She finds herself in the center of the investigation, serving as the reluctant sidekick of the chief inspector.ĭrawing readers into a haunting world in which the terrors of the mind have spilled over into real life, Blue Monday introduces a compelling protagonist and a chilling mystery that will appeal to readers of dark crime fiction and fans of In Treatment and The Killing. A red-haired child he can describe in perfect detail, a child the spitting image of Matthew. And when his face is splashed over the newspapers, Frieda cannot ignore the coincidence: one of her patients has been having dreams in which he has a hunger for a child. The abduction of five-year-old Matthew Farraday provokes a national outcry and a desperate police hunt. This attitude is reflected in her own life, which is an austere one of refuge, personal integrity, and order. She believes that the world is a messy, uncontrollable place, but what we can control is what is inside our heads.

The stunning first book in a new series of psychological thrillers introducing an unforgettable London psychotherapistįrieda Klein is a solitary, incisive psychotherapist who spends her sleepless nights walking along the ancient rivers that have been forced underground in modern London.

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