The Silent Truth

By Anne-Lise Fleddum

The Silent Truth is a dark psychological novel that slowly creeps under your skin. It draws you into a quiet nightmare where the most disturbing things aren't what is said, but what remains unspoken. In an ordinary-looking flat in Oslo's affluent Frogner district lives Vera, an eccentric woman in her seventies, together with her son Finn, a man in his fifties who never quite found his place in life. He's a perpetual student, unemployed, and directionless, trapped in a silent co-dependency with his mother. Their days follow the same rigid routines, marked by small quarrels and long stretches of silence, until something begins to crack beneath the surface.

On the outside, everything seems normal. But behind the curtains lies a life shaped by control, fear, and buried secrets. As the boundaries between truth and lies begin to blur, both the characters and the reader are forced to ask: How well do we really know the people we live with? And how far are we willing to go to protect our own version of the truth?

Written with sharp prose and a keen eye for the quiet tensions between people, this novel is for readers who enjoy psychological fiction with dark humour, disturbing insights, and plot twists you never saw coming.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0FQ9QYYSZ
• ISBN13: 9798232588977
• Release Date: September 2025
• Publisher: Fleddum
• Length: 328 Pages
• Weight: 0.72 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.0" x 8.0"