Read a psychological thriller – The Silent Patient, by newbie author Alex Michaelides. It was good to get the luxury of reading a fiction novel, at one go, after eons!
The book is primarily about a murder of an eminent photographer, but the murderer is already known – his wife, who is a talented painter. But post the tragedy, she becomes completely silent and is deemed to be under acute psychological distress. She gets off on ‘diminished responsibility’ and is relegated to the care of “The Grove” a forensic psychiatric facility.
The protagonist – Theo Faber, is a psychologist genuinely interested in the case and wants to help the defendant. The pace of the novel is good, the characters have been etched well and the climax is certainly unexpected. Like a true Agatha Christie novel, the clues have all been there, but we missed connecting the dots :-)
A good read overall, will definitely recommend.
The book is primarily about a murder of an eminent photographer, but the murderer is already known – his wife, who is a talented painter. But post the tragedy, she becomes completely silent and is deemed to be under acute psychological distress. She gets off on ‘diminished responsibility’ and is relegated to the care of “The Grove” a forensic psychiatric facility.
The protagonist – Theo Faber, is a psychologist genuinely interested in the case and wants to help the defendant. The pace of the novel is good, the characters have been etched well and the climax is certainly unexpected. Like a true Agatha Christie novel, the clues have all been there, but we missed connecting the dots :-)
A good read overall, will definitely recommend.
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