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….
Book 3 on my Theakstons pile was The Silent Patient.
A totally immersive & atmospheric psychological mystery, with a beautifully enigmatic central character.Will you hear Alicia speak?
The silence ends February 2019. If you love a character driven psychological drama with twists and turns this one will be for you.
You can order The Silent Patient (Orion) Here.
Georgia Sage has a gift: she can see evil in people. As a courtroom artist she uses her skills to help condemn those who commit terrible crimes. After all, her own brutal past means she knows innocence is even rarer than justice.
But when she is drawn back into the trial that defined her career, a case of twisted family betrayal, she realises her own reckless pursuit of justice may have helped the guilty go free.
As Georgia gets closer to the truth behind the Slater family, something happens that threatens not only her career – but even her own sanity. At first, she fears her guilt around the events of her terrible childhood is finally coming back to haunt her.
The truth turns out to be even more terrifying
TheakstonsCrime Read 4, The Secrets You Hide Kate Helm was a dream of a read.
It has a unique viewpoint in more ways than one, a hugely engaging central character & also is as twisty as you like.
Genuinely clever and highly addictive. Guilty or Not Guilty? Find out in February 2019.
You can order The Secrets You Hide (Bonnier) Here.
Happy Reading!
