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Nicci French
Psychotherapist Frieda Klein finds she has an unusually personal connection with DCI Karlsson’s latest case. She is no longer working with him in an official capacity, but when her niece…
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Klein’s home is her refuge until she returns to find it has become a disturbingly bloody crime scene. Beneath the floorboards the police have found the body of a man…
At long last, a reckoning is coming- the final novel in the internationally bestselling Frieda Klein series
On a north London high street, a runaway vehicle crashes to a halt…
The new keep-you-up-all-night suspense thriller from one of the UK's best crime writers.
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At the request of London police, psychologist Kit Quinn agrees to evaluate Michael Doll, a sexual predator who slashes her face. As she recovers, Kit has horrible dreams of a…
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After Abbie Devereaux escapes a kidnapper, no one seems to believe her. Even worse, Abbie can’t remember anything prior to her abduction. Determined to prove she was kidnapped, Abbie sets…
A classic Nicci French novel is finally available in the U.S.
First published as Complicit in Great Britain by Michael Joseph, an imprint of the Penguin Group, A2009 –Title page verso.
"A young woman agrees to do a favor for her first love, but when things go horribly wrong, one small task turns into a murder investigation that completely upends her…
When a skeleton is unearthed in the Martellos’ garden, Jane Martello is shocked to learn it’s that of her childhood friend, Natalie, who went missing twenty-five years ago. Encouraged by…
When Ruth Lennox, mother of three, is found dead in a pool of her own blood, Frieda Klein is called in to offer a new angle on the murder. But…
Originally published in the United Kingdom in 2018 by Penguin Random House UK –Copyright page.
Originally published in Great Britain by Michael Joseph, an imprint of The Penguin Group in 2007. First U. S. edition published by St. Martin’s Press, an imprint of Macmillan in…
Date of publication taken from publisher’s website.
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Bonnie Graham is in her friend’s flat. She is alone, except for the dead body lying in a pool of blood. What happened? What will she do? And is any…
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…
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…
It was an open and shut case when eighteen-year-old Hannah Docherty was arrested for the brutal murder of her family; she’s been incarcerated ever since. When psychotherapist Frieda Klein is…
The first standalone psychological suspense novel from Nicci French in 10 years - a major publishing event
A single mother suspects her young daughter has witnessed a horrible crime when the girl draws a disturbing picture–but the deadly path to unravel the truth could cost her everything…
Joe, Jenny, and Nadia each receive a note stating they will be killed. A cruel joke? The police don’t think so, but with no clear suspect amid the growing threat…
Miranda Cotton thinks she’s put boyfriend Brendan out of her life for good. But two weeks later, he’s intimately involved with her sister. Soon what began as an embarrassment becomes…
First published as Complicit in Great Britain by Michael Joseph, an imprint of the Penguin Group –T.p. verso.
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…
Alice Loudon has a devoted boyfriend and a challenging job as a research scientist. Then one morning, on her way to work, she exchanges a lingering look with a devastatingly…
Cycle courier Astrid Bell is bad luck - for other people. First Astrid’s neighbour Peggy accidentally knocks her off her bike - and not long after is found bludgeoned to…
Originally published as Saturday requiem in the UK in 2016 by Michael Joseph, an imprint of Penguin –Copyright page.
Psychologist Frieda Klein was driven to isolation by a serial killer. When more murders signal his return, she must emerge from the shadows to confront her nemesis and hope to…
An ingenious locked room thriller with a stunning twist, confirming Nicci French as ‘the giant of the genre, upon whose shoulders other writers stand’ (Erin Kelly)
Tabitha is accused of murder [and] is in prison awaiting trial. There is a strong case against her, and she can’t remember what happened on December 21st. She is alone…