Each of these characters has a significant part to play. At the centre, like a spider in a web is the silent brooding figure of Alicia, casting an ominous spell all around. Outside the nursing home the significant dramatis personae include Theo’s wife Kathy, Gabriel’s brother Max, and Alicia’s agent, Jean Felix. There is Dr Diomedes, the director the mysterious, dubious, Dr West Dr Indira Yuri the attendant among others and many inmates, in various degrees of mental illness. Helping /hindering Theo, in the main, are the staff/inmates of The Grove, the highend nursing home where Alicia is a patient and Theo a doctor.
Now, what is the connection between an ancient Greek heroine and a modern-day artist? This is what Theo has to find out. Alcestis is the tragic Greek heroine, who after a traumatic event, remains silent for the rest of her life. The only clue to the mystery is her painting after she has killed herhusband signed ALCESTIS.
Unlike other thriller novels, Alex has decided to go with a psychotherapist instead. Alicia, a devoted wife shoots her husband Gabriel dead without any rhyme or reason and refuses to talk from then on. Answer (1 of 8): Its one of the good thriller novels if not the best.The book is about a psychotherapist (Theo) dealing with a patient (Alicia) who refuses to speak after being convicted of her husbands murder. Many other characters are present, and all of them have a role to play. ‘I have been asked to review a detective novel my most favourite reading nowadays!’ And what a novel at that! The first book published by the author, it tells a gripping story in the manner of …no, no spoiler alert! The Silent Patient is the story of Theo Faber, a forensic psychotherapist, and Alicia Berenson, a gifted artist. Have I died and gone to Heaven,’ I wondered.
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