Tuesday's Gone

a thoroughly enjoyable thriller - a five star read

TUESDAY’S GONE: A FRIEDA KLEIN MYSTERY. It is Book 2 in the series written by Nicci French. Nicci French is the pseudonym of English husband and wife team, Nicci Gerrard and Sean French, who write psychological thrillers together. I am glad that I am reading the series in order, as many of the same characters and plot points from BLUE MONDAY (Book 1) reappear in a very sinister way. I am getting more involved in Frieda’s personality and am very involved in her solitary, night time walks around London. Her knowledge of London’s history, especially of its rivers, is fascinating. The book has an exceptional ‘sense of place’ and one just soaks up the London atmosphere and quirks. TUESDAY’S GONE map (and Frieda’s walks) focus on the River Tyburn as it winds its way past Hampstead Heath, through Regent’s Park, eventually making its way into the Thames at Pimlico. The River Tyburn is one of London’s ‘lost rivers’ which flow mainly underground. Fascinating. I have been reading non-stop about these ‘lost rivers’. BLUE MONDAY’s map shows the meanderings of the River Fleet. p.243 (Frieda) “Sometimes I think rivers and streams make people uncomfortable. They’re wet, they move, they bubble up out of the ground, they flood, they dry up. Better just to put them out of sight.” TUESDAY’S GONE opens with a social worker making a routine visit to client Michelle Doyce, and finds her serving tea and biscuits to a naked, very dead, decomposing corpse. Clueless as to the corpse’s identity, DCI Karlsson asks Frieda for help. I would describe TUESDAY’S GONE as very suspenseful, gritty, intelligent, interesting, detailed and thrilling. Freida Klein is an excellent character - a brilliant psychotherapist, realistic, blunt, always thoughtful. A thoroughly enjoyable thriller - a Five Star read. ***** I can’t wait for Book 3 - the interesting characters, plots and ‘lost rivers’. Read more