
Holmes starts with a bang, then builds the action steadily, a gradual unfolding of secrets and truths that will have you constantly rethinking who is the killer. “A therapist with a serial-killer patient is at the heart of Steena Holmes’ latest, The Patient.


Brilliant!” -Heather Gudenkauf, New York Times bestselling author of The Weight of Silence and Not a Sound n all-encompassing journey through the dark side of the human psyche, The Patient is a mind-bending psychological thriller that will leave readers on edge and gasping for breath right up to the final shocking twist.

“Steena Holmes has returned with another compelling page-turner. Lawyers for Holmes argued that she was being unfairly punished for running a business that failed, and that she made a good faith attempt to succeed before the company imploded.“ The Patient pulls you in by the heartstrings, plays them like a symphony, then careens toward the surprise finale like a skydiver without a chute.” -August Norman, author of Come and Get Me "Every day for the past years I have felt deep pain for what people went through because I failed them," Holmes said at the time. For instance, prosecutors showed that Holmes relied on altered third-party machines, not the company's own proprietary devices, to conduct blood tests, which were often riddled with inaccuracies.ĭuring the trial, Holmes expressed regret and said she wished she had operated the company differently. Last January, Holmes was convicted of fraud and conspiracy for duping investors about technology that she boasted would revolutionize how blood testing is performed by testing for hundreds of conditions with just a pinprick of blood.īut the technology never worked as promised.

District Judge Edward Davila, who presided over Holmes' trial, found that her appeal did not raise "substantial questions of law or fact," and that she should not be allowed to remain out on bail as she fights her conviction.īut Holmes' freedom is now in the hands of the Ninth Circuit. Technology Elizabeth Holmes verdict: Former Theranos CEO is found guilty on 4 countsĮarlier this month, U.S.
