I was really drawn into this very intense thriller. Maybe thriller isn't the right word. . . more of a psychological novel of suspense. Anyway it's the story of Alicia, a famous painter, who lives with her husband, Gabriel, in a good area of London. It seems her life is perfect. But then one night, Alicia is found next to the body of Gabriel who has been shot in the face five times. Alicia was found with slit wrists as she had tried to commit suicide. She then goes silent and will not speak. She is charged with killing her husband and then committed to a mental facility. Several years later, Theo Faber, a psychotherapist, transfers to the facility to try to get Alicia to speak and find out what really happened on that fateful night. So did Alicia kill her husband? If so, what was the motivation? Or did someone else do it?
The novel is narrated primarily by Theo as he delves into Alicia's case. But Theo also has some baggage and had previously been treated by a psychiatrist. Part of the novel is also told with excerpts from Alicia's journal that she kept prior to the death of her husband. Will Alicia speak again? This one really kept me guessing with a lot of false leads and then a totally surprise ending. I thought Michaelides developed the story and characters very well and overall, I really enjoyed it.
The novel is narrated primarily by Theo as he delves into Alicia's case. But Theo also has some baggage and had previously been treated by a psychiatrist. Part of the novel is also told with excerpts from Alicia's journal that she kept prior to the death of her husband. Will Alicia speak again? This one really kept me guessing with a lot of false leads and then a totally surprise ending. I thought Michaelides developed the story and characters very well and overall, I really enjoyed it.
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