About the book: 2021 / ALEX MICHAELIDES MEETS STEPHEN KING. The best debut of the first half of 2020 according to Library Journal. No one can understand what is wrong with him. One thing is clear: he is very, very dangerous... AN INTERNET CONFESSION OF A PSYCHIATRIST HAS PUT PEOPLE INTO TERROR... A young and talented psychiatrist, Patrick H., in search of real practice, gets a job in a run-of-the-mill mental hospital. It is here that he hopes to fulfill his calling - helping people. But it turns out that there are those who cannot be helped. Simply because it is completely unclear how to do this... A patient named Joe has been in the hospital for more than 30 years - he was admitted here at the age of six. And for all these years, not a single doctor was able to give him any diagnosis. Moreover, no one has been trying for a long time. Because almost everyone who communicated with Joe died. They committed suicide...Patrick knows about it. But the impossibility of the mission only inflames his ambition. And then one day he opens the door to Joe’s room and goes inside... “An excellent cocktail of a psychological and mystical thriller.” – Kirkus Reviews “For fans of The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides. They will truly appreciate this novel." – Publishers Weekly “DeWitt imbues his narrative with existential dread that creeps into the readers’ minds.” – Booklist “Chills to the bone.” – Library Journal “Stunning debut! A true Page Turner for fans of F. Paul Wilson, Sarah Pinborough and Alex Michaelides." – Brian Keene “I read this book non-stop. And its ending haunts me to this day...” - F. Paul Wilson