Blue Monday is the thrilling first novel in Nicci French's top-ten best-sellin
g killer new series introducing psychotherapist Frieda Klein. Monday: five-year-
old Matthew Faraday is abducted. His face is splashed across newspaper front pag
es.
His parents and the police are desperate. Can anyone help find their litt
le boy before it is too late? Psychotherapist Frieda Klein just might know somet
hing. 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 prev
ious abduction, from twenty years ago, suggests a new lead - one that only Fried
a, an expert on the minds of disturbed individuals, can uncover. Struggling to m
ake sense of this terrifying investigation, Frieda will face her darkest fears i
n the hunt for a clever and brutal killer...Praise for Nicci French: "Nicci Fren
ch's sophisticated, compassionate and gripping crime novels stand head and shoul
ders above the competition.
No one understands human psychological frailty be
tter. 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 Han
nah).
"A brilliantly crafted new crime series." (Daily Mirror). "Terrific. Th
e writing is pacy, the jaw-dropping twists are plentiful." (Short List).
"One
of French's hardest-to-put-down novels." (Sunday Express). "French is undeniabl
y at the top of British psychological suspense writing, expert in the unguessabl
e twist, supremely skilled at ratcheting up the tension." (Observer). "A nerve-j
angling and addictive read." (Daily Express).
