Waiting for Wednesday (Frieda Klein, Book 3) - Softcover

Nicci French

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0718156978 ISBN 13: 9780718156978

Publisher: Michael Joseph (Penguin Australia), 2013

Synopsis

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?

Psychotherapist Frieda Klein finds she has an unusually personal connection with DCI Karlsson's latest case. She is no longer working with him in an official capacity, but when her niece befriends Ruth Lennox's son, Ted, she finds herself in the awkward position of confidante to both Karlsson and Ted.

When it emerges that Ruth was leading a secret life, her family closes ranks and Karlsson finds he needs Frieda's help more than ever before.

But Frieda is distracted. Having survived an attack on her life, she is struggling to stay in control and when a patient's chance remark rings an alarm bell, she finds herself chasing down a path that seems to lead to a serial killer who has long escaped detection. Or is it merely a symptom of her own increasingly fragile mind?

Because, as Frieda knows, every step closer to a killer is one more step into a darkness from which there may be no return . . .

About this title

About the Author

Nicci French is the pseudonym for the internationally bestselling writing partnership of suspense writers Nicci Gerrard and Sean French. The duo has sold more than eight million copies of their books worldwide. They are married and live in Suffolk and London, England.

From Booklist

*Starred Review* By all accounts Ruth Lennox—a wife and mother of three teenagers who was universally liked—led a perfect life until she was murdered in her London home, likely in a burglary gone wrong. But when the prime suspect is ruled out, DCI Malcolm Karlsson approaches psychotherapist Frieda Klein for help. The big question, to Klein, is what the victim’s secrets were, and a shocking one sets the case on end. Meanwhile, Klein, still fragile after being attacked (in Tuesday’s Gone, 2013), is so intrigued by the script in a contrived study of therapists that she follows a thread that leads her to a journalist working on a potential cold case involving missing girls. At the same time, the intuitive Klein gets messages from shadowy serial killer Dean Reeve (from Blue Monday, 2012), who both stalks and protects her, and she sorely misses her lover in America. There’s enough backstory for this third Frieda Klein mystery to stand alone, but the greatest pleasure is in following the series from the beginning to see the evolution of Klein, a detective of the mind, who endures a rough patch here but makes it through the darkness. Another compelling entry in this complex, suspenseful series. --Michele Leber

Edition details

• Publisher: Michael Joseph (Penguin Australia)
• Publication date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0718156978
• ISBN 13: 9780718156978
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 506