![]() ![]() She prefers the well denoted boundaries of her work relationships to those of a personal nature, though recently she has fallen for a man whose presence could upset the structure of her well-ordered life. However, she holds little affection for her family whom she feels do not value her, nor she them. ![]() She has a penchant for structure, rules, and orderliness.įrieda loves London and the affection of place is obvious in the atmospheric “Blue Monday”. Yet… Frieda loves her house, a dark and comfortable oasis which she deems a place of cleanliness and sanctuary. She doesn’t have a cell phone, preferring to be adrift and out of contact when not at work. She goes for solitary walks through London in the dead of night to tire herself when suffering from insomnia. She is a risk taker with seemingly little regard for her own personal safety. ![]() The first novel to feature Frieda Klein, a solitary, sometimes stern, unmarried, childless woman in early middle-age who works as a psychoanalyst in London.įrieda’s character fascinated me. As a long-time fan of Nicci French novels I was delighted when my ‘in-person’ bookclub, Whodunit, selected “ Blue Monday” as our group read for the month of September. ![]()
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