The Safe House

Description

You open your home and your heart to a victim. But your house is anything but safe . . . You open your home and your heart to a victim. But your house is anything but safe . . . Samantha Laschen is a doctor specialising in post-traumatic stress disorder. She's moved to the coast to escape her problems and to be alone with her young daughter. But now the police want her to take in Fiona Mackenzie, a girl whose parents have been savagely murdered. Yet by allowing Fiona in, Sam is exposing herself - and her daughter - to risks she couldn't possibly have imagined . . . 'A craftily plotted book in which the mystery unfolds layer by layer . . . right up until the surprise ending.'Sunday Telegraph 'Nail-biting.'Marie-Claire 'Startling.'Daily Mail 'Magnificent.'Evening Standard 'Taut and menacing.'Guardian 'Remarkable.'Independent 'Addictive.'Daily Express 'Excellent.'Sunday Times 'Ingenious.'Daily Telegraph

Nicci French is the pseudonym for the writing partnership of journalists Nicci Gerrard and Sean French. The couple are married and live in Suffolk. There are fourteen other bestselling novels by Nicci French, all published by Penguin. Blue Monday was the first thrilling instalment in the Frieda Klein series, followed by Tuesday's Gone, Waiting for Wednesday, Thursday's Child and Friday on My Mind.

Emotionally acute * Mail on Sunday * A craftily plotted book in which the mystery unfolds layer by layer . . . right up until the surprise ending * Sunday Telegraph * A winner * Independent * A superior psychological thriller * The Times * Nicci French's sophisticated, compassionate and gripping crime novels stand head and shoulders above the competition. -- Sophie Hannah