Bøker av Alex Michaelides

With film rights snapped up by an Oscar winning Hollywood production company, rights sold in a world record 43 territories, and rave blurbs from David Baldacci, Lee Child and A.J. Finn, The Silent Patient promises to be the debut thriller of 2019.

*** THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES AND NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER FROM THE AUTHOR OF THE SILENT PATIENT ***'Infinitely thrilling and delicately crafted, the plot keeps everyone guessing until the very end, with an unscrupulous villain to underline just how good it is. DO NOT MISS IT' Daily Mail'Deliciously twisty and fiendishly clever. A highly enjoyable tale of subterfuge, secrets and murder' Observer'My favourite Alex Michaelides yet - the undisputed master of the twist' Lucy Foley'The king of all unreliable narrators, enough twists and turns to power two novels' David Baldacci'You'll think you know where it's going and you couldn't be more wrong' Linwood Barclay'A very special book and highly recommended' Janice Hallett'A masterclass in suspense' Steve Cavanagh'A glorious triumph - just brilliant' Stephen Fry'The best novel yet from Alex Michaelides' Sophie HannahEven better than The Silent Patient... Alex Michaelides is a magician' JP Delaney*****'There were seven of us in all, trapped on the island.One of us was a murderer . . .'On a small private Greek island, former movie star Lana Farrar - an old friend - invites a select group of us to stay.It'll be hot, sunny, perfect. A chance to relax and reconnect - and maybe for a few hidden truths to come out.Because nothing on this island is quite what it seems.Not Lana. Not her guests.Certainly not the murderer - furiously plotting their crime . . .But who am I?My name is Elliot Chase, and I'm going to tell you a story unlike any you've ever heard.BESTSELLING AUTHORS ARE ALREADY FALLING IN LOVE WITH THE FURY'The Fury is a masterfully woven story of Shakespearean twists and Machiavellian turns. A Greek Tragedy in the guise of a postmodern thriller. Do not miss this one' Holly Jackson'A classic, twisting, brilliant murder mystery. A wonderfully drawn cast of characters with a motive to kill for, in a location to die for, keep you guessing until the shocking finale. Clever, and fiendishly fun' Chris Whitaker'A very sophisticated book which takes the format of a classic murder mystery and elevates it to something very devious and clever indeed. The narrator is fabulous - I was throughly gripped' Harriet Tyce'Endlessly evolving, wildly entertaining, and like the very best fiction, impossible to pin down. Just when you think you have it cornered, it moves, impossibly and with stunning flourish, toward a devastating finale. The Talented Mr. Ripley for our time' Blake Crouch'Alex Michaelides is the grand master of the modern mystery. The Fury reads like Hitchcock with a heart, or Agatha Christie running amok on a wind-whipped Greek island. The Fury will, quite literally, blow you away. Totally brilliant' Tony Parsons'One of those rare books where really nothing is as it seems. As usual, Alex Michaelides does not disappoint' Ragnar Jonasson'Glamorous, sinister, and endlessly surprising, The Fury reads like Agatha Christie and Patricia Highsmith took a Greek vacation together and decided to write a book while there. It's twisty, twisted entertainment' Riley SagerThe Fury, the instant New York Times bestseller, January 2024, and Sunday Times bestseller, February 2024

The instant Sunday Times bestseller from the author of The Silent Patient. bThe highly anticipated second thriller from the record-breaking, international bestselling author of THE SILENT PATIENT. /b

Alicia Berenson skriver dagbok for å utløp for følelsene sine - men mest for å berolige Gabriel, bevise for ektemannen at hun har det bra. Det siste hun vil, er å være til besvær for Gabriel eller gjøre ham ulykkelig på noe vis. Inntil hun en kveld skyter ham fem ganger i ansiktet og aldri mer sier et ord. Seks år etter tragedien dukket det opp en ledig stilling på institusjonen The Grove der Alicia er innlagt. Psykoterapeuten Theo Faber er overbevist om at han kan få Alicia til å snakke, noe ingen andre har klart.«Den beste psykologiske thrilleren siden Gone Girl og Piken på toget.» ASLAK NORE, AFTENPOSTEN A-MAGASINET

Alex Michaelides, forfatteren av sensasjonsdebuten Den tause pasienten, har skrevet en ny elegant psykologisk thriller i særklasse: Vreden. Mitt navn er Elliot Chase, og jeg skal fortelle deg en historie ulik noen du noen gang har hørt. Hver påske inviterermine kjæreste venn Lana Farrar, eks-filmstjerne og en av de mest berømte kvinnene i verden, noen nære venner til sin private gresk øy for å slippe unna det kjedelige engelske været. Jeg forteller deg dette fordi du kanskje tror du kjenner den sanne historien. Du leste sikkert om det på den tiden - det vakte oppsikt i tabloidene, hvis du husker det? Historien hadde alle nødvendige ingredienser til en pressesensasjon: en kjendis; en privat øy skjermet av vinden ... og et drap.

A masterfully paced thriller about a reclusive ex-movie star and her famous friends whose spontaneous trip to a private Greek island is upended by a murder - from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Silent Patient This is a tale of murder.Or maybe that's not quite true. At its heart, it's a love story, isn't it?Lana Farrar is a reclusive ex-movie star and one of the most famous women in the world. Every year, she invites her closest friends to escape the English weather and spend Easter on her idyllic private Greek island.I tell you this because you may think you know this story. You probably read about it at the time ¿ it caused a real stir in the tabloids, if you remember. It had all the necessary ingredients for a press sensation: a celebrity; a private island cut off by the wind...and a murder.We found ourselves trapped there overnight. Our old friendships concealed hatred and a desire for revenge. What followed was a game of cat and mouse ¿ a battle of wits, full of twists and turns, building to an unforgettable climax. The night ended in violence and death, as one of us was found murdered.But who am I?My name is Elliot Chase, and I'm going to tell you a story unlike any you've ever heard.

Psykoterapeut Mariana drar til Cambridge da en studievenninne av niesen blir funnet myrdet. Her blir Mariana involvert i en hemmelig gruppe jenter som går under navnet Jomfruene. Da enda en student blir funnet drept, blir Mariana overbevist, til tross for alibiet, at den karismatiske professor Edward Fosca står bak drapene. Men hvorfor skulle professoren drepe studentene sine? Og hvorfor vender han stadig tilbake til teksten om Persephones reise til ned i underverdenen?