NICCI FRENCH

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.

It's devasting to hear that your husband has died in a horrific car accident But to learn that he died with a mysery woman as his passenger is torment Was Greg having an affair? Drowing the grief, Ellie clings to Greg's innocence and her determination to prove it to the world at large means she must find out who Milena Livinstone was and what she was doing in Graig's car...

Who is more dangerous? An enemy? A friend? Or a lover? Bonnie Graham is standing in her friend´s flat She is alone, except for the dead body lying in a pool of blood on the floor What happened? What will she do? And what role has she played in the murderous events? Bonnie is a music teacher who has spent a long, hot summer in London rehearsing with a band to play at a wedding...

Bonnie is devastated by the death of Hayden, an enigmatic musician with a mysterious, unknown past. And hiding her part in his disappearance is taking its toll. How much longer can she keep up appearances before she cracks? The police are taking a keen interest in her movements and when it comes to light that Hayden had been beating her, suddenly there's a motive.

An unnerving, seamless escalation of suspicion, deceit and lust.

Psychotherapist Frieda 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 she had hired to help protect her. The killer's message is all too clear: you're mine. When those closest to Frieda begin to be targeted, the picture becomes more skewed: the patterns unclear. Unless Frieda can find and stop whoever is threatening her friends and family, her love and loyalty could come at a truly fatal cost . . .

Ellie Faulkners world has been destroyed. Her husband Greg died in a car crash - and he wasnt alone. In the passenger seat was the body of Milena Livingstone - a woman Ellies never heard of. But Ellie refuses to leap to the obvious conclusion, despite the whispers and suspicions of those around her.

You wake in the dark, gagged and bound. A man visits you, feeds you. And tells you that he will kill you - just like all the rest. Abbie Devereaux doesnt know where she is or how she got there. Shes so terrified she can barely remember her own name - and shes sure of just one thing: that she will survive this nightmare.

Cycle courier Astrid Bell is bad luck - for other people. First Astrids neighbour Peggy accidentally knocks her off her bike - and not long after is found bludgeoned to death in an alley. Then a few days later, Astrid is asked to pick up a package - only to find the client slashed to pieces in the hall of her own home.

Holly Krauss is a city girl burning the candle at both ends. Despite a comfortable home life, a tough job and friends who admire her, she secretly enjoys taking reckless, dangerous walks on the wild side. But Holly cant keep those worlds separate forever. Soon enough her secret life bleeds into her safe one and everything spirals out of control.

Frieda Klein reluctantly faces a case that penetrates to her very core. Saturday Requiem is classic Nicci French - a dark, gripping and sophisticated masterclass in psychological suspense in which nothing is quite what it seems ...'Nicci French's sophisticated, compassionate and gripping crime novels stand head and shoulders above the competition' Sophie Hannah *** Thirteen years ago eighteen year old Hannah Docherty was arrested for the brutal murder of her family. It was an open and 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. Hannah has become a tragic figure, old before her time. 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 realise that she's up against someone who'll go to any lengths to protect themselves ...Saturday Requiem is the sixth addictive and intriguing novel in the Frieda Klein series by the bestselling author 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

ich 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..."Nicci French's sophisticated, compassionate and gripping crime novels stand head and shoulders above the competition." (Sophie Hannah). 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.

''This is not my world. Something is wrong, askew. . . I am Ellie Falkner, thirty-four years old and married to Greg Manning. Although two police officers have just come to my door and told me he is dead . . . '' It''s devastating to hear that your husband has died in a horrific car accident. But to learn that he died with a mystery woman as his passenger is torment. Was Greg having an affair? Drowning in grief, Ellie clings to Greg''s innocence, and her determination to prove it to the world at large means she must find out who Milena Livingstone was and what she was doing in Greg''s car. But in the process those around her begin to question her sanity and motive. And the louder she shouts that Greg must have been murdered, the more suspicion falls on Ellie herself. Sometimes it''s safer to keep silent when someone dies. Suspicion, paranoia and gut-wrenching deception are at the heart of Nicci French''s gripping new thriller. ''French is excellent at building up suspense and elegantly exploiting all our worst fears.'' Daily Mail

Shes loved by all who meet her. But someone wants her gone . . .1990When beautiful and vivacious Charlotte Salter fails to turn up to her husband Alecs 50th birthday party, her kids are worried, but Alec is not. As the days pass and theres still no word from Charlie, her daughter, Etty, and her sons, Niall, Paul and Ollie, all struggle to come to terms with her disappearance.How can anyone just vanish without a trace?Left with no answers and in limbo, the Salter children try and go on with their lives, all the while thinking that their mothers killer is potentially very close to home.NowAfter years away, Etty returns home to the small East Anglian village where she grew up to help move her father into a care home. Now in his eighties, Alec has dementia and often mistakes his daughter for her mother.Etty is a changed woman from the trouble-free girl she was when Charlie was still around - all the Salter children have spent decades running and hiding from their mothers disappearance.But when their childhood friends, Greg and Morgen Ackerley, decide to do a podcast about Charlottes disappearance, it seems like the towns buried secrets and the Salters might finally come to light.After all this time, will they finally find out what really happened to Charlotte Salter?

The unputdownable new thriller from bestselling author Nicci French.

On an autumn morning the body of a sixteen-year-old girl is found buried in the garden of a country house in Shropshire. She is Natalie Martello and she has been missing for a quarter of a century. The Memory Game is a highly sophisticated psychological thriller based around the controversial theme of recovered memory syndrome. It provides a deeply disturbing and original portrayal of how family secrets can tear the most successful lives apart. It is a thriller of rare power.

She thinks it was murder. But if she cant trust herself, can anyone else? Nancy North and her boyfriend Felix are making the move across London to Harlesden. A new flat, a new area, a new start. Because while Nancy is fine now, she wasnt fine before. But settling into the new flat and meeting the new neighbours isnt helped by Felixs hovering concern. She is all right. She is sticking to her breathing exercises and doctor-prescribed help. So, when their new neighbour Kira Mullan is found dead by suicide, Felix is understandably worried about Nancys frame of mind. But Nancy saw Kira the day before she died and she didnt strike her as someone who was suicidal she was upset and angry, yes, but was she upset and angry enough to take her own life? Nancy is the only one convinced that theres more to Kiras death than has been discovered. But all the police and the neighbours see is a vulnerable woman who isnt sure of what she saw, and might even be imagining things . . . Is Nancy imagining things, or are there more questions that should be asked about the last days of Kira Mullan? 'A heroine you'll be rooting for on every page and a forensic study of gaslighting. Pure literary adrenaline Erin Kelly

Anne Tyler''s second novel, set in rural North Carolina, is about the accidental death of a 6-year-old girl, and the ways her family and neighbors try to cope with the devastation of the event.