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    Waiting for Wednesday: A Frieda Klein Mystery

    Written by Nicci French

    Narrated by Beth Chalmers

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    The thrilling third novel starring London psychotherapist-turned-detective Frieda Klein-from internationally bestselling author Nicci French

    Nicci French's Blue Monday and Tuesday's Gone introduced the brilliant yet reclusive psychotherapist Frieda Klein to widespread critical acclaim, but Waiting for Wednesday promises to be her most haunting case yet.

    Ruth Lennox, housewife and mother of three, is found dead in a pool of her own blood. Detective Chief Inspector Karlsson can't piece together a motive and calls in Frieda, hoping her talents will offer a new angle on the case.

    When it emerges that the mother was hiding a scandalous secret, her family closes ranks. Frieda herself is distracted, still reeling from an attempt on her life, and struggling with her own rare feelings of vulnerability. Then a patient's chance remark sends Frieda down a dangerous path that seems to lead to a serial killer who's long escaped detection. Is Frieda getting closer to unraveling either case? Or is she just the victim of her own paranoid, fragile mind? Because, as Frieda knows, every step closer to a killer is one more step into a darkness from which there may be no return . . .

    Flawlessly executed, Waiting for Wednesday is a penetrating, twisted novel of murder and neurosis with a jaw-dropping climax that will linger in readers' minds long after they have turned the last page.
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    PublisherPenguin Random House Audio
    Release dateApr 3, 2014
    ISBN9780698149397
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    Waiting for Wednesday: A Frieda Klein Mystery
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    Nicci French

    Nicci French is the pseudonym of English wife-and-husband team Nicci Gerrard and Sean French. Their acclaimed novels of psychological suspense have sold more than sixteen million copies around the world.

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    • 3/5
      This is the 3rd Frieda Klein novel. She no longer works for the Police as a psychotherapist.She is recovering from her injuries after the last Police investigation she worked on.Unwittingly she gets involved when her nieces friends Mother gets murdered, the Police investigate she looks after the children for a little bit. She also teams up with an ex journalist and they uncover a Serial killer who has been killing young women. OK book this but to many characters
    • 5/5
      WAITING FOR WEDNESDAY: A FRIEDA KLEIN MYSTERY is Book 3 in this riveting suspense series by Nicci French.I love the map and description of the meandering Wandle River. So far, I have learned about 3 ‘lost, buried’ rivers in the greater London area: the River Fleet, the River Tyburn and now the River Wandle. I am fascinated.Frieda was introduced to the Wandle at the home of Laurence Dawes, when they spoke of his missing daughter, Lila.LD “I’ve always liked the idea of living by a river. You never know what’s going to float by. I can see that you like it, too.” FK “I do,” Frieda admitted.I like a series that has strong, continuing threads running through each title. They (ex. the rivers in this series) keep me interested and intrigued and often offer up clues and insights into various characters and plots in a story.There are 2 strong ‘cases’ in this title - the missing girls, with a search spearheaded by journalist Jim Fearby, and the brutal, appalling murder of Ruth Lennox. Both cases leave behind scattered suspects and damaged persons like flotsam from a sinking ship.This title is a bit more of a stand-alone book in terms of plot, although I do recommend reading the series in order. Frieda’s structured, calm, kind, solitary psyche is our main character here.Josef, DCI Malcolm Karlsson, Yvette, Sasha, Reuben, Sandy, Olivia, Chloe, the lost, damaged Lennox family - all have their roles to play, but Frieda’s role is the main one.A psychological thriller; suspense and mystery - hard to put down.
    • 5/5
      Frieda is still not fully recovered after her nearly death. What she needed would be a quiet home, rest, and definitely not a new case she might occupy. It all starts with Joseph redesigning her bathroom, bringing her niece in with her, and soon three children who have lost their mother in tragic circumstances. Frieda does not have a quiet home anymore. She keeps out of the investigation, but is looking for a missing teenage girl. All of these activities are too much for her. She can not sleep anymore, hardly eats anything and looks almost like a ghost. Her nemesis Dean Reeves is always close to her, which does not necessarily soothe her.Also the third volume of this series is very exciting.
    • 5/5
      Loved this book! Engaging protagonist. Can't wait to read the others in this series.
    • 5/5
      Waiting for Wednesday by Nicci French is the third book in their Frieda Klein series and although Frieda is no longer officially working with DCI Karlsson, she finds herself connected to his latest case when the body of a homemaker and mother is found beaten to death in her own home. The victim’s three children are having a difficult time when their mother’s secrets are slowly being revealed. Frieda finds herself in the position of being both advocate and caregiver for these youngsters.As in all Frieda Klein stories, there are various story lines, including the on-going stalking of Frieda by Dean Reeve and the hunt for a serial killer. The plot lines are interwoven into a richly detailed and satisfying thriller that examines not only the “who” but also the “why” behind the crimes. Frieda, with her stubborn ways and obsessive traits, is a fascinating character to read about and I am looking forward to continuing on with this series.
    • 4/5
      Waiting for Wednesday by Nicci French is a highly recommended psychological mystery and third in the series featuring London psychotherapist-turned-detective Frieda Klein.

      When Ruth Lennox is found brutally murdered it appears to Detective Chief Inspector Karlsson that this housewife and mother of three may have interrupted a burglary. At the same time that an accused murderer is set free, journalist Jim Fearby begins to investigate a series of missing young women. Soon it not only appears that Ruth was living a secret life, but more and more secrets are exposed. Frieda, following her own leads and rules, manages to find the connection between the two cases, but her efforts to help are sabotaged.

      The writing is superb, compelling and descriptive by "Nicci French," the pseudonym for writers Nicci Gerrard and Sean French. They excel at setting up the scenes and the descriptions manage to capture small, intricate details that make a complete picture in your mind as you read.

      This is a complex plot that explores two very intricate storylines in the investigations and brings them together for a memorable conclusion. There is a plethora of psychological nuances to all the characters, including Frieda, that are explored.

      The major problem I had with Waiting for Wednesday was a problem of my own making. I have not read the first two books in the series and in this case it would have behooved me to read Blue Monday, and Tuesday's Gone, the first and second novels featuring Frieda Klein, before undertaking Waiting for Wednesday. Although it is not always the case with many mysteries, I know I would have had a better appreciation for Frieda and the whole backstory if I had read the first two books in the series. I felt like I was missing some important pieces.


      Disclosure: My Kindle edition was courtesy of Pamela Dorman Books for review purposes.

    • 4/5
      ...Wednesday is indeed waiting!A murdered woman, missing girls, a vengeful psychiatrist, lost young people, disillusioned cops. Packed to the rafters with bizarre coincidences that lead to difficult situations upon difficult situations. Throughout is the sub plot question: Who really is this person named Frieda? She's hard to grasp hold of, undeterred by obstacles, a juxtaposition of knowing and intuition, a shadow that flits in and out of the action, enfolding it, following it, a veritable warren of wisdom and chaos.I love the title. I was up to where Detective Chief Inspector Malcolm Karlsson and Detective Constable Yvette Long went to interview the lover of the murdered woman when I really focused on the title. Yes, Wednesday I thought! We're all waiting for Wednesday, the happenings of Wednesday, the significance of Wednesday. Us readers, the detectives on the case, the lovers, the family, all of us, either were, or are, waiting in anticipation, in dread, in secret. All waiting!Then there's ex detective Jim Fearby looking for patterns. Patterns on the disappearance of young women. Marking his maps and patiently, slowly and steadily closing in on the epicentre of events. Meanwhile Sandy is sending desperate emails to Frieda. She's off his grid pursuing threads of what? Even she doesn't know. And the children and young people revolving around the situation, all are affected and are at various stages of loss and despair.Frieda wanders through all this, seemingly aimlessly, but put together her intuitive ability to follow threads, and the multi-layered circumstances of people's lives intertwining in a six degrees of separation fashion, the storyline pulls you into the same off key rabbit hole of action that Frieda disappears into.And throughout all this somewhere lurks the spectre of Dean Reeve, 'her stalker and her quarry', who is maybe not so dead.As Frieda later reflects, there's 'so much wreckage, so much damage she had left trailing behind her.'I am newly come to the person of Frieda but have enjoyed every tortured minute of her involvements and her unfolding story.A NetGalley ARC
    • 5/5
      For me this is a series that simply gets better, and if you've enjoyed the first two in the series, you'll love WAITING FOR WEDNESDAY.For Frieda Klein the demons from her previous case just won't go away. She is still recovering from the injuries she received at the end of TUESDAY'S GONE and she longs for a quiet life. Around her are people who feel guilty about how they have treated her, and they are trying to make amends. She hasn't officially returned to work yet but fate and connections draw her into the Lennox case.I found this an engrossing read despite the fact that it was incredibly long. Frieda doesn't need official work though to send her chasing threads and strange ideas. Neither will her own sense of compassion allow her to take things quietly when questions are unresolved and others are in need.
    • 3/5
      This was a Goodreads First Reads book.

      Waiting for Wednesday was an interesting book, if a little odd. Throughout most of the book, the main character Frieda doesn't seem to be an active participant to her own life. She just seems to stumble along, gathering seemingly irrelevant information as she goes, and finally she has an epiphany to solve the case. For a psychoanalyst, she seemed very clueless of her own motivations (maybe it was her recent trauma?).
    • 4/5
      Love this one!! Great series. I can't wait for Thursday's Children (#4). When will the audio version be available, in the U.S.? Hurry hurry!!
    • 4/5
      This is book three in the detective/psychological thriller series featuring psychotherapist Dr. Frieda Klein, who is the occasional collaborator of London Detective Chief Inspector Malcolm Karlsson. There is no romantic involvement between the two, although not for want of enthusiasm among readers for the match-up.The inexplicable and brutal murder of a seemingly normal happy woman with 3 kids that begins the story cries out for the services of a criminal psychologist, but Karlsson now has to work without the valuable services of Frieda, who has been replaced by the pompous, incompetent, albeit well-connected Dr. Hal Bradshaw. By a series of coincidences, Frieda gets in a position to help anyway, in spite of the demands of her family, her would-be lover Sandy, a serial killer we met in Book One who is still stalking her, and the unexpected quest for a series of missing young women with which she gets involved.Discussion: Who Frieda is and what she wants continues to elude us. Frieda resists uncovering herself even to her close friends and to her boyfriend Sandy, a surgeon in America with infinite patience. Sandy does understand that remaining invisible is, for some reason, the most important thing to Frieda; that being “exposed” upsets her even more than threats of professional or bodily harm. Frieda knows that she is a mess:"She had good friends, but she hadn’t turned to them, not even to Sandy. She could listen, but she couldn’t talk give help but not ask for it.”Ironically, Frieda realizes that the man who seems to know her the best is the killer who is pursuing her. Karlsson has his own problems. His demanding career resulted in the estrangement from, and ultimately loss of, his wife and two children, and now he is paying the emotional price. He misses them dearly, especially little Bella and Mikey, who are about to move with his ex-wife and her new husband to faraway Spain.He also has to put up with the frustrating and enervating demands of his Commissioner, who keeps reminding him that the job is not about “solving crimes” but rather:"A police force is about political influence, and it always has been. If I can’t get up the home secretary’s arse and get you the funding that you’re pissing away, you won’t be in a position to solve your crimes, any of you.”(…a quote that could have come with only a slight change right from "Law and Order.")Evaluation: I think this series is getting better, or maybe I have reconciled myself to the fact that Frieda wants to remain a cipher, and the authors (Nicci French is the pseudonym for the writing team of husband and wife Nicci Gerrard and Sean French) have decided to accede to her wishes. There is plenty of suspense balanced with character development, and the pacing is good. Not all the background from previous books is fully explained, but I don't think it impedes the overall flow of the story for first-time readers of the series.
    • 4/5
      We find Freida recovering from an injury she received at the conclusion of the last novel, Tuesday’s Gone. She should be relaxing and taking it easy while she heals, but that is not in Frieda’s nature and her obsession drives her to investigate this murder. Frieda is a complex, interesting character. There is plenty of suspense, good pacing and a supporting cast of equally complex and sometimes quirky characters.This is the third book in the series which continues to remain fresh and strong. The background story and relationships between the characters carry through from the previous novels, Blue Monday and Tuesday’s Gone. While it’s not absolutely necessary to have read the first two books to enjoy the murder mystery, I recommend beginning with the first book to fully appreciate the connections between the characters. Pertinent background information is provided for the reader, but be warned, they are spoilers for the first two novels.Audio production:The narration was performed by Beth Chalmers, who also read the first two books in the series. As previously, she did an excellent job with the accents, and I especially enjoyed her voice for Josef, Frieda’s handyman. The significant number of characters requires the listener to pay attention to detail, but it was not difficult to follow the story.
    • 5/5
      Waiting for Wednesday by Nicci French is a 2014 publication. I was provided a copy of this book by the publisher and Netgalley in exchange for an honest review. It has taken me a good long while to get to this third book, but I wanted to locate the first two installments first, and it took a little time to get through library holds, but it was worth the wait. This series must be read in order because the storylines bleed over from one book to the next. This one begins with Frieda’s recovery from attempted murder, and the irony of having her arch enemy to thank for saving her life. But, the experience has left Frieda unstable on many fronts and is hard to put into words just exactly how unstable and fragile she behaves. She is certainly not herself, that’s for sure, and neither is anyone else for that matter. Even though Frieda has been kicked off the force and is no longer a consultant, the criminal psychologist that feels humiliated by Frieda, has made it his life’s goal to pay her back, in spades. If that weren’t enough, her stalker, still sends her reminders that he is watching her. Still, Frieda manages to find herself embroiled in a police investigation when her niece, Chloe, introduces her to a friend whose mother was recently murdered. As it turns out Karlsson and Yvette are working on the homicide and Karlsson can’t seem to keep himself from asking Frieda to give her opinion.In the meantime, all of Frieda’s friends and family are deeply concerned for her as she appears to be losing her grip and falling further and further away from her practice and the life she once led. Well, you know what they say about weaving tangled webs. This case is a prime example of that, and goes to show you the far reaching effects our decisions can have on others, even beyond the grave. But, Frieda finds herself helping the murder victim’s family all while trying to puzzle out a phrase uttered to her under false pretenses. While trying to determine the origins of this story, she stumbles across a clue to a cold case which could potentially blow the lid off it.So, there is a lot going on here, with all of the recurring characters behaving erratically. There are two cases to solve and Frieda is in the middle of both of them, slowly falling apart every day, spiraling into a dark tailspin, that had me wondering if she was going to come through all this in one piece, not physically, but mentally. Although this is one is very dark, moody, and is pretty depressing, I thought the character developments were very well done, and so much more realistic. Frieda is a far cry from the woman we met in 'Blue Monday'. Josef is also far removed from his cheerful self, and Olivia has become more a paranoid parent than ever. Yvette is struggling with her actions from the last book, trying to make amends, and even Karlsson makes a boneheaded move that was completely out of character. So, instead of the usual, ‘onward and upwards’ mentality we usually see, the characters responded to all that came before just as someone might in real life- shaken, unstable, and depressed, and sad, or maybe a little angry, or dealing with regret. Each character dealt with this in their own unique way, but Frieda will have you wringing your hands, wondering how much more a person could stand. The plot was very engrossing exploring the double lives some people live and horrific consequences of their selfish actions, as well has providing us a side story that is equally compelling and twice as chilling. Although the story ties up most of the loose ends, it doesn’t end with a rosy outcome, and is a little heavy throughout, but I was cheered to see Frieda beginning to take the right steps toward recovery. I am now on a diligent search for the next book in the series. To me this one was the best in the series to date.
    • 5/5
      Book Description The thrilling third novel starring London psychotherapist-turned-detective Frieda Klein—from internationally bestselling author Nicci French Nicci French’s Blue Monday and Tuesday’s Gone introduced the brilliant yet reclusive psychotherapist Frieda Klein to widespread critical acclaim, but Waiting for Wednesday promises to be her most haunting case yet. Ruth Lennox, housewife and mother of three, is found dead in a pool of her own blood. Detective Chief Inspector Karlsson can’t piece together a motive and calls in Frieda, hoping her talents will offer a new angle on the case. When it emerges that the mother was hiding a scandalous secret, her family closes ranks. Frieda herself is distracted, still reeling from an attempt on her life, and struggling with her own rare feelings of vulnerability. Then a patient’s chance remark sends Frieda down a dangerous path that seems to lead to a serial killer who’s long escaped detection. Is Frieda getting closer to unraveling either case? Or is she just the victim of her own paranoid, fragile mind? Because, as Frieda knows, every step closer to a killer is one more step into a darkness from which there may be no return . . . Flawlessly executed, Waiting for Wednesday is a penetrating, twisted novel of murder and neurosis with a jaw-dropping climax that will linger in readers’ minds long after they have turned the last page.

      My Review This book is the best in the series so far. It is a haunting psychological thriller with enough twists and turns to keep you guessing until the very end. Complex characters and an intricately woven plot result in a compelling and suspenseful story that should not be missed!
    • 5/5
      Waiting For Wednesday is the third book in the series by husband and wife writing team Nicci French, featuring psychiatrist Dr Frieda Klein. Tuesday's Gone, the second book, was my introduction to this gritty, British crime fiction series and I was delighted to lay my hands on an ARC of this newest installment.With her practice on hold while Frieda recovers from the near fatal injuries she sustained during the events of Tuesday's Gone and her official connection with the police department severed, Frieda should be taking it easy. But with Joseph renovating her bathroom, her sister drinking too much and Dean lurking unseen somewhere nearby, Frieda is on edge. Then her wayward niece demands her aunts help for a friend whose mother was brutally murdered in her own home, a case DCI Karlsson is investigating. Desperate to escape the turmoil and with her control slipping, Frieda allows herself to become distracted by a chance remark, obsessively tracing its origins which leads her to a broken down journalist and into the lair of a serial killer.The investigation into the death of Ruth Lennox is full of surprising twists and turns. The veneer of the seemingly blameless wife and mother is peeled back to reveal not only her secrets and lies but also those of her husband and children. It's an emotional case that Frieda is reluctant to become involved in but her niece's relationship with the woman's teenage son makes avoiding the case awkward, especially when DCI Karlsson asks her for her help.I felt I gained a better understanding of Frieda in this installment of the series. Though she remains an enigmatic protagonist, with her self control slipping, she acquires a fragility not really explored before. The taunting presence of Dean, the psychopath she encountered in Tuesday's Gone, leaves her feeling increasingly vulnerable and the harassment by Dr Hal Bradshaw, combined with her recent failings, causes Frieda to lose confidence in herself.Frieda's obsession with a scripted story presented by an emergency patient becomes a way of distracting herself. She can't let go of the tale despite the convoluted and increasingly dangerous direction it leads her in and on little more than a hunch, she is in danger of destroying her friendship with DCI Karlsson and her professional reputation.With it's carefully crafted, nuanced plot and intriguing characters, Waiting For Wednesday is a gripping psychological thriller. I'm already excitedly anticipating the next book in the series. Though it could be read as a stand alone, I wouldn't recommend it is the accumulation of story and character detail that contributes to its appeal. Do yourself a favour and start with Blue Monday.