Her absence from the case does not prevent another psychoanalyst who is working with the police, Hal Bradshaw, from seeing her as a threat and attempting to professionally humiliate her.īradshaw has set a trap for Frieda and some other analysts he dislikes by sending in graduate students for consultation who pretend to have sociopathic thoughts and ask for treatment. Soon Karlsson and his team find evidence that Ruth was leading a secret life.įrieda is recovering from injuries incurred at the end of Tuesday’s Gone, and she is on leave from her practice. Although her death appears to be part of an interrupted robbery, when the police find the thief, he has an alibi for the actual time of the murder. Although it deals mostly with another case, there is still the threat of a serial killer from the first book in the background.ĭCI Karlsson and his team are trying to solve the murder of Ruth Lennox, a housewife whose face was smashed by a heavy object. The writing duo Nicci French has come out with another powerful Frieda Klein mystery with Waiting for Wednesday. Tuesday’s Gone Books England, Friday on My Mind, Frieda Klein, London, mysteries, Nicci French, thrillers Day 501: Waiting for Wednesday Unfortunately, I liked Sandy, and I was bothered by how unlike himself he was behaving after the breakup, as well as by his murder. It also has a gripping ending, and I enjoyed it. She feels that the police will not investigate further, so she flees, determined to find the murderer herself.Īs usual, this is a complex mystery with interesting characters. Frieda is the police’s suspect, and when they find Sandy’s wallet in her home, they plan to arrest her.įrieda thinks her nemesis, Dean Reeve, has killed Sandy, as he’s killed other of her enemies, and is framing her.
He had come to her office with her belongings and shouted at her when he wasn’t allowed in. Friends said he was in a state of agitation. That point is that Sandy, Frieda’s ex-lover, is found dead in the Thames with his throat cut and Frieda’s hospital bracelet on his wrist.įrieda had broken up with him several months ago, but recently he had been trying to contact her.
Because I read the Frieda Klein mystery that comes after this one first, I was aware of a plot point in Friday on My Mind, but writing about it is not really a spoiler, because it happens in the first few pages.
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