You open your home and your heart to a victim. But your house is anything but safe . . .
Samantha Laschen is a doctor specialising in post-traumatic stress disorder. She's moved to the coast to escape her problems and to be alone with her young daughter. But now the police want her to take in Fiona Mackenzie, a girl whose parents have been savagely murdered.
You open your home and your heart to a victim. But your house is anything but safe . . .
Samantha Laschen is a doctor specialising in post-traumatic stress disorder. She's moved to the coast to escape her problems and to be alone with her young daughter. But now the police want her to take in Fiona Mackenzie, a girl whose parents have been savagely murdered.
Dr Laschen welcomes into her home a traumatized young orphan. The next day, terror comes knocking . . .You open your home and your heart to a victim. But your house is anything but safe . . .Samantha Laschen is a doctor specializing in post-traumatic stress disorder. She's moved to the coast to escape her problems and to be alone with her young daughter.But now the police want her to take in Fiona Mackenzie, a girl whose parents have been savagely murdered. Yet by allowing Fiona in, Sam is exposing herself - and her daughter - to risks she couldn't possibly have imagined . . .
Emotionally acute Mail on Sunday
A craftily plotted book in which the mystery unfolds layer by layer . . . right up until the surprise ending Sunday Telegraph
A winner Independent
A superior psychological thriller The Times
Nicci French's sophisticated, compassionate and gripping crime novels stand head and shoulders above the competition. -- Sophie Hannah
Nicci French is the pseudonym for the writing partnership of journalists Nicci Gerrard and Sean French. The couple are married and live in Suffolk. There are twenty bestselling novels by Nicci French, published in thirty-one languages. Blue Monday was the first thrilling story in the Frieda Klein series, which concludes with Day of the Dead.facebook.com/NicciFrenchOfficialPage
'A craftily plotted book in which the mystery unfolds layer by layer . . . right up until the surprise ending' Sunday Telegraph [column 1] You open your home and your heart to a victim. But your house is anything but safe . . . Samantha Laschen is a doctor specialising in post-traumatic stress disorder. She's moved to the coast to escape her problems and to be alone with her young daughter. But now the police want her to take in Fiona Mackenzie, a girl whose parents have been savagely murdered. Yet by allowing Fiona in, Sam is exposing herself - and her daughter - to risks she couldn't possibly have imagined . . . [column 2] 'Nail-biting' Marie-Claire 'Startling' Daily Mail 'Magnificent' Evening Standard 'Taut and menacing' Guardian 'Remarkable' Independent 'Addictive' Daily Express 'Excellent' Sunday Times 'Ingenious' Daily Telegraph
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