Frieda Klein Novel Series (1-7) Nicci French 7 Books Collection Set

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The whole premise of the book, as well as the fortuitous connection with Frieda's past, rings fake. Good well-rounded characters, vivid descriptions and deep pshycological insight are not enough to balance a feeble story. Something is horribly wrong. Tess is certain Poppy saw something—or something happened to her—that she’s too young to understand. Jason insists the weekend went off without a hitch. Doctors advise that Poppy may be reacting to her parents’ separation. And as the days go on, even Poppy’s disturbing memory seems to fade. When her niece befriends Ruth Lennox's son, Ted, she finds herself in the difficult position of confidant to both Ted, and DCI Karlsson. I thought Frieda did the right thing by avoiding arrest and taking the risks she did. Once the police hone in on her as a suspect, they were like a dog with a bone, refusing to open their minds to other possibilities. If something like this happened for real, Frieda would probably have been sent up the river, innocent or not.

Sophisticated, gripping, addictive. Crime novels that stand head and shoulders above the competition.”—Sophie Hannah, bestselling author of Woman with a Secret T he Fall explores notions of femaleness and sexual violence and it does so in a way that is powerfully unsettling and sometimes queasy-making. The camera lingers on its central character: her strongly beautiful profile and the full curve of her lips; her sleek hair, her gorgeous silk shirts (almost as iconic as Lund’s jumper), her shapely calves, the way she looks as she swims, as she undresses. She is itemised, fetishised, turned into a body, watched and assessed. It can feel that the way the serial killer watches his victims is eerily replicated by the way the camera watches Gibson. She complicates this by her own sexual behaviour; aloof, icy, sexually passionate without being warm, she uses men the way that men traditionally use women. She turns them into objects, the way that women are turned into objects by the male gaze or, at the other end of the spectrum, by the rapist. Ik verwacht bij deze serie een heerlijke spannende thriller. Uiteindelijk is het voornamelijk een drama, met was spannende stukjes. Zoals ook in het vorige deel, gaat het grootste stuk over het leven van Frieda. Aangezien ik niet zo weg ben van Frieda, of van welk karakter dan ook ik dit boek, komt het helemaal niet dichtbij en vind ik het dus ook minder leuk. A great storyline, well written and with excellent characters, I really enjoyed this book and found it interesting and intriguing.

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I'm not going to waste too much time on how this is such a good book and the characters, plot, pacing, setting etc etc are as good as always. I'll make an exception in writing a bit about Frieda, as even two people who know her well find it necessary to warn the investigating officer that Frieda is different. Her demeanor is usually taken as cold and indifferent by those who don't know her well, whereas first impressions could not be more wrong concerning Frieda. I am a huge Nicci French fan and I have thoroughly enjoyed the Frieda Klein series... so far. I found this particular installment quite disappointing. Nicci French, γεμάτο εκπλήξεις και αγωνιώδεις ανατροπές, αλλά και πολλές στιγμές συγκίνησης. Ιδιαίτερη αναφορά αξίζει να γίνει στο γεγονός πως αυτήν τη φορά το θύμα δεν είναι άγνωστο ούτε στη Φρίντα, ούτε στο περιβάλλον της, ούτε και στον αναγνώστη. Αξίζει λοιπόν να αναφερθεί ο ιδιαίτερα προσεχτικός και ‘τρυφερός’ τρόπος των συγγραφέων στη σκιαγράφηση της εξέλιξης της υπόθεσης, αλλά και στα συναισθήματα των ηρώων. Είναι πάντα δύσκολο να αποχαιρετάς έναν ήρωά σου, κάποιον που δημιούργησες και εξέλιξες για τόσα βιβλία, και είναι πάντα δύσκολο να κάνεις το αναγνωστικό κοινό να το αποδεχτεί. Πρέπει να το στήσεις καλά, να το δικαιολογήσεις, να δικαιώσεις τον ήρωα και την απόφασή σου. Το συγγραφικό δίδυμο εδώ το πετυχαίνει, και το «αντίο» είναι συγκινητικό, νοσταλγικό, ένας επίλογος αντάξιος του εν λόγω χαρακτήρα. A bloated corpse turns up in the Thames, throat slashed, and the only clue is a hospital wristband reading Dr. F. Klein. Frieda is taken to see the body and realizes with horror that it is Sandy, her ex-boyfriend. She’s certain that the killer is Dean Reeve—the man who has never stopped haunting her. But the police think he has been dead for years, and Frieda is their number one suspect. With few options, Frieda goes on the run to save herself and try to uncover the truth. Frieda’s personality does not lend itself well to this role and it becomes obvious to those who may be involved, what she is up to, which of course puts her in danger.

This fourth installment in the Frieda Klein British mystery procedural is a bit of a departure from the previous chapters. Perhaps Scott & Bailey will prove the exception to this rule of loneliness and instability: a complicated and intimate female friendship and working partnership lies at the heart of the show (which was created by women and written, again, by Wainwright) and this friendship is the foundation for its success and staying power. There might be frictions and rivalries, but the two detectives share secrets and a wry humour, drink pints of beer and glasses of wine together, bring humanity and wit to a world of poverty and gruesome murder. The two of them and their female boss normalise female authority in a way that a woman alone cannot. 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. Frieda's thinking keeps you gripped and adds twists that most people wouldn't imagine' 5***** READER REVIEWStruggling to make sense of this terrifying investigation, Frieda will face her darkest fears in the hunt for a clever and brutal killer . . .

Monday, the lowest point of the week. A day of dark impulses. A day to snatch a child from the streets ... Instead of going through the due process, Frieda goes AWOL, sliding just under the radar and one step ahead of the cops, while she investigates the murder. But, it soon becomes clear that Frieda could be a target, and must tread very carefully. Sophisticated, compassionate, gripping . . . Not many books are as insightful as they are addictive; Nicci French's are' Sophie Hannah Frieda is the lead investigator in this story, and gets little help at all from her inspector friend. She is the one pounding the pavement, doing interviews, and trying to gather evidence, even DNA evidence, which was pretty far fetched. I have read standalones by this author before (actually it's a two person partnership - husband and wife Nicci Gerrard and Sean French) and really enjoyed them, so I knew I would enjoy this book too.Frieda Klein's duel with her dark nemesis is finally coming to a climax - and only one can make it out alive. This was a calculating read, both in terms of the storyline and the killer. This was deftly plotted, the authors are skilled at creating an elaborate labyrinth that I never managed to work out on my own. The cast of characters is eccentric and interesting and I can see how long time readers of the series would have an emotional attachment to them. If you’re already a fan, I think you’re in for a treat! If you’re a newbie like me I would recommend giving this a shot! Throughout the series she tangles with the police force’s preferred “profiler,” the pompous but media-savvy Hal Bradshaw. He’s disdainful of Frieda, mostly because she’s often right and he isn’t. (He has a small moment of redemption in the final book.) I can’t say how accurate French’s interpretation of psychoanalytic work is, but it’s interesting how it’s worked into the plot and character development. I wrote down some of her thoughts. The twists within the last few chapters left me thinking about it for hours after' 5***** READER REVIEW

The Frieda Klein series includes the titles Blue Monday, Tuesday’s Gone, Waiting for Wednesday, Thursday’s Child (also published as Thursday’s Children), Friday on My Mind, Saturday Requiem(also published as Dark Saturday), Sunday Morning Coming Down (also published as Sunday Silence), and Day of the Dead. (The books’ American titles and covers are sometimes different from the British ones.) Is it strange to review an entire series in one review? 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. Ik vind het enorm lastig om dit boek te beoordelen. Enkele jaren terug las ik deel 1 & 2. Toen was ik mega enthousiast. Ik denk niet dat deze serie achteruit is gegaan, ik denk alleen dat deze serie in mijn geheugen gewoon beter was. Misschien als ik gelijk deel 3 & 4 had gelezen, dat ik dan net zo enthousiast was geweest. Maar enkele jaren, en vele boeken, later, ben ik dat niet. For in this female world, the detective is also a victim. The walls between the professional and private worlds collapse and this allows the viewer to identify with the character, as we can never identify with the expert, the invulnerable or the flawless. Few of TV’s female detectives become enduring staples in the way of Morse, Wexford and the rest – perhaps because the pressure of the women’s interior worlds must always explode outwards. They cannot be the stable centre of a drama lasting years or decades.Frieda Kline, a noted psychologist, now turned herself into a detective as well so she could find why Dean Reeve was after her and her family again. But this is no ordinary killer, and every new victim is intended as a message to just one woman - psychologist Freida Klein. When was the last time you read about a woman mentoring a young man? I can’t think any that are developed in detail.) Instead of the community gathering around a geographic area, though, it is gathered together by Frieda, albeit unwillingly. In a time when loneliness is an epidemic, reading about a community of unlikely friends is refreshing and, for me, gives hope that such friendships are possible. This was a major part of the books’ appeal. She’s a psychoanalyst, which I enjoyed reading about. The storyline isn't terribly fresh or exciting, either. Most of the novel is spent raking over sketchy memories of Frieda's contemporaries from the school in her old home town in Suffolk where Frieda left a 'painful memory' behind. In the present day, an old classmate appears in London asking Frieda to help her teenage daughter and 'long buried memories resurface.'