'Nicci French's sophisticated; compassionate and gripping crime novels stand head and shoulders above the competition' Sophie Hannah It's always darkest before the light comes. In the chilling seventh instalment of the bestselling; critically acclaimed Frieda Klein series; evil looms but this time it's far too close to home . . . 'There's a body in Saffron Mews . . .'*** Psychotherapist Frieda Klein's home is her refuge until she returns to find it has become a disturbingly bloody crime scene. Beneath the floorboards the police have found the body of a man she had hired to help protect her. The killer's message is all too clear: you're mine.When those closest to Frieda begin to be targeted; the picture becomes more skewed: the patterns unclear. Unless Frieda can find and stop whoever is threatening her friends and family; her love and loyalty could come at a truly fatal cost . . .