The Patient

MEET ALEX MICHAELIDES WITH STEPHEN KING. The best debut of the first half of 2020, according to Library Journal.

No one can figure out what he’s suffering from. One thing is clear: he’s extremely, extremely dangerous…

A PSYCHIATRIST’S INTERNET CONFESSION HAS PEOPLE TERRIFIED…

Young and talented psychiatrist Patrick H., in search of real practice, takes a job at a run-down psychiatric hospital. This is exactly where he hopes to fulfill his calling—helping people. But it turns out there are people for whom help is impossible. Simply because no one can figure out how to do it…

A patient named Joe has been in the hospital for more than 30 years—since he arrived at the age of six. And over all these years, no doctor has managed to give him even the slightest diagnosis. What’s more, for a long time no one has even tried. Because almost everyone who interacted with Joe died. They committed suicide… Patrick knows this.

But the impossibility of the mission only fuels his ambition. And then, one day, he opens the door to Joe’s room and steps inside…

“An excellent cocktail of psychological and mystical thriller.” — Kirkus Reviews

“For fans of ‘The Silent Patient’ by Alex Michaelides. They will appreciate this novel.” — Publishers Weekly

“De Witt fills his narration with existential horror that crawls into readers’ minds.” — Booklist

“Gets under your skin.” — Library Journal

“Astonishing debut! A real page-turner for fans of F. Paul Wilson, Sarah Pinborough, and Alex Michaelides.” — Brian King

“I read this book without putting it down. And its ending has been haunting me ever since…” — F. Paul Wilson