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The Patient

Kim Slade Thrillers, Book 1

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The Patient

By: E.V. Seymour
Narrated by: Hannah Curtis
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Summary

I have a scarred man who wants my help. Why won't he take no for an answer? Now he's sending weird gifts to my home. I don't feel safe anymore.

Some scars never heal...

I know I'm lucky. I have a stunning Cheltenham apartment and a charming weekend cottage in Devon. Chris, my partner, is kind and supportive. He loves me in spite of my scars—the result of a childhood incident I don't talk about. Most of all, I love my job, helping young women with eating disorders.

But I can't help everyone, as I tell Kyle Stannard. Kyle was once a top male model—before he was left horrifically scarred in a random attack. Kyle thinks we're the same, but I can't help him with his problems. It's not my field.

Then creepy things start to happen. A box of chocolates shows up—but it's not from Chris. A beautiful mirror is delivered to my home, but I didn't order it. Silent phone calls in the dead of night.

It must be Kyle. He's completely obsessed.

But the police don't believe me. So I take matters into my own hands. I need to uncover Kyle's secrets. But the deeper I dig, the weirder it gets.

What if Kyle isn't my stalker? What if the person who wants to destroy me lies much closer to home...

The Patient is an exhilarating blend of domestic suspense and nail-biting tension with a breathtaking twist. Perfect for fans of Patricia MacDonald, Lisa Jewell, Shalini Boland, T.M. Logan, and Clare Mackintosh.

©2023 E.V. Seymour (P)2023 Podium Audio
Psychological Suspense Thriller & Suspense Fiction Thriller

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Entertaining and enjoyable

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I liked the twists and turns, I loved Kim’s tenacity and advocacy for herself even in the face of patriarchal systems and mockery she faced from the police. Many women, myself included would’ve stopped reaching out to police after the patronising and dismissive behaviour they exhibited.

As a clinical psychologist, I strongly disliked how she pushed a fragile patient to unnecessarily suffer & nearly die for Kim’s myopic & manic manhunt for her stalker. I dare say that it would be grounds for losing her licence or other serious repercussions.

I had to re-listen to multiple chapters, which is unusual for me. There were at least 10 times I considered chucking it into the “DNF” folder. The story was very wordy in an unnecessary way - it could’ve been halved and had far less characters to try & keep track of.

I hung in until the end just to know the outcome

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Riveting and unpredictable to the very end of the book.
Five more words for minimum .

Riveting

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I read this is 2 days , the story keep me interested throughout the whole time . Never guessed the ending Love that thank you Great book

Story Line

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The protagonist was one dimensional.
This let the story down so much.
Her lack of depth made every ridiculous choice less and less believable as the story progressed.
I only persisted because I try to live in hope but it delivered nothing.
It’s a shame as the concept once you get to the end was a good one and I bet the original story outline was promising.

Promising story

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