Nicci French

Frieda Kleinin lopullinen tilinteko. Psykologin kaksintaistelu synkän vihollisensa kanssa huipentuu vihdoin - ja vain toinen voi selvitä siitä hengissä. Pohjois-Lontoon vilkkaalla ostoskadulla kolaroi karannut auto, mutta kuljettajan paikalla istuva mies on murhattu viikkoa aiemmin. Hampstead Heathissa roihuaa nuotio: liekeissä makaa seuraava uhri. Syksyn lehtien putoillessa Lontoossa riehuu sarjamurhaaja, joka leikkii kissaa ja hiirtä poliisin kanssa. Kuolonuhrien määrä nousee vauhdilla, mutta tutkinta ei ota edistyäkseen. Asialla ei olekaan mikään tavallinen tappaja, vaan jokainen uusi uhri on tarkoitettu viestiksi ainoastaan yhdelle naiselle - psykologi Frieda Kleinille. Viesti on yksinkertainen: sinun vuorosi on pian... Nicci French on kirjailijanimi, jonka takana on aviopari Nicci Gerrard ja Sean French. He kirjoittavat yhdessä psykologisia jännitysromaaneja, jotka on ylistetty taivaisiin. Nicci Frenchin romaaneja on julkaistu kolmellakymmenelläyhdellä kielellä.

A RICHARD & JUDY BOOK CLUB PICK 'One of their very best. Compelling, moving and beautifully written . . . an absolute winner' Observer ‘Classic Nicci French: an unputdownable missing-persons thriller that’s also a searing examination of family, memory and grief. A big-skied, full-blooded, broken-hearted book' Erin KellyShe’s loved by all who meet her. But someone wants her gone . . . Then When beautiful and vivacious Charlotte Salter fails to turn up to her husband Alec’s 50th birthday party, her kids are worried, but Alec is not. As the days pass and there’s still no word from Charlie, her daughter, Etty, and her sons, Niall, Paul and Ollie, all struggle to come to terms with her disappearance. How can anyone just vanish without a trace? Left with no answers and in limbo, the Salter children try and go on with their lives, all the while thinking that their mother’s killer is potentially very close to home. Now After years away, Etty returns home to the small East Anglian village where she grew up to help move her father into a care home. Now in his eighties, Alec has dementia and often mistakes his daughter for her mother. Etty is a changed woman from the trouble-free girl she was when Charlie was still around - all the Salter children have spent decades running and hiding from their mother’s disappearance. But when their childhood friends, Greg and Morgen Ackerley, decide to do a podcast about Charlotte’s disappearance, it seems like the town’s buried secrets – and the Salters’ – might finally come to light. After all this time, will they finally find out what really happened to Charlotte Salter? PRAISE FOR NICCI FRENCH: 'Fantastic - a breathless drumbeat of dread and suspense . . . no one does it better than Nicci French' Lee Child 'Expertly paced, psychologically sharp, thoroughly enjoyable' Louise Candlish 'Heart-thumping, head-scratching, nail-biting stuff' Erin Kelly 'Perfection' Sophie Hannah 'No-one does the dark distortion of good intentions like Nicci French' Cara Hunter 'An absolute masterclass of crime writing' Kate Rhodes 'As well as a fantastic mystery, Nicci French has written a powerful, moving and wise story about the damage that loss does to families, with characters you can’t forget. I loved it' Jo Callaghan

En liten hemmelighet mellom en gift kvinne, hennes elsker og en morder. Det var bare ment som en liten affære, en måte å lette midtlivskrisen på. En hemmelighet Neve Connolly kunne ha håndtert. En flukt fra tjue års kjedelig ekteskap. Men da Neve besøker kjæresten en morgen, finner hun ham brutalt drept. Alle løgnene som hun har konstruert så nøye, truer med å kollapse som et korthus. Etter å ha skrubbet rent ethvert spor etter sin eksistens i Sauls liv og leilighet, tror Neve at hun kan vende tilbake til sitt normale liv, rystet, men uskadd. Men hun klarer ikke slippe tanken på at hun har glemt noe på åstedet. Politiinspektør Hitching fatter mistanke til Neve og lar henne ikke være i fred. Og med hver nye løgn, hver nye falske ledetråd for å redde seg selv, synker Neve dypere inn i sitt eget svik og befinner seg i mer fare enn hun noen gang hadde forestilt seg. For Hitching er ikke den eneste som holder Neve under oppsikt. Det gjør også en morder som planlegger sitt neste trekk.

Tütar leiab Ruth Lennoxi, kolme lapse armastatud ema, surnuna omaenese vereloigust lamamast. Kes tappis tavalise koduperenaise? Ja miks? Psühhoterapeut Frieda Klein saab teada, et ta on inspektor Karlssoni viimase juhtumiga siiski seotud, kuigi ta ei tööta enam ametlikult mehega koos. Nimelt sõbruneb ta vennatütar Ruth Lennoxi poja Tediga ja Frieda satub ebameeldivasse olukorda, kus ta on ühekorraga nii Karlssoni kui ka Tedi nõuandja. Uurimise käigus selgub, et Ruth elas salaelu. Ta perekond võtab tõrjuva hoiaku ja Karlsson avastab, et vajab senisest veel enam Frieda abi. Aga Frieda on ka ise keerulises olukorras. Ta peab pärast ta enda elu kallale tungimist pingutama, et olukorrast üle olla, ja kui siis ühe patsiendi juhuslikult pillatud märkus häirekellad helisema paneb, leiab ta end ummisjalu tormamas mööda teed, mis võib viia kaua tabamist vältida osanud sarimõrvarini. Või leiab ta seoseid seal, kus neid ei ole ega saagi olla? Frieda teab hästi, et iga samm, mis teda tapjale lähemale viib, viib teda on ühtlasi sügavamale pimedusse, kust ei pruugi olla tagasiteed ... Frieda Kleini psühholoogiliste põnevike sarja kolmas raamat.

A nerve-tingling and atmospheric thriller from master of suspense Nicci French about two families shattered by tragedy and the secrets that have been waiting decades to be revealed. On the day of Alec Salter's fiftieth birthday party, just before Christmas 1990, his wife Charlotte vanishes. Most of the small English village of Glensted is at the party for hours before anyone realizes Charlotte is missing. While Alec brushes off her disappearance, their four children--especially fifteen-year-old Etty--grow increasingly anxious as the cold winter hours become days and she doesn't return. When Charlotte's coat is found by the river, they fear the worst. Then the body of the Salters' neighbor, Duncan Ackerley, is found floating in the river by his son Morgan and Etty. The police investigate and conclude that Duncan and Charlotte were having an affair before he killed her and committed suicide. Thirty years later, Morgan Ackerley, a successful documentarian, has returned to Glensted with his older brother Greg to make a podcast based on their shared tragedy with the Salters. Alec, stricken with dementia, is entering an elder care facility while Etty helps put his affairs in order. But as the Ackerleys ask to interview the Salters, the entire town gets caught up in the unresolved cases. Allegations are made, secrets are revealed, and a suspicious fire leads to a murder. With the podcast making national news, London sends Detective Inspector Maud O'Connor to Glensted to take over the investigation. Resented by her mostly male colleagues, she has no tolerance for either their sexism or their incompetence. And she will stop at nothing to uncover the truth as a new and terrifying picture of what really happened to Charlotte Salter and Duncan Ackerley emerges.

A nerve-tingling and atmospheric thriller from master of suspense Nicci French about two families shattered by tragedy and the secrets that have been waiting decades to be revealed. On the day of Alec Salter's fiftieth birthday party, just before Christmas 1990, his wife Charlotte vanishes. Most of the small English village of Glensted is at the party for hours before anyone realizes Charlotte is missing. While Alec brushes off her disappearance, their four children--especially fifteen-year-old Etty--grow increasingly anxious as the cold winter hours become days and she doesn't return. When Charlotte's coat is found by the river, they fear the worst. Then the body of the Salters' neighbor, Duncan Ackerley, is found floating in the river by his son Morgan and Etty. The police investigate and conclude that Duncan and Charlotte were having an affair before he killed her and committed suicide. Thirty years later, Morgan Ackerley, a successful documentarian, has returned to Glensted with his older brother Greg to make a podcast based on their shared tragedy with the Salters. Alec, stricken with dementia, is entering an elder care facility while Etty helps put his affairs in order. But as the Ackerleys ask to interview the Salters, the entire town gets caught up in the unresolved cases. Allegations are made, secrets are revealed, and a suspicious fire leads to a murder. With the podcast making national news, London sends Detective Inspector Maud O'Connor to Glensted to take over the investigation. Resented by her mostly male colleagues, she has no tolerance for either their sexism or their incompetence. And she will stop at nothing to uncover the truth as a new and terrifying picture of what really happened to Charlotte Salter and Duncan Ackerley emerges.

A nerve-tingling and atmospheric thriller from master of suspense Nicci French about two families shattered by tragedy and the secrets that have been waiting decades to be revealed. On the day of Alec Salter's fiftieth birthday party, just before Christmas 1990, his wife Charlotte vanishes. Most of the small English village of Glensted is at the party for hours before anyone realizes Charlotte is missing. While Alec brushes off her disappearance, their four children--especially fifteen-year-old Etty--grow increasingly anxious as the cold winter hours become days and she doesn't return. When Charlotte's coat is found by the river, they fear the worst. Then the body of the Salters' neighbor, Duncan Ackerley, is found floating in the river by his son Morgan and Etty. The police investigate and conclude that Duncan and Charlotte were having an affair before he killed her and committed suicide. Thirty years later, Morgan Ackerley, a successful documentarian, has returned to Glensted with his older brother Greg to make a podcast based on their shared tragedy with the Salters. Alec, stricken with dementia, is entering an elder care facility while Etty helps put his affairs in order. But as the Ackerleys ask to interview the Salters, the entire town gets caught up in the unresolved cases. Allegations are made, secrets are revealed, and a suspicious fire leads to a murder. With the podcast making national news, London sends Detective Inspector Maud O'Connor to Glensted to take over the investigation. Resented by her mostly male colleagues, she has no tolerance for either their sexism or their incompetence. And she will stop at nothing to uncover the truth as a new and terrifying picture of what really happened to Charlotte Salter and Duncan Ackerley emerges.

'One of their very best. Compelling, moving and beautifully written . . . an absolute winner' Observer ‘Classic Nicci French: an unputdownable missing-persons thriller that’s also a searing examination of family, memory and grief. A big-skied, full-blooded, broken-hearted book' Erin KellyShe’s loved by all who meet her. But someone wants her gone . . . Then When beautiful and vivacious Charlotte Salter fails to turn up to her husband Alec’s 50th birthday party, her kids are worried, but Alec is not. As the days pass and there’s still no word from Charlie, her daughter, Etty, and her sons, Niall, Paul and Ollie, all struggle to come to terms with her disappearance. How can anyone just vanish without a trace? Left with no answers and in limbo, the Salter children try and go on with their lives, all the while thinking that their mother’s killer is potentially very close to home. Now After years away, Etty returns home to the small East Anglian village where she grew up to help move her father into a care home. Now in his eighties, Alec has dementia and often mistakes his daughter for her mother. Etty is a changed woman from the trouble-free girl she was when Charlie was still around - all the Salter children have spent decades running and hiding from their mother’s disappearance. But when their childhood friends, Greg and Morgen Ackerley, decide to do a podcast about Charlotte’s disappearance, it seems like the town’s buried secrets – and the Salters’ – might finally come to light. After all this time, will they finally find out what really happened to Charlotte Salter? PRAISE FOR NICCI FRENCH: 'Fantastic - a breathless drumbeat of dread and suspense . . . no one does it better than Nicci French' Lee Child 'Expertly paced, psychologically sharp, thoroughly enjoyable' Louise Candlish 'Heart-thumping, head-scratching, nail-biting stuff' Erin Kelly 'Perfection' Sophie Hannah 'No-one does the dark distortion of good intentions like Nicci French' Cara Hunter 'An absolute masterclass of crime writing' Kate Rhodes 'As well as a fantastic mystery, Nicci French has written a powerful, moving and wise story about the damage that loss does to families, with characters you can’t forget. I loved it' Jo Callaghan

Julma viesti menneisyydestä kertoo, ettei piina ole ohi. Psykoterapeutti Frieda Kleinin talon lattialautojen alta löydetään ruumis. Kyseessä on mies, jonka Frieda on palkannut suojelemaan itseään. Frieda on aina tiennyt, että hänen piinaajansa sarjamurhaaja Dean Reeve on edelleen hengissä, vaikka poliisi ei sitä uskokaan. Lattian alta löytynyt ruumis on myös viesti Friedalle. Vaino muuttuu yhä henkilökohtaisemmaksi, ja jos Frieda ei löydä Deania nopeasti, hänen perheensä ja ystävänsä ovat vaarassa. Frieda Klein pääsee lähemmäs kuin koskaan vainoojaa, joka on jahdannut häntä seitsemän loistavan kirjan ajan. Nicci Frenchin Frieda Klein -sarjassa unettomuudesta kärsivä psykoterapeutti pureutuu potilaidensa mielten synkimpiin sopukoihin ratkaistakseen rikoksia yhdessä Lontoon poliisin kanssa. Hän joutuu kohtaamaan kerta toisensa jälkeen pahimmat pelkonsa jahdatessaan murhaajia ja muita rikollisia. Nicci French on kirjailijanimi, jonka takana on aviopari Nicci Gerrard ja Sean French. He kirjoittavat yhdessä psykologisia jännitysromaaneja, jotka on ylistetty taivaisiin. Nicci Frenchin romaaneja on julkaistu kolmellakymmenelläyhdellä kielellä.

The new keep-you-up-all-night suspense thriller from one of the UKâ??s best crime writers.

The new keep-you-up-all-night suspense thriller from one of the UKâ??s best crime writers.

Viieaastase Matthew Farraday rööv käivitab meeleheitliku jälitusoperatsiooni. Ja kui poisi näopilt katab kõigi ajalehtede esikulgi, tabab psuhhoterapeut Frieda Kleini hämming: uks ta patsientidest on näinud unenägusid, kus ta igatseb endale last, keda oskab uksikasjalikult kirjeldada ning kes sarnaneb Matthew'ga nagu kaks tilka vett. Uurija, peainspektor Karlsson ei võta Frieda muret tõsiselt, kuni ilmneb seos uhe kahekumne aasta taguse lahendamata inimrööviga, mispeale kutsub ta Frieda kusitlema ohvri õde, lootes varjatud mälestused pinnale tuua. Peatselt satub Frieda lapseröövli jälitamise keskmesse, kuid tema võidujooks ajaga pole fuusilist laadi. Selleks, et teada saada Matthew Farraday asukoht, tuleb tal lahti muukida psuhhopaadi mõistuse hämarad keerdkäigud. Ja mõnikord on mõistus kõige eluohtlikum koht, kuhu ennast kaotada. Esmaspäev, nädala madalpunkt. Hämarate tungide päev. Päev, mil laps tänavalt kaasa napsata. ...

13 vuotta vankimielisairaalassa - syyttömänä? Lauantaina korjataan menneisyyden vääryydet, ellei se ole peruuttamattomasti myöhäistä. Kolmetoista vuotta sitten nuori Hannah Docherty pidätettiin perheensä murhasta ja tuomittiin pikaisten tutkimusten jälkeen vankimielisairaalaan. Kun psykoterapeutti Frieda Kleinia pyydetään tutkimaan Hannahia, hän suostuu vastentahtoisesti. Tavatessaan naisen ensimmäistä kertaa Frieda järkyttyy: Hannah on huonossa kunnossa, vanhentunut ennen aikojaan - ja saattaa kaiken lisäksi olla syytön. Kun Frieda paneutuu Hannahin tapaukseen istunnoissaan, hän ymmärtää, että todellinen syyllinen on valmis tekemään mitä tahansa, jotta ei paljastuisi. Nicci Frenchin Frieda Klein -sarjassa unettomuudesta kärsivä psykoterapeutti pureutuu potilaidensa mielten synkimpiin sopukoihin ratkaistakseen rikoksia yhdessä Lontoon poliisin kanssa. Hän joutuu kohtaamaan kerta toisensa jälkeen pahimmat pelkonsa jahdatessaan murhaajia ja muita rikollisia.