Nicci French

The abduction of a five-year-old boy provokes a desperate police hunt. When the child's photo is in the news, psychotherapist Frieda Klein is troubled. One of her patients has described a dream featuring a child, identical to the missing boy! And Frieda is soon at the centre of the race to find him. Book 1 of series.

Holly Kraus is a young, successful and well-liked businesswoman, but there is also a wild side to her. As she makes more and more reckless mistakes, the two sides of her life start to collide and spiral out of control - who can she trust to catch her when she falls?

Bonnie has spent the summer rehearsing with a band to play at a wedding. But what was meant to be fun turns deadly as lovers betray one another, passions turn murderous and friendship itself becomes a crime. Everyone tells lies. But who is prepared to tell the truth to uncover a murderer?

At long last, a final reckoning is coming for Frieda Klein... As autumn leaves fall, a serial killer runs amok in the capital, playing games with the police. The death toll is rising fast, and the investigation is floundering. But this is no ordinary killer, and every new victim is intended as a message to just one woman. Because psychologist Frieda Klein is in hiding. And someone is coming to find her . . . Book 8 of series.

Everyone knows she killed Stuart Rees – why else would his dead body be found in her shed? So now Tabitha is in prison, awaiting trial. Coming back to the remote coastal village where she grew up was a mistake. That day is such a blur, she can’t remember clearly what happened. There is something she is missing, something important… She only knows one thing. She is not capable of murder.

Neve Connolly looks down at a murdered man. She doesn't call the police. A trusted colleague and friend, a mother, a wife; Neve Connolly is all these things. She has also made mistakes, one that is now spiralling out of control - bringing those around her into immense danger...

When Frieda Klein is asked to assess eighteen-year-old Hannah Docherty, who has been arrested for the brutal murder of her family, she reluctantly agrees. What she finds horrifies her, and Frieda soon begins to realise that she's up against someone who'll go to any lengths to protect themselves… Book 6 of series.

When Miranda Cotton finds her boyfriend Brendan reading her diary, she breaks off the relationship. The next thing she knows he is dating her sister. It soon becomes apparent that he is intent on being part of Miranda’s life and what began as an embarrassment turns into a terrifying nightmare.

Psychotherapist Frieda Klein’s home is her refuge until she returns to find it has become a grisly crime scene. Beneath the floorboards is the body of a man who was helping her track down a serial killer. Once again Frieda finds herself drawn into the police inquiry, risking everything to save those closest to her. Book 7 of series.

Frieda Klein is surprised when her former classmate, Maddie Capel, shows up at her door - until she hears about Maddie's troubled daughter, Becky. The teenager claims she was raped in her own bed one night while her mother was downstairs. Becky's story awakens dark memories of an eerily similar incident in Frieda's own past that she's been avoiding for decades. But confronting the ghosts of the past turns out to be more dangerous than she ever expected. Book 4 of series.

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 DCI Karlsson hopes psychotherapist Frieda Klein can get access to the truths buried beneath her confusion. Book 2 of series.

Tess’ number one priority has always been her three-year-old daughter, Poppy. But splitting up with Poppy’s father, Jason, means that she cannot always be there to keep her daughter safe. When she finds a disturbing drawing, dark and menacing, among her daughter’s brightly coloured paintings, Tess is convinced that Poppy has witnessed something terrible. Something that her young mind is struggling to put into words. But no one will listen. It’s only a child’s drawing, isn’t it? Tess will protect Poppy, whatever the price. But when she doesn’t know what, or who, she is protecting her from, how can she possibly know who to trust?

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? When it emerges that Ruth was leading a secret life, her family closes ranks and DCI Karlsson finds he needs psychotherapist Frieda Klein's help more than ever before. Book 3 of series.