Synopses & Reviews
In her most nerve-shattering novel ever, Nicci French takes you into the lives of three women who have one thing in common a sadist who wants to get beneath their skin and know them intimately.
They are three very different women: Zoe, the pretty blond schoolteacher; Jenny, the former hand model turned model mother and wife; and Nadia, the free spirit who entertains at children's parties. But when they are targeted by a sexual predator, they become sisters closer than kin. Suddenly they share the same dread when they approach their doorsteps, fall victim to the same rising panic as darkness falls. For someone is watching them, learning them better than they know themselves. And when the gruesome threats begin to escalate, each woman faces a horrifying truth: No one is coming to the rescue, not even the police. Stalked by an unknown killer, each can count only on herself, and do whatever it takes to survive.
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"an accomplished follow-up to French's elegant debut
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Kirkus
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"After an outstanding American debut with Killing Me Softly, French returns with a very different but equally compelling novel....French must hook the reader early on, which she does as brilliantly here as she did in her previous novel....An absolutely first-rate thriller from a writer who deserves more recognition."
Booklist (starred)
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"Suspenseful from the start and ending with a brilliant twist, Beneath the Skin is a tale of sheer terror....Bottom Line: Goose bumps all over."
People
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"[An] insinuating tale of sexual obsession."
New York Times Book Review
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"Captivating...brilliant...a gripping read for anywhere but home alone."
Mademoiselle
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"Stunnning...French knows how to carry a chilling situation to frightening extremes."
Publishers Weekly
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"Creepy...French ups the suspense to nail-biting effect."
Orlando Sentinel
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"Genuine suspense keeps pages turning....Don't plan on doing much else once you start reading this one."
Cleveland Plain Dealer
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"So imaginative and well-executed that I can't stop thinking about it."
San Jose Mercury News
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"Stunning...elegantly conceived and executed....Few writers command the virtuosity displayed here."
Star-Telegram (TX)
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"Plenty of psychological suspense...a textured, elegant novel with writing and characterization that bind an atypical tripex structure."
Baltimore Sun
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"A beautifully written tale with a twist."
Austin American-Statesman
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"Mesmerizing and disturbing...a novel that will definitely get beneath your skin...a fascinating, suspenseful scenario that will hold you enthralled until the shocking outcome."
Romantic Times
Synopsis
Three very different London women discover they are being watched by a sadistic sexual predator, and become sisters closer than kin. As each woman receives threatening, macabre letters, each faces a horrible truth, and police must pry into each of their lives in hopes of finding the killer.