The author then surrounds Frieda with other fascinating characters that are bound to complicate things, not just in this book, but in future storylines yet to come. This is what makes her so human and relatable. It is easy for the reader to root for Frieda, even as they see evidence of her flaws. Nicci French has created a wonderful and complex character in Frieda Klein. However, I suspect that few readers will see the various twists in this plot before they happen on the page. Needless to say, this current case will have ties to the earlier missing child case described at the beginning of the novel. Could Alan be responsible for the abduction of Matthew Farraday? And more importantly, does the patient/client privilege extend to cases where someone merely mentions wanting a child, but then that statement coincides with an actual crime of a similar nature? A boy that looks an awful lot like Alan’s dream-child.
Things get really complicated when Frieda sees a newscast about a local boy who has been kidnapped.
Frieda explains how normal this situation is and begins to work with Alan to try to understand him better. In confidence to Frieda he reveals that he wants nothing more from life than to have a child of his own – a red-headed, freckled son – and that he and Carrie have been struggling with fertility issues for a while now. While Carrie does not really know what is troubling Alan, she certainly knows that things are not “right.” Alan, on the other hand, knows what he is feeling, just not how to deal with it. When one of her colleagues becomes indisposed, she is reluctantly persuaded to take on his newest client.Īlan Dekker agrees to see a therapist at the suggestion of his wife Carrie. Her personal relationships are affected and she often finds herself walking at odd hours to combat her insomnia. Frieda is a professional woman who is good at her job, yet it does take a toll on her. The older sister becomes impatient and distracted, enough so that in just moments she loses track of her younger sibling.įlash-forward to present day London, where readers are introduced to psychotherapist Frieda Klein. The first book in that series is called Blue Monday and was released in the US in 2012.īlue Monday begins with a prologue from the past, in which two sisters are walking to a candy shop. The married writing duo of Nicci Gerrard and Sean French, publishing under the pseudonym Nicci French, have written many books together including the Frieda Klein mystery series.
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