- Title:
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The Patient
- Written by:
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Jasper DeWitt
- Read by:
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Edoardo Ballerini
- Format:
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Unabridged CD Audio Book
- Number of CDs:
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4
- Duration:
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4 hours 19 minutes
- Published:
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December 01 2020
- Available Date:
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December 01 2020
- Age Category:
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Adult
- ISBN:
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9781867506492
- Genres:
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Fiction; Crime & Thriller
- Publisher:
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Bolinda audio
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Debut novel
Parker, a young, overconfident psychiatrist new to his job at a mental asylum, miscalculates catastrophically when he undertakes curing a mysterious and profoundly dangerous patient.
I write this because, as of now, I am not sure if I am privy to a terrible secret or if I myself am insane …
In a series of online posts, Parker H., a young psychiatrist, chronicles the harrowing account of his time working at a dreary mental hospital in New England. Through this internet message board, Parker hopes to explain his effort to cure one bewildering patient.
We learn, as Parker did on his first day, of the facility’s most difficult and profoundly dangerous case, a 41-year-old man originally admitted to the hospital at age six with night terrors. This patient has no known diagnosis and his symptoms have evolved over time in unusual ways. The only reliable factor: Every person who has encountered him has been driven to madness or suicide.
Desperate and fearful, the hospital medical director keeps the patient confined indefinitely, allowing only minimal contact with staff for their own safety. Parker, confident in his skills, is convinced he will be the one to cure what others cannot by figuring out what ails the suffering, enigmatic man. But when events spiral out of his control, Parker finds himself face-to-face with a possibility beyond his wildest imagining.
'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, bestselling 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 bestselling
'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