Killing Me Softly - Nicci French Reviews

Alice Loudon is happily living with her boyfriend and on her way to work one day she passes a stranger. Their eyes lock and they cannot pull away from each others stare. Eventually Alice goes into work but when she comes out the stranger is waiting for her and she follows him, under a spell, into a taxi and back to his flat. Intense and ...  Read the complete review

This book show how a middle class easy going girl called Alice on a Monday morning meets Adam. Maybe the first real man she has met aptly named Adam good choice of name by the author. This husband and wife team never fail to build up suspense and drama to fever pitch and then tip it over the edge a bit more to keep you reading on quickly. This ...  Read the complete review

...I doubt there is any such thing or at least there isn’t in relation to this book. My mum had read this and knowing my tastes, she recommended it to me thinking I might like it (or it would at least shut me up for a few hours) so trusting her taste-like you do, I decided to give it a go. I’m always ready and willing ...  Read the complete review

This is Nicci's best book so far. For anyone contemplating reading it I can tell you it is incredibly exciting, the characters are well developed, it's pacey and gritty and I read it while in the throes of moving house! I actually found it believable in several respects - how many of us on a dull Monday morning wish we could be ...  Read the complete review

I bought this book after reading rave reviews about it on Amazon.co.uk.... more fool me!!!! Although I feel Nicki French has great potential as a writer this book really didn't make the grade for me. It's all about a lass called Alice Loudon who has a nice job, a doting fiance and lots of friends. Then she walks past Adam Tallis ...  Read the complete review

If you like to read a good psychological fictional study of obsession this is the right choice. The book is very well written with Alice, the girl that is completely obsessed with Adam Tallis, never losing much of my sympathy, even though it is difficult to contemplate her actions in real life. As a thriller the book is less succesful and ...  Read the complete review

This is a book that combines both thriller as well as romance. It is about an ordinary working lady in London, Alice Loudon who abandons her close friends, her loving boyfriend and her successful carrer for a passionate affair with a "tall, dark and handsome" mountain climber Adam and soon the affair turns to marriage. As Alice's new ...  Read the complete review