Bezmolvnyi patsient - Aleks Mikhaelides

"The most unexpected and stunning finale in recent times"
- Blake Crouch
"Smart, complex and tense narrative"
- Lee Child
"This poignant and clever novel has literally struck me - and I assure you, it is very difficult to do. Thanks to the author. Special thanks..."
- Joanne Harris, author of "Chocolate"
Alicia Berenson's life seems perfect. The famous artist married a sought-after fashion photographer. She lives in one of London's most attractive and expensive neighbourhoods in a luxurious home with large windows overlooking the park. Late in the evening, when her husband Gabriel returns home with another shooting, Alicia shoots him five times in the face. And he hasn't said a word since.
Alicia's refusal to speak or give any explanation excites the public imagination. Mystery makes the artist famous. And while she herself is under forced treatment, the price of her latest work - a self-portrait with the only Greek inscription "ALKESTA" - is soaring.
Theo Faber is a criminal psychotherapist. He waited a long time for an opportunity to work with Alicia, to get her to talk. But what is hidden behind his obsession with the mad husband, and what will all these psychological experiments lead to? Perhaps to the truth that threatens to absorb himself...