Frieda Klein Series

This series follows Frieda Klein, a London-based psychotherapist drawn into complex criminal investigations. With each installment, she delves deeper into the dark corners of the human psyche, uncovering secrets hidden beneath the surface of ordinary lives. Her sharp analytical skills and empathy propel her forward, even as she confronts her own demons. It's a gripping read for fans of psychological thrillers.

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Blue Monday
Nicci French
3.9(300)Add rating
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...
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Tuesday's Gone
Nicci French
465 pages
17 hours of reading
4.0(10299)Add rating
Psychotherapist Frieda Klein takes on a case involving the murder of conman Robert Poole, who was found in the flat of a mentally disturbed woman.
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Waiting for Wednesday
Nicci French
4.1(296)Add rating
Ruth Lennox, beloved mother of three, is found by her daughter in a pool of her own blood. Who would want to murder an ordinary housewife? And why? Psychotherapist Frieda Klein finds she has an unusually personal connection with DCI Karlsson's latest case
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Thursday's Children
Nicci French
3.8(1143)Add rating
When psychotherapist Frieda Klein left the sleepy Suffolk coastal town in which she grew up, she never intended to return. Left behind were friends, family, lives and loves but alongside them, painful memories; a past she wouldn't allow to destroy her. Then, years later, an old classmate appears in London, asking Frieda to help her teenage daughter, and long-buried memories resurface. Death soon follows, leaving Frieda no choice but to return home to confront her past. And the monsters no one else believed were real . . . Through a fog of conflicting accounts, hidden agendas and questionable alibis, Frieda can trust no one as she tries to piece together the shocking truth, past and present. Before another innocent dies. When it comes to psychological suspense, there's none better than Nicci French. And Thursday's Children is Nicci French at her very best. Praise for Nicci French 'Brilliantly crafted.' Daily Mirror 'Magnificent.' Evening Standard
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Friday on My Mind
Nicci French
4.0(180)Add rating
When a decomposing body is fished out of the Thames, the police think that at least identifying the victim will be straightforward. Around his wrist is a hospital band. On it is written the name of Dr F. Klein. But psychotherapist Frieda Klein is very much alive. After evidence linking her to the death is discovered Frieda suddenly becomes the prime suspect. Unable to convince the police of her innocence she is forced to disappear. On the run and uncertain who to trust, Frieda must uncover the truth and expose the real killer while the net closes in around her.
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Saturday Requiem
Nicci French
400 pages
14 hours of reading
4.0(3410)Add rating
Thirteen years ago eighteen-year-old Hannah Docherty was arrested for the brutal murder of her family. It was an open-shut case and Hannah's been incarcerated in a secure hospital ever since. When psychotherapist Frieda Klein is asked to meet Hannah and give her assessment of her, she reluctantly agrees. What she finds horrifies her. And Frieda is haunted by the thought that Hannah might be as much of a victim as her family; that something wasn't right all those years ago. And as Hannah's case takes hold of her, Frieda soon begins to realize that she's up against someone who'll go to any lengths to protect themself.
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Sunday Morning Coming Down
Nicci French
416 pages
15 hours of reading
4.0(3211)Add rating
Psychotherapist Dr Frieda Klein once again finds herself in the midst of a criminal investigation when the rotting body of an ex-policeman is found beneath the floorboards of her house. The corpse is only months old but the main suspect, murderer Dean Reeve, died over seven years ago. As the killer picks off his next victims and her home is turned into a crime scene, Frieda's old life seems like a hazy dream. With eyes of the world upon her and no answers from the police, Frieda realises that she will have to track this killer before he tracks down those she loves.
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Day of the Dead
Nicci French
320 pages
12 hours of reading
4.0(291)Add rating
On a north London high street, a runaway vehicle crashes to a halt. The man in the driving seat was murdered a week earlier. On Hampstead Heath, a bonfire blazes- in the flames lies the next victim. As autumn leaves fall, a serial killer runs amok in the capital, playing games with the police. The death toll is rising fast, and the investigation is floundering. But this is no ordinary killer, and every new victim is intended as a message to just one woman. Because psychologist Frieda Klein is in hiding. And someone is coming to find her . . . After seven stunning novels, Frieda Klein's duel with her dark nemesis finally comes to a climax - and only one can make it out alive.