Alicia Berenson’s life appears perfect. A renowned painter married to an in-demand fashion photographer, she lives in a grand house overlooking a park in one of London’s most desirable areas. Then, one evening, she shoots her husband five times in the face and never speaks another word.

The narrative is told through the eyes of Theo Faber, a criminal psychotherapist obsessed with uncovering Alicia’s motive. Michaelides crafts a brilliant dual timeline structure that conceals a jaw-dropping structural revelation in plain sight.