

The narration of the increasingly unrealistic events that follow is interwoven with excerpts from Alicia's diary. They were both artists-Alicia was a painter, and Gabriel was a well-known fashion photographer." Michaelides' debut is narrated in the voice of psychotherapist Theo Faber, who applies for a job at the institution where Alicia is incarcerated because he's fascinated with her case and believes he will be able to get her to talk.

"Alicia Berenson was thirty-three years old when she killed her husband.

A woman accused of shooting her husband six times in the face refuses to speak.
