This attitude is reflected in her own life, which is an austere one of refuge, personal integrity, and order. She believes that the world is a messy, uncontrollable place, but what we can control is what is inside our heads.

Some of the parts are quite enigmatic as we get just vague impressions of what is happening.The stunning first book in a new series of psychological thrillers introducing an unforgettable London psychotherapist Frieda Klein is a solitary, incisive psychotherapist who spends her sleepless nights walking along the ancient rivers that have been forced underground in modern London. When she visits Chloe, there is a reference to Frieda hating talking about her family, and I wonder what secrets or mysteries Frieda hides. She has some kind of relationship with a man called Sandy, and as for her family, we know she has a sister called Olivia and a niece Chloë. Frieda is quite a strange woman in my opinion. Are these Alan’s thoughts?įrieda is the main character of a series of books of which this one is number one.

There are chunks in cursive in the book of somebody’s thoughts about little girls and boys. I wonder if this man is the one who abducted Joanna. Alan is a strange man who claims to have had some odd feelings when he was in his twenties. Frieda is asked to take over and treat this patient and Alan agrees. Things go to a head when a patient Alan threatens to place a complaint against the doctor as he didn’t hear a word Alan was saying during a session. Frieda works at home and also in a clinic called the Warehouse, run by Dr. We are introduced to Frieda Klein, who is a psychiatrist.

Rosie blames herself, and that sense of guilt seems to be with her all the time.Īfter this introduction, I think there is a jump in time even though there is no reference to the year. Her mother marries again, her father is now an alcoholic, and life continues for Rosie, but things won’t be the same without Joanna. Her mother is alerted, then the police, and then her father. When she goes into the sweet shop, she waits for her little sister but Joanna is never seen again. The book starts in 1987 with Rosie, a nine-year-old girl, who jumps ahead of her five-year-old sister, Joanna, as she wants to buy sweets.

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