Wow, I was looking forward to reading this after finishing Saturday Requiem and was delighted to see it pop up on Netgalley. Not a disappointment, very well written as usual and I was on the edge of my seat hoping that all her excellent large cast of characters would make it through to the end. Very clever plotting.
Can't wait for this series to continue (if indeed it does).

Ironically, this is (apparently) the last in this series - but was the first I read and I could not put it down! In spite of this being (for me) a "stand alone" read, I warmed to the characters and wanted to learn more about them. The plot was gripping, and the descriptions vivid. I enjoyed the way the action shifted between different, but linked, groups of characters. I am now going to read the rest of the series - and hope that this turns out NOT to be the final instalment of the Frieda Klein books.

Thanks to netgalley and the publishers for allowing me to read this in return for my honest review.

I have been an avid reader of this series featuring Frieda Klein, psychoanalyst and her group of friends. Each book is a story in its own right but there is an expectation that you have read the earlier books so that you know the background. I loved catching up on the lives of all the characters as well as trying to guess who the real villain was! The characters are so well described that you feel you almost know them personally!
As you can see from above this novel certainly ticked all the boxes for me.
It was about someone who is targetting Frieda's friends one by one. They are kidnapped, beaten and even murdered leaving Frieda in a race against time to find the perpetrator. Is it Dean Reeve her former nemesis or is it someone entirely different?
This is a fast paced thriller and it had me on the edge of my seat all the way through. There are numerous twists and turns as the book progresses. There are clues as to who Frieda and the police are searching for and his identity is finally revealed three quarters of the way through. However this is not the end of the story as plenty happens after this point to keep you avidly reading.
My only complaint about this book is the cliffhanger of an ending. How can I wait a whole year to find out what happens next?
Five stars from me for this excellent and well written psychological thriller. Thanks to Netgalley and the publishers for my arc copy in exchange for an honest review.

I have read all the books in the series, some are better than others. This for me was one of the weaker novels. I was also expecting the series to end, but it looks as though it is going to be spun out for a while yet.

The book is very fast paced and more of Frieda's family and friends are put at risk because of a killers fascination with her. However, for me, the book felt repetitive and I just couldn't suspend disbelief in the way that I had previously.

Thanks go to the publishers and net galley for the arc in return for an honest review.

Frieda Klein returns in the 7th and final (?) installment of this series. I don't need to finish this book to say finally getting my clammy hands on it is the highlight of my reading year. Freida, psychotherapist and amusingly described as "difficult" by one of her friends deals with the troubled, the confused and yes the seriously murderous. Reading this book (indeed all of them) is like being in psychotherapy itself at times. Curve balls suddenly appear out of nowhere, spikes of emotion, tears, laughter, amusement,, sudden threats.......... and relaxed familiarity all contribute to an engrossing, thrilling what's going to happen next excitement. An eclectic mix of characters makes this hugely enjoyable and thrilling and centre of all is the complex, enigmatic and engrossing Frieda Klein. I'm hoping the authors don't killl her off! Highly recommended.

I adored this book, no...I devoured this book. Frieda Klein is a proper hero with grit, determination and gumption yet with imperfections that many a woman can associate with.

Settling in with your favourite characters that you've grown to love from Monday through to Saturday and still be enchanted and intrigued by them in this Sunday psychological thriller outing is no mean feat by any author.

Crime story, thriller and murder mystery suspense rolled into one in modern day London. Read it and weep (and in my case sit up reading it all night because it's sooooo good ).

Thank you for Frieda.

I have read all of the Nicci French/Frieda Klein books, and whilst I enjoyed them very much at the beginning I am starting to think Frieda needs a new protagonist. The whole Dean Reeves situation has been dragged out far too long in my humble opinion.

In saying that the book was well written, very readable, perhaps could be confusing for those who had not read the whole series, not sure they work as stand alone novels, because of the back story.

Enjoyed the book, liked the characters as always, but feel the series has gone on.

Thank you to Penguin and Netgalley for giving me the chance to read the book in exchange for an honest review.

I struggled a little with this book initially as I have not read any of the previous ones in the stories. It was obvious that the characters had a lot of back story of which I wasn't aware. It was an enjoyable read but quite hard going at first.

I would like to thank Penguin UK-Michael Joseph and NetGalley for giving me the opportunity to read ‘Sunday Morning Coming Down’, the eighth in the Frieda Klein series by Nicci French, in exchange for my honest and unbiased review.
The body of ex-policeman, Bruce Stringer, is found under the floorboards in psychotherapist Frieda Klein’s house. Did Dean Reeve kill him or is there a copycat killer trying to get to Frieda by targeting her family and friends?
The characters we’ve come to love from previous books are there, DCI Malcolm Karlsson and his assistant DC Yvette Long, Frieda’s niece Chloe and her mother Olivia, but also new to this novel is DI Petra Burge who leads the investigation, and Alexei, the son of Frieda’s friend Josef.
I loved ‘Sunday Morning Coming Down’ which was every bit as tense as previous books in the series. It had me totally gripped from start to finish with an exciting finale which left me wondering what will happen next. I can thoroughly recommend it.

I would like to thank Netgalley and Penguin UK - Michael Joseph for an advance copy of Sunday Morning Coming Down, the seventh novel in the London based Frieda Klein series.

The novel opens with the discovery of a dead body under the floorboards of Frieda's house. The victim is Bruce Springer a private detective hired by Frieda to look into the whereabouts of Dean Reeve, a serial killer whom everyone but Frieda believes to be dead. This proves Dean Reeve is very much alive and attacks on Frieda's friends appear to confirm it. The problem is how to find a shadow.

I have only read Blue Monday in this series and that was years ago so it felt like starting a new series midway through and while the Dean Reeve plotline is obviously ongoing from previous novels I didn't feel that I'd missed anything as the authors cover enough of the salient points to make the novel stand alone.

The plot is interesting and absorbing with a few unexpected twists and a cliffhanger ending which I hate - I'll have forgotten most of this novel by the time the next one arrives next year so it's not much of a hook, more a disappointment. Told mostly from Frieda's point of view it is well paced with events and discoveries spaced out enough to keep you turning the pages.

As befits a series and having had time to grow the characters are well developed but the authors are not content with that and have developed what I think are new twists in some of their lives, at least that's how it seems to me. Frieda is, I think, Frieda. Still walking for relaxation and thinking, sharp both mentally and verbally and very caring of her friends and family. She is a bit of a Cassandra figure, destined never to be believed by the police, but you would think that they would learn from past disbelief. This strikes a slightly repetitive note in an otherwise good read.

I like the snippets of the geography and history of London which pepper the novel. They are informative about a city I barely know and bring it to life.

Sunday Morning Coming Down is a good read which I have no hesitation in recommending.

So... we're on Sunday of Frieda Klein's darker-than-dark 'week', and it seems like we might not have quite reached the end. I have to confess that this isn't my favourite in this series (Thursday still holds that spot as a book which stretches the 'crime' genre into something more 'literary') but French continues to juggle the local narrative in this book with the wider arc carried through across the series.

This opens immediately after the shock ending to the last book with the body under Frieda's floor and, as usual, the gang rally round despite Frieda's own attempts to keep them at arm's distance partly, at least, for their own good. There are some shocking moments of violence, and some developments that we don't see coming, but the copy-cat plot in the foreground isn't the most gripping and isn't treated with the richness that I expect from French, especially in the case of the wife.

For all that, the intriguing Dean Reeve remains a shadowy figure in Frieda's life as he's not prepared to let her go. A provocative ending leaves this feeling like a slightly 'holder' book as we move towards what must be the finale in a further book. Still one of the most thoughtful, bleak, mature and emotionally vexed crime series currently being written.

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In all my reading years and I'm 67 I've only only been frustrated by 2 novels, this being number 2. I enjoyed the characters but the police, I wanted to shake my Kindle and yell at it. I haven't read a book with so much tension in a long time. I'm not very happy with the ending I like tidyish endings, but it makes me want to read the next book if this is part of a series.

This was a free book for an honest review.