Nicci French

Nicci French is the pen name used by the team of a husband and wife writers named Nicci Gerrard and Sean French. They are popular for writing psychological thrillers and hail from England, The United Kingdom. Nicci and Sean also write several of their novels separately other than writing the psychological thrillers together.

The best place to start is the Frieda Klein series, the earliest of Nicci French's multi-book series: it opens with Blue Monday (2011) and runs to 8 books across 2011–2018, ending with Day of the Dead (2018). Nicci French's other series stand alone, so they can be read in any order.

Nicci French has 29 books catalogued in this guide, published between 1997 and 2026. 12 of them belong to 2 named series — the largest being the Frieda Klein series with 8 books — and 17 are standalone titles, collections or anthologies.

Read each series in publication order — the numbered entries in each series follow the year each book first appeared. Nicci French's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are Frieda Klein (2011–2018, 8 books) and Maud O’Connor (2023–2026, 4 books).

This guide splits Nicci French's 29 books into 2 named series and 17 titles that stand alone or appear only in collections: Frieda Klein (8 books, 2011–2018); Maud O’Connor (4 books, 2023–2026).