Promising to be the debut novel of the season, The Silent Patient is a shocking psychological thriller of a woman's act of violence against her husband--and of the therapist obsessed with uncovering her motive ... 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...

"Zhiznʹ Alisii Berenson kazhetsi︠a︡ idealʹnoĭ. Izvestnai︠a︡ khudozhnit︠s︡a vyshla zamuzh za vostrebovannogo modnogo fotografa. Ona zhivet v odnom iz samykh privlekatelʹnykh i dorogikh raĭonov Londona v roskoshnom dome s bolʹshimi oknami, vykhodi︠a︡shchimi v park. Odnazhdy pozdnim vecherom, kogda ee muzh Gabriėlʹ vozvrashchaetsi︠a︡ domoĭ s ocherednoĭ sʺemki, Alisii︠a︡ pi︠a︡tʹ raz streli︠a︡et emu v lit︠s︡o....