And sometimes the mind is the deadliest place to lose yourself. She must chase down the darkest paths of a psychopath's mind to find the answers to Matthew Farraday's whereabouts. Before long, Frieda is at the centre of the race to track the kidnapper. Nicci French Blue Monday Hardcover Maby Nicci French (Author) 5,199 ratings Book 1 of 8: Freida Klein See all formats and editions Kindle 12.99 Read with Our Free App Audiobook 0.00 Free with your Audible trial Hardcover 22.00 Other new, used and collectible from 1.59 Paperback 14.47 Other new and used from 4. Detective Chief Inspector Karlsson doesn't take Frieda's concerns seriously until a link emerges with an unsolved abduction twenty years ago and he summons Frieda to interview the victim's sister, hoping she can stir hidden memories. A child he can describe in perfect detail, a child the spitting image of Matthew. And when his face is splashed over the newspapers, psychotherapist Frieda Klein is left troubled: one of her patients has been relating dreams in which he has a hunger for a child. The abduction of five-year-old Matthew Farraday provokes national outcry and a desperate police hunt. A day to snatch a child from the streets.
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