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A safe space. Frieda had always hoped that her consulting room was a place of escape for her patients, a place of refuge. Now it felt like that for her... Sometimes the silence could last for many minutes. At certain times it had lasted almost the whole session. Silence could be a kind of therapy." The Fall powerfully explores sexual violence and the way in which serial rapists and killers eroticise power and death, but there’s a very fine line between exploring violence and male misogyny and simply portraying, even enacting it. I couldn’t work out if it was feminist or almost pornographic in its visceral depictions of degradation and sexual horror. Perhaps it is both – and perhaps that’s why it is so powerfully disturbing. But I wonder if the series could have got away with its portrayal of the sexual torture of women if it hadn’t had a strong professional woman at its centre. Did Anderson’s DCI Gibson legitimise the portrayal of sexual horror? The plot involves the beating, kidnapping, and one murder of individuals who are all are known to Klein and her own life is threatened. The culprit seems to be linked to a psychopathic killer who was also involved in past books which I haven't read and know nothing about. So you see my problem.
The developments that took place in the book four was the segue into book five, but I never could have imagined things turning out like this. One of her patients describes dreams of seizing a boy who is the spitting image of Matthew. Convinced at first the police will dismiss her fears out of hand, Frieda reluctantly finds herself drawn into the heart of the case. A previous abduction, from twenty years ago, suggests a new lead - one that only Frieda, an expert on the minds of disturbed individuals, can uncover. I just follow where the evidence leads me, and in this case the evidence suggests that where Frieda Klein goes a trail of chaos follows. What her precise role in this happens to be has always been difficult to pin down. As you will probably discover, Frieda Klein also has some strange associates. How these things happen, I don't pretend to know, but they happen, and they continue to happen'"I thought Frieda did the right thing by avoiding arrest and taking the risks she did. Once the police hone in on her as a suspect, they were like a dog with a bone, refusing to open their minds to other possibilities. If something like this happened for real, Frieda would probably have been sent up the river, innocent or not. French is undeniably at the top of British psychological suspense writing, expert in the unguessable twist, supremely skilled at ratcheting up the tension' Observer I'm not going to waste too much time on how this is such a good book and the characters, plot, pacing, setting etc etc are as good as always. I'll make an exception in writing a bit about Frieda, as even two people who know her well find it necessary to warn the investigating officer that Frieda is different. Her demeanor is usually taken as cold and indifferent by those who don't know her well, whereas first impressions could not be more wrong concerning Frieda. Feel chills down your spine with the thrilling first novel in Nicci French's bestselling killer series Nicci went on to complete her school education from The Alice Ottley School, located in Worcester. After that, she joined the Oxford University and studied English Literature. Nicci also went on to obtain her degree in Master of Philosophy from the Sheffield University in the year 1986. Nicci was looking for a job after completing her post graduation from the Sheffield University. It was then when she decided to teach literature and went to places like London and Los Angeles in this regard. Her next job after teaching was working as a freelance journalist. But before that, author Nicci Gerrard founded a magazine for women. During the same time, she got married for the first time to Colin Hughes and became the mother of a couple of kids. However, some complications began to develop in her happy married life and she was finding it very difficult to manage it along with her profession as a freelance journalist.
Ruth Lennox is found by her daughter in a pool of her own blood. But who would want to murder an ordinary housewife? And why? Ali, ako ćemo Djecu četvrtka gledati kao zasebno djelo, sve je to meni nekako slabašno i mlako. Stavio sam ocjenu 3 zvjezdice, ali opasno je blizu 2. Zanimljiva mi je premisa suočavanja s prošlošću. Ti duhovi iz ormara uvijek su neugodni za čovjeka. Pa onda taj zločin koji se ponavlja nakon 30 godina. Sve to zvuči jako zanimljivo, no izvedba mi je jako slaba. Knjiga je mogla biti i sto stranica kraća, ne bih primjetio veliku razliku. I baš kad bih pomislio da me najbolje čeka, nope, uvijek nekako kratki rukavi,i pritom ne mislim zbog godišnjeg doba u kojem se nalazimo. Long time readers of this series are going to be surprised at the direction of this outstanding seventh outing for Dr.Frieda Klein and her friends. Many themes are touched upon in “Blue Monday“. Professional ethics, guilt, nature vs. nurture, the merits of psychoanalysis, the damage caused by child abduction, human foibles, secrets, and more.Frieda is approached by an old schoolmate asking for help with her teenage daughter who has stopped eating and has become withdrawn. SUNDAY SILENCE had ordinary characters with ordinary jobs as well as characters who may not be as ordinary as they seemed or who they are. If you've been following my reading journey for 2 years or 2 minutes, you'll know that I am intensely drawn to any type of crime fiction procedural. Police procedural, legal drama, clinical psychologist; I can't get enough, but I especially love when I find one that balances the ongoing series plotting equally with the crime being solved in each installment of said series. This continuous story is one of the most excellent, in those regards, on the market today; I cannot stress enough what a pleasure it is to be lost in the case at hand while also immersing myself in the drama and chaos of the characters' personal lives. Obviously the plot in this particular segment immediately intrigued me; a body found in the flooring of our main, reoccurring character is no easy feat to write. No plot spoilers here, but it was nicely done and my mind is till trying to play catch up from all the whiplash induced twists and turns. Eventually, her marriage turned into a failure and Nicci Gerrard was forced to separate from her first husband. She lived alone with her children for some time after her marriage got broken and joined the New Statesman daily newspaper to work as an editor. It was during this time that Nicci Gerrard met with Sean French, who was also working in the New Statesman as a weekly column writer. After working for a short period, Nicci left the New Statesman after receiving a better job offer from The Observer. Nicci’s father, John Gerrard died in the year 2014 due to deterioration of his dementia during a 5 week stay in a hospital. During the whole period of his treatment, family visit was highly restricted. Due to this, author Nicci Gerrard launched a campaign in the name of her father for the extension of the visiting rights for caretakers of patients suffering from dementia. Author Sean French was born on May 28, 1959, in Bristol. His father, Phili French, was a film critic and radio producer. Just like other 2 younger brothers, author Sean French was also educated at the William Ellis secondary school, located in north London. After that, he went on to join the Oxford University for studying English Literature. Even though Sean and Nicci studied at the Oxford University together, they never really met with each other. During his stay at the Oxford University, author Sean French won a contest for young writers organized by the Vogue magazine. Subsequently, he went on to work as a journalist. In the year 1987, author Sean French wrote his first column and then joined the New Statesman as a weekly column writer. He worked there till the end of the year 2000. In the year 2004, Sean wrote his solo novel titled ‘Start From Here’.
I have read standalones by this author before (actually it's a two person partnership - husband and wife Nicci Gerrard and Sean French) and really enjoyed them, so I knew I would enjoy this book too. Nicci Gerrard was born in June 1958 in Worcestershire. After graduating with a first class honours degree in English Literature from Oxford University, she began her first job, working with emotionally disturbed children in Sheffield. In that same year she married journalist Colin Hughes. Ik verwacht bij deze serie een heerlijke spannende thriller. Uiteindelijk is het voornamelijk een drama, met was spannende stukjes. Zoals ook in het vorige deel, gaat het grootste stuk over het leven van Frieda. Aangezien ik niet zo weg ben van Frieda, of van welk karakter dan ook ik dit boek, komt het helemaal niet dichtbij en vind ik het dus ook minder leuk. Ik heb het boek inmiddels herlezen. Ik ben vanochtend begonnen en zojuist heb ik het uitgelezen. Ik zat vanaf het begin in het verhaal en het leest vlot. Ik heb me dit keer niet zo aan Frieda geërgerd als de eerste keer dat ik het las. Al snapte ik haar gedrag niet helemaal. Het verhaal is niet zo spannend dat je continu op het puntje van je stoel zit. Toch is het wel zo boeiend dat ik bleef ik lezen. Ik kon weinig van het verhaal herinneren, ook al las ik het eerder. Ik wist zelfs niet meer wie het gedaan heeft. Wel wist ik nog dat een van haar tijdelijke huisgenoten haar bedrogen had. Terwijl Frieda juist zo behulpzaam en goedaardig was. Ik heb zojuist deel 6 gereserveerd bij de bibliotheek. Vanaf dat deel heb ik de serie niet meer gelezen, dus ik ben erg benieuwd hoe ik dat boek ga ervaren. Ook heeft deel 5 genoeg losse eindjes om verder op te borduren. Frieda Klein a mysterious psychotherapist, who is in her mid-30’s, suffers from insomnia, walks around the streets within London when she can’t sleep where it is calm, quiet and empty. Living a private life, out of reach from people even her relatives, she does not allow anybody to set foot in her home; and the only family member she is attached to is Chloe, the 16 year old daughter of her brother. What makes Frieda’s character interesting is that she’s immediately established from being quite solitary to this person who is willing to solve a mystery.
British television changed in 1991, when DCI Jane Tennison (steadying herself outside the door, taking a deep breath, fixing a cool expression on to her face) walked into an incident room filled with a sneering, jeering, sniggering, lewd, matey, loyal band of detectives who were almost all male: a rugby team of lads, incredulous that someone in a skirt was to take charge of a murder investigation, humiliated by having a woman boss. The drama of who killed and mutilated the female victims ran alongside the drama of a woman battling in a man’s world: how could Tennison withstand the hostility and outright bullying of her colleagues and bosses, and at the same time manage her private life? She had to be tougher than the men at work and still soft and tender at home, placating her lover, apologising to him, cooking for him, compartmentalising her world, though of course the boundaries kept crumbling and collapsing. In the lonely spaces in between, she stood in corridors, visibly collecting herself for the next fight; she smoked ravenously. She was her own battleground. A bloated corpse turns up in the Thames, throat slashed, and the only clue is a hospital wristband reading Dr. F. Klein. Frieda is taken to see the body and realizes with horror that it is Sandy, her ex-boyfriend. She’s certain that the killer is Dean Reeve—the man who has never stopped haunting her. But the police think he has been dead for years, and Frieda is their number one suspect. With few options, Frieda goes on the run to save herself and try to uncover the truth. From the isolation of the correctional facility, Tabitha dissects every piece of evidence, every testimony she can get her hands on, matching them against her own recollections. But as dark, long-buried memories from her childhood come to light, Tabatha begins to question if she knows what kind of person she is after all. The world is convinced she’s a killer. Tabatha needs to prove them all wrong. Perhaps Scott & Bailey will prove the exception to this rule of loneliness and instability: a complicated and intimate female friendship and working partnership lies at the heart of the show (which was created by women and written, again, by Wainwright) and this friendship is the foundation for its success and staying power. There might be frictions and rivalries, but the two detectives share secrets and a wry humour, drink pints of beer and glasses of wine together, bring humanity and wit to a world of poverty and gruesome murder. The two of them and their female boss normalise female authority in a way that a woman alone cannot. While Freida grapples with her past, her loyal friends, Josef, Reuben, and Karlsson among them, rally to support her, even though Frieda is as always determinated to go it alone. The only element of the storyline that had me puzzled was Frieda's seemingly sudden rejection of Sandy, I could guess at the psychology of it but it was rather abrupt and I still can't quite make sense of it.
DCI Karlsson does not take any concern seriously not until a link emerged of an unsolved abduction of a 5 year old little girl who went missing twenty years ago that is similar to Matthew’s case. When Karlsson was told by Frieda that Allan first dreamed of it before the child was reported missing, he began to make suspicions and looks at the case more seriously as he don’t want for the same thing would happened to him to the retired investigator of the little girl’s case. Blue Monday), για να βυθιστούν στον κόσμο της Φρίντας και των υπόλοιπων χαρακτήρων, να τους αγαπήσει, να τους μάθει, να τους καταλάβει, να θυμώσει, να χαρεί. Να νιώσει όλων των ειδών τα συναισθήματα που μπορεί να σε κάνει να βιώσεις ένα -πραγματικά- καλό βιβλίο. Throughout the series she tangles with the police force’s preferred “profiler,” the pompous but media-savvy Hal Bradshaw. He’s disdainful of Frieda, mostly because she’s often right and he isn’t. (He has a small moment of redemption in the final book.) I can’t say how accurate French’s interpretation of psychoanalytic work is, but it’s interesting how it’s worked into the plot and character development. I wrote down some of her thoughts.
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Sophisticated, compassionate, gripping . . . Not many books are as insightful as they are addictive; Nicci French's are' Sophie Hannah As a long-time fan of Nicci French novels I was delighted when my ‘in-person’ bookclub, Whodunit, selected “Blue Monday” as our group read for the month of September. Frieda Klein's duel with her dark nemesis is finally coming to a climax - and only one can make it out alive.
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