Nicci French

"Fierce, fascinating and full of insight, Frieda Klein is irresistible."--Val McDermid, bestselling author of Splinter the Silence The electrifying fourth book in the internationally bestselling Frieda Klein Mystery series Frieda Klein is uninterested in catching up on old times when her former classmate, Maddie Capel, shows up at her door--until she hears about Maddie's troubled daughter, Becky. The teenager claims she was raped in her own bed one night while her mother was downstairs. Her assailant left her with a warning: "Don't think of telling anyone, sweetheart. Nobody will believe you." And no one does--except Frieda. Becky's story awakens dark memories of an eerily similar incident in Frieda's own past that she's been avoiding for decades. When Becky is found hanging from a beam in her bedroom, Frieda returns home, seeking out her old high school friends to ask what they remember about the night that prompted Frieda to leave town for good. But confronting the ghosts of the past turns out to be more dangerous than she ever expected.

Rich in intrigue, intensity and atmosphere, Friday on my Mind is classic Nicci French - a dark, gripping and sophisticated masterclass in psychological suspense in which nothing is quite what it seems . . . When a bloated corpse is found floating in the River Thames the police can at least sure that identifying the victim will be straightforward. Around the dead man's wrist is a hospital band. On it are the words Dr F. Klein . . . But psychotherapist Frieda Klein is very much alive. And, after evidence linking her to the murder is discovered, she becomes the prime suspect. Unable to convince the police of her innocence, Frieda is forced to make a bold decision in order to piece together the terrible truth before it's too late either for her or for those she loves. Friday on my Mind is the fifth addictive and intriguing novel in the Frieda Klein series by the bestselling author Nicci French. Praise for Nicci French:'Nicci French's sophisticated, compassionate and gripping crime novels stand head and shoulders above the competition' Sophie Hannah 'French leads the field' Sunday Express'Brilliantly crafted . . . masterly control of suspense' Daily Mirror 'Tense, frightening, gripping' Easy Living 'Dark, nerve-tingling and addictive' Daily Express

Voiko elämä palata koskaan ennalleen, kun on kerran kohdannut kuoleman kauhut silmästä silmään? Nainen herää tuntemattoman miehen vankina, huppu päänsä ympärillä, kädet ja jalat sidottuina. Mies lupaa pitää hänet hengissä - toistaiseksi. Vähitellen naisen muisti alkaa palata. Ensin hän muistaa nimensä, sitten pieniä arkisia asioita elämästään. Sen elämän hän päättää saada takaisin. Mies kietoo naisen kuitenkin julmaan leikkiin, jonka on määrä koitua jommankumman kohtaloksi.

Viettelevän hymyn takana vaanii tappava intohimo Kun Brendan kävelee ulos Mirandan elämästä, se tuntuu Mirandasta pikku jutulta. Lyhyt suhde muiden joukossa, ei edes mainitsemisen arvoinen parhaalle ystävälle. Mutta miehestä ei niin vain pääsekään eroon. Pian Mirandan sisko esittelee uuden poikaystävänsä ja Mirandan koko elämä muuttuu painajaiseksi. Vähitellen Miranda tajuaa kauhean totuuden: miehen kostonhimo ei tunne mitään rajoja.

Holly Krauss herää eräänä lauantaiaamuna villin juhlinnan jälkeen vieraan miehen vierestä muistamatta mitään. Holly on menestyvä nuori bisnesnainen onnellisine avioliittoineen ja laajoine ystäväpiireineen. Mutta hänellä on pimeä puolensa: kun vieras voima ottaa vallan, hän muuttuu arvaamattomaksi ja ottaa uskomattomia riskejä. Viimeisin harharetki sysää Hollyn kaksi persoonaa törmäyskurssille ja saa hänen elämänsä raiteiltaan. Holly joutuu uhkailun ja kiristyksen kohteeksi ja käyttäytyy päivä päivältä omituisemmin. Aviomiehen ja ystävien kärsivällisyys alkaa loppua. Holly ajautuu kohti kuilun reunaa ja tuntee olonsa yhä vainoharhaisemmaksi. Ovatko kaikki kauheudet hänen omaa syytään vai haluaako joku tosiaan tuhota hänet? Elegantin hyytävä. - Philadelphia Inquirer tekijäpari Nicci Gerrardin ja Sean Frenchin edellisestä trilleristä Pimeyden syli. Syöksykierre on psykologisen trillerin mestarien viides suomennettu Nicci French -jännäri.

***Special anniversay edition, with a new introduction by Peter Robinson***You're in passionate love. And grave danger . . . Alice Loudon couldn't resist abandoning her old, safe life for a wild affair. And in Adam Tallis, a rugged mountaineer with a murky past, Alice finds a man who can teach her things about herself that she never even suspected. But sexual obsession has its dark side - and so does Adam. Soon, both are threatening all that Alice has left. First her sanity. Then her life.'The pacing is spot on, and the tension keeps creeping up and up right to the explosive end' Peter Robinson, bestselling author of the DCI Banks Series

***Special anniversary edition, with a new introduction by A. J. Finn***Someone's watching you. You don't know who. But he knows you . . . Zoe, Jennifer and Nadia are three women with nothing in common. Except for the man who wants to kill them. He sends them terrifying letters - promising to bring their lives to a violent, horrible end. But not before he has enjoyed himself. He delights in watching the women suffer, thrilled by his power to leave them utterly helpless, alone and in terror. Except they're not all as helpless as he thinks . . . 'Nicci French represent psychological suspense at its most searching and incisive' A. J. Finn, internationally No. 1 Bestselling Author of The Woman In The Window

***Special anniversary edition, with a new introduction from Peter James***He almost took your life. Now his is in your hands... When Leanne, a homeless young girl, is murdered beside a canal in North London, the police are certain that known oddball Michael Doll is the killer. Psychologist Kit Quinn, assisting the investigation, has her own reasons to despise Doll - but she soon realises that the case is more complicated than the investigators suspect. Because Kit has found a link to another death. Which means they might have a serial killer on their hands...'The writing has that rare ability to reach out from the page into your soul, grip your heartstrings, and not let go of them until the very end.' Peter James

'Nicci French's sophisticated, compassionate and gripping crime novels stand head and shoulders above the competition' Sophie Hannah *** You open your home and your heart to a victim. But your house is anything but safe . . . Samantha Laschen is a doctor specialising in post-traumatic stress disorder. She's moved to the coast to escape her problems and to be alone with her young daughter. But now the police want her to take in Fiona Mackenzie, a girl whose parents have been savagely murdered. Yet by allowing Fiona in, Sam is exposing herself - and her daughter - to risks she couldn't possibly have imagined . . .*** Praise for Nicci French: 'French leads the field' Sunday Express 'Brilliantly crafted . . . masterly control of suspense' Daily Mirror 'Tense, frightening, gripping' Easy Living 'Dark, nerve-tingling and addictive' Daily Express'Gripping, chilling, moving' Observer

Thursday's Child by Nicci French is the fourth novel in the bestselling Frieda Klein series, following Blue Monday, Tuesday's Gone and Waiting for Wednesday. Two crimes, generations apart . . . Twenty years ago teenager Frieda Klein was brutally attacked in her own home. No one believed her - not the police, not her mother, not her friends. She left town, trained as a psychologist and never went back. Now an old classmate has shown up. She wants help with her daughter, who claims to have been attacked at home. An attack eerily similar to the one on Frieda. No one else believes the girl's story. Now - with a school reunion in the offing - Frieda returns to the darkness she fled. To the small town which refused to help her and which hides a terrible secret. Because someone at the reunion knows what happened. And they'll stop at nothing to prevent Frieda discovering the truth . . . Praise for the Frieda Klein series:'Nicci French's sophisticated, compassionate and gripping crime novels stand head and shoulders above the competition' Sophie Hannah'Expert in the unguessable twist, supremely skilled at ratcheting up the tension' Easy Living'French leads the field' Sunday Express'Brilliantly crafted . . . masterly control of suspense' Daily Mirror'Magnificent' Evening Standard 'A nerve-jangling and addictive read' Daily Express

"Another compelling entry in this complex, suspenseful series." --Booklist (starred review) In the third volume of the bestselling Frieda Klein Mystery series, the brilliant but troubled London psychotherapist returns--only to journey into a darkness from which there may be no return. Ruth Lennox, mother of three, is found dead in a pool of her own blood. Detective Chief Inspector Karlsson calls Frieda, hoping she can offer a new angle. But when it emerges that Ruth was leading a secret life, her family closes ranks. Still reeling from a recent attempt on her life, Frieda starts down a dangerous path that seems to lead to a serial killer who has long escaped detection. Is she getting closer to unraveling either case? Or is Frieda just the victim of her own paranoid, fragile mind?

Psykoterapeut Frieda Klein trodde hun var ferdig med politiet, men nok en gang kommer inspektør Karlsson og banker på døra hennes. I stua til en psykiatrisk pasient som er «tilbakeført til samfunnet», har man funnet liket av en ukjent mannsperson. Kvinnen, Michelle Doyce, er selv ikke i stand til å gjøre rede for hva som har hendt. Nå håper politiet at Frieda er i stand til å grave dypt nok i den forvirrede kvinnens sinn til å finne svaret." En intelligent og mangefasettert thriller." Kirkus «Forfatteren vet å spille på det vi frykter aller mest.» Daily Mail «En levende, velskrevet roman.» The Guardian”Vil holde deg helt på tuppen av stolen. Enda mer spennende enn Blåmandag” Daily Express

A fiercely intelligent, multilayered thriller (Kirkus Reviews) from the bestselling author of Blue MondayNicci French s first Frieda Klein mystery, Blue Monday, won rave reviews everywhere from People magazine to the New York Times Book Review and earned comparisons to bestsellers by Kate Atkinson and Laura Lippman. In Tuesday s Gone, the solitary London psychotherapist returns in a brilliant thriller even more twisted than the last. On a routine home visit, a London social worker discovers her psychotic client serving tea to a naked, decomposing corpse. Unable to make sense of the woman s confused ramblings, Detective Chief Inspector Karlsson asks Frieda Klein for help uncovering the dead man s identity. Frieda soon learns that he was a notorious con man one Robert Poole. But Frieda can t help feeling that Poole was killed to embroil her in the investigation, that her past isn t done with her yet. And if so, is Frieda herself the next victim?"

Feel chills down your spine with the thrilling third novel in Nicci French's bestselling killer series . . . Ruth Lennox is found by her daughter in a pool of her own blood. But who would want to murder an ordinary housewife? And why? 'Undeniably at the top of British psychological suspense writing' OBSERVER'Frieda's thinking keeps you gripped and adds twists that most people wouldn't imagine' 5***** READER REVIEW­__________Psychotherapist Frieda Klein wasn't ready for a case to get this personal. When her niece befriends Ruth Lennox's son, Ted, she finds herself in the difficult position of confidant to both Ted, and DCI Karlsson. Soon it's clear that Ruth was leading a secret life. Her family close ranks. And Karlsson needs Frida's help more than ever before . . . But Frieda is distracted. Having survived an attack on her life, she's struggling to stay focused when a patient's chance remark rings alarm bells. Suddenly Frieda finds herself chasing the path of a suspected serial killer. Or is it merely a symptom of her own increasingly fragile mind? . . .__________'A roller coaster of emotions . . . Truly brilliant writing' 5***** READER REVIEW'The storyline is gripping with twists and turns along the way' 5***** READER REVIEW'Had me gripped from the first few pages. Lots of twists and turns' 5***** READER REVIEWPraise for Nicci French: 'Sophisticated, compassionate, gripping . . . Not many books are as insightful as they are addictive; Nicci French's are' Sophie Hannah 'A brilliantly crafted new crime series' Daily Mirror 'Terrific. The writing is pacy, the jaw-dropping twists are plentiful' Short List 'One of French's hardest-to-put-down novels' Sunday Express 'French is undeniably at the top of British psychological suspense writing, expert in the unguessable twist, supremely skilled at ratcheting up the tension' Observer 'A nerve-jangling and addictive read' Daily Express

For Frieda Klein the days get longer, the cases darker . . . Psychotherapist Frieda Klein thought she was done with the police. But once more DCI Karlsson is knocking at her door. A man's decomposed body has been found in the flat of Michelle Doyce, a woman trapped in a world of strange mental disorder. The police don't know who it is, how he got there or what happened - and Michelle can't tell them. But Karlsson hopes Frieda can get access to the truths buried beneath her confusion. Painstakingly, Frieda uncovers a possible identity for the corpse: Robert Poole, a jack of all trades and master conman. But the deeper Frieda and Karlsson dig into Poole's past, the more of his victims they encounter - and the more motives they find for murder. Meanwhile, violent ghosts from Frieda's own past are returning to threaten her. Unable to discover quite who is telling the truth and who is lying, they know they are getting closer to a killer. But whoever murdered Poole is determined to stay free - and anyone that gets too close will meet the same fate. A gritty heroine, a gruesome crime and a terrifying hunt for a psychotic killer, Tuesday's Gone is not to be missed by fans of psychological thrillers. Praise for Nicci French:'Nicci French's sophisticated, compassionate and gripping crime novels stand head and shoulders above the competition. No one understands human psychological frailty better. No one writes better about grief, love, fear or emotional damage. Not many books are as insightful as they are addictive; Nicci French's are.' Sophie Hannah'Nicci French knows just how to play on our worst fears' Daily Mail

Feel chills down your spine with the thrilling first novel in Nicci French's bestselling killer series'Undeniably at the top of British psychological suspense writing' OBSERVER'Utterly gripping . . . I could hardly turn the pages fast enough' 5***** READER REVIEW _______ Monday: five-year-old Matthew Faraday is abducted. His face is splashed across newspaper front pages. His parents and the police are desperate. Can anyone help find their little boy before it is too late? Psychotherapist Frieda Klein just might know something. One of her patients describes dreams of seizing a boy who is the spitting image of Matthew. Convinced at first the police will dismiss her fears out of hand, Frieda reluctantly finds herself drawn into the heart of the case. A previous abduction, from twenty years ago, suggests a new lead - one that only Frieda, an expert on the minds of disturbed individuals, can uncover. Struggling to make sense of this terrifying investigation, Frieda will face her darkest fears in the hunt for a clever and brutal killer . . . _______'The twists within the last few chapters left me thinking about it for hours after' 5***** READER REVIEW'I was really gripped from start to finish' 5***** READER REVIEW Praise for Nicci French: 'Sophisticated, compassionate, gripping . . . Not many books are as insightful as they are addictive; Nicci French's are' Sophie Hannah 'A brilliantly crafted new crime series' Daily Mirror 'Terrific. The writing is pacy, the jaw-dropping twists are plentiful' Short List 'One of French's hardest-to-put-down novels' Sunday Express 'French is undeniably at the top of British psychological suspense writing, expert in the unguessable twist, supremely skilled at ratcheting up the tension' Observer 'A nerve-jangling and addictive read' Daily Express