Psychological Thriller · Free kit
The Silent Patient
Alicia Berenson is a celebrated London painter with a house on the edge of Hampstead Heath and a marriage that looks, from the outside, like the kind people envy. One August night she shoots her husband Gabriel five times, then never speaks again. Six years later, criminal psychotherapist Theo Faber takes a job at The Grove, a secure forensic unit, determined to make her talk. What follows is a locked-room mystery of the mind: a diary, a Greek myth, a therapist who is not telling you everything, and a silence that is doing more work than speech.
“Alicia Berenson was thirty-three years old when she killed her husband.”
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The Silent Patient Printables
Get the full printable pack on Etsy, or print individual pages from Bingo, Discussion Questions, and Hosting.
The Silent Patient book club invite
Printable invite with the Hampstead-and-silence hook, meeting time, and a reminder to finish the novel before discussion.
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Alcestis one-word cards
Blank postcard canvases for the surprise touch — title in light blue at the bottom left, guest's word or Alcestis.
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Character superlatives ballot
Vote Alicia vs Theo vs Gabriel vs Jean-Felix vs Diomedes, then argue about it over lemon cake.
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Quote and diary cards
Blank cards for a line that stayed: the opening sentence, the Alcestis passage, or the moment the timeline folded.
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Content-note discussion slip
A one-page prompt listing the heavier topics so the host can check in without turning the meeting into a lecture.
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Meeting bingo sheet
The 24 squares from this kit, ready to print so someone can mark when Euripides and the snowflake ending arrive.
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