDIÓ.
SOLO YO PUEDO HACERLA HABLAR.

Alicia Berenson, una pintora de éxito, dispara cinco tiros en la cabeza de su marido, y no vuelve a hablar nunca más. Su negativa a emitir palabra alguna convierte una tragedia doméstica en un misterio que atrapa la imaginación de toda Inglaterra.

Theo Faber, un ambicioso psicoterapeuta forense obsesionado con el caso, está empeñado en desentrañar el misterio de lo que ocurrió aquella noche fatal y consigue una plaza en The Grove, la unidad de seguridad en el norte de Londres a la que Alicia fue enviada hace seis años y en la que sigue obstinada en su silencio. Pronto descubre que el mutismo de la paciente está mucho más enraizado de lo que pensaba. Pero, si al final hablara, ¿estaría dispuesto a escuchar la verdad?

La crítica ha dicho...
«El thriller psicológico más aclamado del año.»
David Castillo, El Punt Avui

«Una mezcla de suspense hitchcockiano, misterio de Agatha Christie y tragedia griega.»
Zenda

«Un impresionante thriller literario con un final digno de un clásico.»
The Wall Street Journal

«El thriller perfecto. Esta extraordinaria novela hizo que me hirviera la sangre, literalmente no pude dejar de leerla. Me sumergí en la lectura y, once horas después, a las 5:47 h de la madrugada, lo terminé absolutamente deslumbrado.»
A.J. Finn (autor de La mujer en la ventana)

«Un thriller inolvidable. Una mezcla de suspense hitchcockiano, complot de Agatha Christie y tragedia griega.»
Entertainment Weekly

«Absolutamente brillante.»
Stephen Fry

«Magnífico. Este thriller psicológico intrigante y finamente hilado coloca a Michaelides entre los mejores escritores del género.»
Publisher's Weekly

«Inteligente, imaginativo, excelente.»
The Times (Mejor Libro del Mes)

«Un debut con el ritmo y la agudeza de un verdadero maestro.»
BBC Culture

«Una novela tensa, meticulosamente trazada y convincente.»
The Observer

«Oscuroa, tensa y de lectura compulsiva.»
Library Journal

«Imposible dejar de leerlo, escalofriante e intenso, con un toque que hará que incluso el lector de suspense más experimentado se ponga a sudar frío.»
Booklist

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Silent Patient comes a spellbinding tale of psychological suspense, weaving together Greek mythology, murder, and obsession, that further cements “Michaelides as a major player in the field” (Publishers Weekly).

Edward Fosca is a murderer. Of this Mariana is certain. But Fosca is untouchable. A handsome and charismatic Greek tragedy professor at Cambridge University, Fosca is adored by staff and students alike—particularly by the members of a secret society of female students known as The Maidens.

Mariana Andros is a brilliant but troubled group therapist who becomes fixated on The Maidens when one member, a friend of Mariana’s niece Zoe, is found murdered in Cambridge.

Mariana, who was once herself a student at the university, quickly suspects that behind the idyllic beauty of the spires and turrets, and beneath the ancient traditions, lies something sinister. And she becomes convinced that, despite his alibi, Edward Fosca is guilty of the murder. But why would the professor target one of his students? And why does he keep returning to the rites of Persephone, the maiden, and her journey to the underworld?

When another body is found, Mariana’s obsession with proving Fosca’s guilt spirals out of control, threatening to destroy her credibility as well as her closest relationships. But Mariana is determined to stop this killer, even if it costs her everything—including her own life.