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The Silent Patient

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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.

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

Critics Review

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

User Reviews

Book 3.9
Narration 4.3
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I found the book a page turner, though a little far fetched. I had my suspicions as to who done it, but got it completely wrong.
jackie.kimber@ntlworld.com 17/09/2025
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Great book with a superb narration.Slowly it dawned on me what was going on.There is a sub plot between talking and taking drugs as methods of therapy and self medication.
cheesepleasepeter 23/08/2024
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Cheep 10/06/2024
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Thinky84 27/02/2024
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StiffSlinky 20/02/2024
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I was a bit disappointed after reading so many favourable reviews. The book objectifies and infantilises women, which spoilt it for me. The story isn’t so bad, but it is a completely joyless listen. Depressing!
JuliaCB 22/01/2024
5.0
5.0
Kmcgillivray 10/11/2023

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