The Silent Patient

Alicia Berenson's life seems perfect. The renowned artist is married to a sought-after fashion photographer. She lives in one of the most attractive and expensive areas of London in a luxurious house with large windows overlooking the park. One late evening, as her husband Gabriel returns home from yet another shoot, Alicia shoots him five times in the face. And since then, she hasn’t spoken a word. Alicia's refusal to speak or offer any explanation stirs public imagination. The mystery makes the artist famous. And while she is undergoing compulsory treatment, the price of her latest work – a self-portrait with the only inscription in Greek "Alcestis" – is rapidly rising. Theo Faber is a criminal psychotherapist. He has long awaited the chance to work with Alicia, to make her speak. But what lies behind his obsession with the insane husband killer, and where will all these psychological experiments lead? Perhaps to a truth that threatens to engulf him as well...