The Good Patient : A deliciously dark psychological thriller about an ordinary woman’s extraordinary moral dilemma

Author: Chauvet, Nilesha

Thriller / suspense

Published on 29 January 2026 by FABER & FABER in the United Kingdom.

Paperback | 432 pages
198 x 130 x 30 | 350g

AVAILABLE TO PRE-ORDER NOW'Pulses with urgency . . . unforgettable.' ???? NetGalley review'Bold and compelling, with complex, memorable characters.' Mary Watson, author of The CleanerTwo patients are fighting for their lives. Nina, the hospital nurse, reads their notes:Leroy: stab wound, gang member, police escort.

Dev: stomach pain, artist, distraught mother.

Nina is meant to treat all her patients equally: not to pick favourites, and not to judge. Except tonight, understaffed and overstretched, both patients need her. She makes a split-second choice - and leaves one man to die.

And that's when she realises that on this busy hospital ward, no-one is exactly what they seem.

'A tense read with a slow build up to an explosive ending.' ????? NetGalley review'Dark, profound and deeply thought provoking.' Lisa TimoneyREADERS LOVE NILESHA CHAUVET'S PSYCHOLOGICAL THRILLERS'Brilliant! . . . I binged it.' ????? reader review'Powerful . . . a first class thriller.' ????? reader review'I could not put this down.' ????? reader review'In this deliciously dark thriller, nothing is as it seems.' iNews'Such compulsive reading . . . its ferocious energy takes you on a wild, thought-provoking ride.' Jennie Godfrey'It's a long time since I've read a thriller that is quite so well written.' Liz Nugent'I devoured it.' Chris Whitaker