Blue Monday: A NovelNicci French
Pamela Dorman Books, March 2012
ISBN: 978-0670023363
The stunning first book in a new series of psychological thrillers introducing an unforgettable London psychotherapist.
Frieda Klein is a psychotherapist in her mid-thirties who is seeing a patient, Alan Dekker, for panic attacks. His dreams and thoughts preceding these attacks have aspects which sound remarkably like details of the abductions of children that have terrorized London.
As Frieda struggles to make sense of her sessions with Alan she begins to suspect a link to an earlier abduction. In spite of her commitment to the confidentiality of patient confessions, she feels obliged to go to the police. She begins to work with Detective Chief Inspector Malcolm Karlsson, and soon is in incredible danger herself.
Freida Klein is a typical Nicci French creation: the pair, who write alternate chapters, editing each other's work, are old hands at creating troubled, vivid, complex female leads, and Klein is no exception. Set in a smokey, sprawling London full of shadows, Blue Monday explores the darkest parts of the human desires, producing a thrilling story that is engaging, fast-paced and enjoyable.
NICCI FRENCH is the pseudonym for the internationally bestselling writing partnership of suspense writers Nicci Gerrard and Sean French. They are married and live in Suffolk and London, England.
ISBN: 978-0670023363; ISBN10: 0670023361; Imprint: Pamela Dorman Books; On Sale: 3/1/2012; Format: Hardcover; Pages: 336; $26.95
