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Book SynopsisThe Silent Patient by way of Stephen King: Parker, a young, over confident psychiatrist new to his job at a mental asylum, miscalculates catastrophically when he undertakes curing a mysterious and profoundly dangerous patient.
Trade ReviewA Library Journal Winter/Spring Best Debut Novel “Delightfully bonkers.”—The New York Times Book Review “Crisp and creepy debut...the central plot and storytelling are gripping, built on smart psychological parrying and good old-fashioned gross-outs...entertainingly intense. A clever cocktail of psychological thriller and supernatural horror.” —Kirkus Reviews "Taut debut...Fans of Alex Michaelides’s The Silent Patient will want to check this one out." —Publishers Weekly “DeWitt imbues the narrative with existential horror, and its creeping dread will linger in readers’ minds. Fans of Alex Michaelides’ The Silent Patient (2019) and Zoje Stage’s Baby Teeth (2018) will gobble this one up.” —Booklist “A bone chiller.”—Library Journal “The Patient is a narrative of slowly building horror that will grip the reader with a continuous set of shivers.”—New York Journal of Books “A stunning debut! DeWitt's The Patient is a thrilling, compulsive page-turner that will appeal to fans of F. Paul Wilson, Sarah Pinborough, and Alex Michaelides.” —Brian Keene, best-selling author and World Horror Grandmaster Award winner “‘Insidious evil’ is such an overused term, but there is no other way to describe what prowls the hallways of this riveting novella. A compulsive read I devoured in one day. And the ending . . . it still haunts me.” —F. Paul Wilson, New York Times best-selling creator of the Repairman Jack series “The Patient is a fascinating and frightening read that comes at you like the monster under your bed.” —Reed Farrel Coleman, New York Times bestselling author —
