10 best Nicci French books to read

Our 10 favourite books by Nicci Gerrard and Nicci French (when she writes with her husband), from The Safe House to The Twilight Hour.

By Penny TraversPublished: 19 February 2015

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What to do When Someone Dies

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Ellie Faulkner's husband Greg died in a car crash - and he wasn't alone. In the passenger seat was the body of Milena Livingstone - a woman Ellie's never heard of.

But Ellie refuses to leap to the obvious conclusion, despite the whispers and suspicions of those around her…

Good to know: Nicci French is the pseudonym for the writing collaboration between Nicci Gerrard and her husband Sean French.

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The Memory Game

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When a skeleton is unearthed in the Martellos' garden, Jane Martello is shocked to learn it's that of her childhood friend, Natalie, who went missing 25 years ago.

Encouraged by a therapist to recover lost memories, Jane hopes to find out what really took place when she was a child… and what happened to Natalie.

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The Safe House

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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, is Sam exposing herself to risks she couldn't have imagined?

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Secret Smile

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Miranda Cotton thinks she's put boyfriend Brendan out of her life for good, but two weeks later, he's intimately involved with her sister.

Soon, what began as an embarrassment becomes threatening, then even more terrifying than a girl's worst nightmare.

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Catch Me When I Fall

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Catch Me When I Fall is a chilling novel of murder, madness and a woman on the edge.

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Blue Monday: A Frieda Klein novel (Frieda Klein 1)

Blue Monday is first novel in a new series introducing psychotherapist Frieda Klein.

Monday: Five-year-old Matthew Faraday is abducted. His face is splashed across newspaper front pages. His parents and the police are desperate. Can anyone help find their little boy before it is too late?

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The Winter house

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When Marnie receives a phone call that summons her to the side of a once-beloved friend, she is wrenched from her orderly London life and sent back into a past from which she has fled but never escaped.

Good to know: Nicci also writes novels by herself as Nicci Gerrard.

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The Twilight Hour

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Secrets and memories collide in The Twilight Hour.

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Missing Persons

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When Jonny went missing everything changed. His birthday is always celebrated; his unopened gifts gather dust.

The hands on the clock continue to turn and yet Jonny hasn't returned. Where is he?

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Solace

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Irene has a husband, Adrian, three small children and, though she doesn't know it, a marriage that is going wrong. When she discovers that Adrian is having an affair, the family is blown apart.

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