I love him so totally completelysometimes it threatens to overwhelm me.Sometimes I think-No. I wont write about that.ALICIA Alicia Berenson writes a diary as a release an outlet - and to prove to her beloved husband that everything is fine. She cant bear the thought of worrying Gabriel or causing him pain.Until late one evening Alicia shoots Gabriel five times and then never speaks another word. THEO Forensic psychotherapist Theo Faber is convinced he can successfully treat Alicia where all others have failed. Obsessed with investigating her crime his discoveries suggest Alicias silence goes far deeper than he first thought.And if she speaks would he want to hear the truth?The Silent Patient is a heart-stopping debut thriller about a womans brutal and random act of violence against her husband - and the man obsessed with discovering why.