Books in the Frieda Klein series in order

Den værste tirsdag er bind to i serien om den indsigtsfulde og dygtige psykoterapeut, Frieda Klein, der har en gådefuld fortid, og som tackler sine egne traumer ved at gå lange ture, når hun ikke kan sove. Hun har en kæreste, og omkring hende møder vi en række gennemgående karakterer: mentoren Reuben, praktikanten Jack, ukraineren Josef, hendes brors ekskone og deres datter. Og ikke mindst kriminalinspektør Malcolm Karlsson og hans team.En sosu-assistent er på hjemmebesøg og opdager, at hendes klient, en kvinde med en svær mental sygdom, serverer eftermiddagste for et nøgent lig i en sofa. Der er intet, der kan afsløre den døde mands identitel, så Karlsson kontakter Frieda trods modvilje på stationen for få hende til at hjælpe med udredningen. Frieda opklarer, at liget er Robert Poole, en plattenslager af guds nåde. Men hun kan ikke ryste den tanke af sig, at fortiden ikke er færdig med hende endnu. Myrdede en eller anden Poole for at lokke Frieda ind i opklaringen? Og hvis, er Frieda så det næste offer?

Hun hører en bekymrende historie, men hun vil ikke involvere politiet. Hun vil selv finde sandheden …Den ondeste onsdag er bind tre i en hæsblæsende serie om psykoterapeuten Frieda Klein, som med en sjette sans  både hjælper sine klienter og politiet. Frieda er egentlig psykiater, men har etableret sig som psykoterapeut med egen klinik. Hun har en særlig evne til at hjælpe sine klienter videre i livet. Hun har en kæreste, og omkring hende møder vi en række gennemgående karakterer: mentoren Reuben, praktikanten Jack, ukraineren Josef, hendes brors ekskone og hans datter.Det var bare en tilfældig bemærkning fra en mulig klient. Men for psykoterapeuten Frieda Klein fik den alarmklokkerne til at ringe. Ordenes betydning plager hende, og hun ved, at det er tvingende nødvendigt, at hun finder ud af mere. Jagten trækker hende ind i en sort verden fuld af unge forsvundne kvinder og med en seriemorder så udspekuleret og subtil, at politiet endnu ikke er klar over hans forbrydelser. Lidt efter lidt kommer Frieda tættere på den tavse gerningsmand, hvis faste beslutning om på af forblive usynlig modsvares af Friedas desperate kamp for at finde ham. Og forblive i live.

Thursday's Child by Nicci French is the fourth novel in the bestselling Frieda Klein series, following Blue Monday, Tuesday's Gone and Waiting for Wednesday.Two crimes, generations apart . . .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, trained as a psychologist and never went back.Now an old classmate has shown up. She wants help with her daughter, who claims to have been attacked at home. An attack eerily similar to the one on Frieda. No one else believes the girl's story. Now - with a school reunion in the offing - Frieda returns to the darkness she fled. To the small town which refused to help her and which hides a terrible secret. Because someone at the reunion knows what happened.And they'll stop at nothing to prevent Frieda discovering the truth . . .Praise for the Frieda Klein series:'Nicci French's sophisticated, compassionate and gripping crime novels stand head and shoulders above the competition' Sophie Hannah'Expert in the unguessable twist, supremely skilled at ratcheting up the tension' Easy Living'French leads the field' Sunday Express'Brilliantly crafted . . . masterly control of suspense' Daily Mirror'Magnificent' Evening Standard 'A nerve-jangling and addictive read' Daily Express

Rich 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 . . .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.Praise for Nicci French:'Nicci French's sophisticated, compassionate and gripping crime novels stand head and shoulders above the competition' Sophie Hannah '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

Blue Monday is the thrilling first novel in Nicci French's top-ten bestselling killer new series introducing psychotherapist Frieda Klein***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 . . . Praise for Nicci French:'Nicci French's sophisticated, compassionate and gripping crime novels stand head and shoulders above the competition. No one understands human psychological frailty better. 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 Hannah 'A brilliantly crafted new crime series' Daily Mirror 'Terrific. The writing is pacy, the jaw-dropping twists are plentiful' Short List'One of French's hardest-to-put-down novels' Sunday Express'French is undeniably at the top of British psychological suspense writing, expert in the unguessable twist, supremely skilled at ratcheting up the tension' Observer'A nerve-jangling and addictive read' Daily Express

Waiting For Wednesday by Nicci French is the thrilling third novel in the highly acclaimed Frieda Klein series.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. She is no longer working with him in an official capacity, but when her niece befriends Ruth Lennox's son, Ted, she finds herself in the awkward position of confidante to both Karlsson and Ted.When it emerges that Ruth was leading a secret life, her family closes ranks and Karlsson finds he needs Frieda's help more than ever before.But Frieda is distracted. Having survived an attack on her life, she is struggling to stay in control and when a patient's chance remark rings an alarm bell, she finds herself chasing down a path that seems to lead to a serial killer who has long escaped detection. Or is it merely a symptom of her own increasingly fragile mind?Because, as Frieda knows, every step closer to a killer is one more step into a darkness from which there may be no return . . .Praise for Nicci French:'Nicci French's sophisticated, compassionate and gripping crime novels stand head and shoulders above the competition. No one understands human psychological frailty better. 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 Hannah'Brilliantly crafted' Daily Mirror'Full of dark psychology and tension ... nerve-tingling and addictive' Daily Express'Magnificent' Evening Standard

Nicci French's darkest most shocking thriller yet, Saturday Requiem is the stand-alone sixth instalment of the Frieda Klein series, about a young girl accused of murdering her familyThirteen 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.'Nicci French's sophisticated, compassionate and gripping crime novels stand head and shoulders above the competition' Sophie Hannah '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

For Frieda Klein the days get longer, the cases darker . . .Psychotherapist Frieda Klein thought she was done with the police. But once more DCI Karlsson is knocking at her door.A man's decomposed body has been found in the flat of Michelle Doyce, a woman trapped in a world of strange mental disorder. The police don't know who it is, how he got there or what happened - and Michelle can't tell them. But Karlsson hopes Frieda can get access to the truths buried beneath her confusion.Painstakingly, Frieda uncovers a possible identity for the corpse: Robert Poole, a jack of all trades and master conman. But the deeper Frieda and Karlsson dig into Poole's past, the more of his victims they encounter - and the more motives they find for murder. Meanwhile, violent ghosts from Frieda's own past are returning to threaten her.Unable to discover quite who is telling the truth and who is lying, they know they are getting closer to a killer. But whoever murdered Poole is determined to stay free - and anyone that gets too close will meet the same fate. A gritty heroine, a gruesome crime and a terrifying hunt for a psychotic killer, Tuesday's Gone is not to be missed by fans of psychological thrillers. Praise for Nicci French:'Nicci French's sophisticated, compassionate and gripping crime novels stand head and shoulders above the competition. No one understands human psychological frailty better. 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 Hannah'Nicci French knows just how to play on our worst fears' Daily Mail

Blå mandag er det første og overrumplende bind i en ny spændingsserie med psykoterapeuten Frieda Klein i hovedrollen. Hun har etableret sig med egen klinik og har en særlig evne til at hjælpe sine klienter  godt videre i livet. Hun har en kæreste, og omkring hende møder vi en række gennemgående karakterer: mentoren Reuben, praktikanten Jack, ukraineren Josef, hendes brors ekskone og deres datter. Og i de første bøger også kriminalinspektør Malcolm Karlsson og hans team.En lille dreng er sporløst forsvundet, og London står på den anden ende. I 1987 forsvandt en lille pige ud af det blå og blev aldring fundet. Er det et tilfælde, at der er så mange lighedspunkter mellem de to sager trods den lange tidsafstand. Frieda Klein og kriminalinspektør Malcolm Karlsson sætter alt ind på at rede trådene ud.