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Runningdawg

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1. The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides
Sun Aug 18, 2019, 12:54 PM
Aug 2019

I don't generally read mysteries, but this one caught my interest. WOW great first effort from a new author, I will be looking for his next one.

A famous artist is tried and convicted of murdering her husband but she hasn't spoken since the incident, not even in her defense and sometimes acts out violently, so she is committed to a mental institution. The story is told from the perspective of a psychotherapist who is obsessed with her art and the murder and maneuvers himself into a position at the asylum where she is being held.

A quick read, with plot twists galore and an ending you won't forget.

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