Book club kit : The silent patient
(Kit)

Kit components include: The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides; 7 paperback copies (First Celadon Books paperback edition, New York, Celadon Books, 2021, 359 pages, 21 cm); 1 large print copy (Gale, a Cengage company, 2021, 481 pages, 22 cm); 1 audiobook (Macmillan Audiobooks, unabridged, ℗2019, 7 audio discs, 8 hrs. 30 min.), ;1 leader's guide (white binder, 24 cm).

Audiobook read by Louise Brealey & Jack Hawkins.

Alicia Berenson's life is seemingly perfect. Until one night, when her husband, Gabriel, returns home late form work, and Alicia shoots him five times in the face and then never speaks another word. Alicia's refusal to talk, or give any kid of explanation, turns a domestic tragedy into a mystery that captures the public imagination. And she, the silent patient, is hidden away from the tabloids at the Grove, a secure psychiatric unit in North London. Criminal psychotherapist Theo Faber is captivated by Alicia's story and jumps at the opportunity to work with her. His determination to get her to talk and unravel the mystery of why she shot her husband will take him down a path more unexpected and more terrifying than he ever imagined.