Blue Monday
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Nicci French
The stunning first book in a new series of psychological thrillers introducing an unforgettable London psychotherapistFrieda 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 a national outcry and a desperate police hunt. And when his face is splashed over the newspapers, Frieda cannot ignore the coincidence: one of her patients has been having dreams in which he has a hunger for a child. A red-haired child he can describe in perfect detail, a child the spitting image of Matthew. She finds herself in the center of the investigation, serving as the reluctant sidekick of the chief inspector.Drawing readers into a haunting world in which the terrors of the mind have spilled over into real life, Blue Monday introduces a compelling protagonist and a chilling mystery that will appeal to readers of dark crime fiction and fans of In Treatment and The Killing.
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Author
Nicci French
Pages
336
Publisher
Penguin
Published Date
2012-03-01
ISBN
1101560487 9781101560488
Ratings
Google: 3
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"I unfortunately did not really enjoy this book. I found it too predictable and kind of disjointed in who the authors wanted Dr Klein to be, rather than mysterious. It was a quick read though, it’s not like I didn’t finish it or anything. A few small things just irked me like how they placed it in London, but measured distance in miles for some reason? Just a few holes and quite strong foreshadowing. And just because it wasn’t my favourite doesn’t mean that it was bad! "
Chelsey Pottinger
"So i have officially read from Monday to Saturday as of right now, I am going back editing this review, i feel like it deserves to be rated as a series. There are something about these books that just keeps pulling me in. <br/>I had never read a Nicci French book before and it just so happened that my library had monday through thursday sitting on the self, I am all about reading series and reading them together and in order, I am very OCD about my books!!! So when i seen them all sitting there neglected, i could not walk away, I figured what the hell if i like them I have them all if not I'll just send them back no big deal. Little did i know this series would take over my life! I would NOT touch another book til i read this whole series, then of course i found out there were more, I had to reserve them all then wait very impatiently for the rest to come in! One thing i can tell you after reading all these books I LOVE FRIEDA KLEIN !!! This woman is my spirit animal! She is everything I want to be in life, and since i can not be this person reading her be this person is the second best thing, I love how she gets into a case and it consumes her, it becomes her life until she fixes it or figures it out, then when she finds out an injustice is done she won't rest until she fixes it, quite literally!! The biggest mystery to me is how this woman does all this work and still find time to rest in the tub and go to sleep!?"
Sarah Rife