Nicci French

Tess's number one priority has always been her three-year-old daughter Poppy. But splitting up with Poppy's father Jason means that she cannot always be there to keep her daughter safe. When she finds a disturbing drawing, dark and menacing, among her daughter's brightly coloured paintings, Tess is convinced that Poppy has witnessed something terrible. Something that her young mind is struggling to put into words. But no one will listen. It's only...

"On the day of Alec Salter's fiftieth birthday party, his wife, Charlotte, vanishes. Most of the small English village of Glensted is at the party for hours before anyone realizes she 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. Then Etty and her friend Morgan find the body of Morgan's father-and the...

"In this thrilling standalone from the internationally bestselling author of the Frieda Klein series, a married woman's affair with her boss spirals into a dangerous game of chess with the police when she discovers he's been murdered and she clears the crime sceneof all evidence. One little secret between a married woman, her lover, and a killer--it should have been just a mid-life fling, a guilty indiscretion that Neve Connolly could have weathered--an...

Astrid is on her way home one day when her neighbor accidentally knocks her off her bike. The next day, she learns that the same neighbor was beaten to death only hours after the accident. Two weeks later there's another brutal murder-- and she realizes there is a killer in the household.

In this thrilling standalone novel from the internationally bestselling author of the Frieda Klein series, a woman's frantic search for her missing daughter unveils a nefarious web of secrets and lies.
Nina Landry awakens on her fortieth birthday, anticipating a day filled with excitement. She, her new boyfriend, and her two children are taking a trip—leaving their home on Sandling Island, off the coast

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Frieda Klein is a solitary, incisive psychotherapist who spends her sleepless nights walking along the ancient rivers that have been forced underground in modern London. She believes that the world is a messy, uncontrollable place, but what we can control is what is inside our heads. This attitude is reflected in her own life, which is an austere one of refuge, personal integrity, and order. The abduction of five-year-old Matthew Farraday provokes...

From the international bestselling author of "Land of the Living," and "Killing Me Softly," comes a chilling new novel about a broken affair that leads to a deadly obsession.

Frieda Kleins Ex-Lebensgefährte Sandy wird ermordet in der Themse aufgefunden. An seinem Handgelenk befindet sich ein Patientenarmband mit ihrem Namen. Frieda ist tief getroffen und gerät noch dazu bald ins Visier der Polizei. Doch bevor es zur Anklage kommt, hat Frieda Klein sich abgesetzt und ermittelt auf eigene Faust ... Ein psychologischer Thriller, der Frieda in dunkle Lebenswelten führt und sie von ihrer verletzlichsten Seite zeigt.

Frieda Klein ist abgetaucht, nicht einmal die engsten Freunde kennen ihren Unterschlupf. Nur eine junge Frau gibt nicht auf: die Studentin Lola Hayes, die sich ausgerechnet die umstrittene Psychologin und ihre spektakulären Fälle als Arbeitsthema ausgesucht hat. Lola wird fündig, aber sie riskiert ihr Leben. Denn Friedas alter Widersacher Dean Reeves ist den beiden Frauen unbarmherzig auf der Spur. Bald erschüttert eine Mordserie die Londoner...

In dem gemütlichen Haus von Psychoanalytikerin Frieda Klein wird die Leiche eines Privatdetektivs gefunden. War Friedas Erzfeind und obskurer Beschützer Dean Reeve der Mörder? Dann überschlagen sich die Ereignisse: Jemand trachtet Frieda nach dem Leben, doch zuvor versucht er sie einzuschüchtern. Ihre Nichte Chloe, Freund Jack, Reuben und Josefs kleiner Sohn – sie alle werden Opfer von Anschlägen. Die Polizei tappt im Dunkeln, aber Frieda...