La paciente silenciosa / The Silent Patient (Spanish Edition)

ISBN: 8420435503

Author: Michaelides, Alex

Condition: New

El libro que ha inspirado una adaptacin prximamente en cinesEl thriller perfecto (segn A.J. Finn, autor de La mujer en la ventana) que est conmocionando a treinta y siete pases y cuyos derechos han sido comprados para una adaptacin cinematogrfica producida por Brad Pitt.SOLO ELLA SABE LO QUE SUCEDI.SOLO YO PUEDO HACERLA HABLAR.Alicia Berenson, una pintora de xito, dispara cinco tiros en la cabeza de su marido, y no vuelve a hablar nunca ms. Su negativa a emitir palabra alguna convierte una tragedia domstica en un misterio que atrapa la imaginacin de toda Inglaterra.Theo Faber, un ambicioso psicoterapeuta forense obsesionado con el caso, est empeado en desentraar el misterio de lo que ocurri aquella noche fatal y consigue una plaza en The Grove, la unidad de seguridad en el norte de Londres a la que Alicia fue enviada hace seis aos y en la que sigue obstinada en su silencio. Pronto descubre que el mutismo de la paciente est mucho ms enraizado de lo que pensaba. Pero, si al final hablara, estara dispuesto a escuchar la verdad?ENGLISH DESCRIPTIONThe book that inspired the upcoming adapted filmOn the list of the Best 2019 Mystery / Thrillers Books of Publishers WeeklyThe instant #1 New York Times bestseller"An unforgettable-and Hollywood-bound-new thriller... A mix of Hitchcockian suspense, Agatha Christie plotting, and Greek tragedy.". -Entertainment WeeklyThe Silent Patient is a shocking psychological thriller of a womans act of violence against her husband-and of the therapist obsessed with uncovering her motive.Alicia Berensons 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 Londons most desirable areas. One evening 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.Alicias 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....