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Author: Alex Michaelides.                     Release date: February 5, 2019                Genre: Thriller, Mystery, Psychological thriller.                              Page count: 336.                                           Reading time: 2-3 days.                             My rate: 5/5 🌸

Overview

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….

A mix of Hitchcockian suspense, Agatha Christie plotting, and Greek tragedy.

Entertainment Weekly

My review

What can I say anymore than the Entertainment Weekly about this beautiful book. It is a thriller that can compete with Run Away by Harlan Coben. I loved the book since I found it on a sunny day when I entered WHSmith in Dunfermline, Scotland. As you may find out by now, I love a good thriller and this book is perfect. His writing style unlocks an entire movie inside your mind while you read it.

If you are like me, I highly recommend you to read this novel.

That was my review.

Peace out 🌠