First published in English as: The Silent Patient.
Summary
"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 when she was 33, her husband Gabriel returns home late from a fashion shoot, and Alicia shoots him five times in the face, and then never speaks another word. Alicia's refusal to talk, or give any kind of explanation, turns a domestic tragedy into something far grander, a mystery that captures the public imagination and casts Alicia into notoriety. The price of her art skyrockets, and she, the silent patient, is hidden away from the tabloids and spotlight at the Grove, a secure forensic unit in North London. Theo Faber is a criminal psychotherapist who has waited a long time for the opportunity to work with Alicia. His determination to get her to talk and unravel the mystery of why she shot her husband takes him down a twisting path into his own motivations--a search for the truth that threatens to consume him...." -- edited synopsis from goodreads.com
"杀死丈夫时，艾丽西亚33岁。 她往丈夫脸上连开五枪，从此不再说一个字。她被精神诊所收容，成为臭名昭著的"沉默的病人"，唯一留给外界的，只有一副诡异的自画像。 我，心理治疗师西 奥，被她的故事所吸引，希望能通过心理 治疗，帮助她走出沉默的死局。我确信，只有她能述说真相，只有我能使她开口。 哪怕艾丽西亚的沉默背后，是远超我想象的黑暗深渊，正引诱我步步深入，直到万劫不复... 当她真的开始述说真相，我又真的有胆量倾听吗？" -- Back cover
