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Book Review of The Silent Patient

The Silent Patient
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Alicia Berenson has been convicted of killing her husband, Gabriel. Unfortunately, she has not spoken a word in her defense. She was found standing in front of her easel, bleeding from a self-inflicted wound, but nothing to say.
She is a famous painter, and Gabriel was a fashion photographer. They seemed like a perfectly happy couple and there seems to be no reason for her to have shot her husband.
She has been remanded to The Grove for the criminally insane. Psychotherapist Theo Faber has become fascinated and acquires a job at The Grove so that he can treat Alicia and learn to make her talk and defend herself.
Twisty and turny this book is.