The Red Room - Nicci French

Dr Katherine (Kit) Quinn is the sort of woman that many of us would like to be. She's a successful career woman working as a psychologist in the Welbeck Clinic, pandering to those that can afford to be treated, but also a Doctor to the Market Hill hospital for the criminally insane. She's gutsy, young, has her own place where she's reasonably comfortable. Only her non-existent love life is causing her any grief. But fate has something particularly nasty in store for her when she is attacked and scarred by one Michael Doll, a prisoner who goes on a rampage. Three months later Kit is ready to go back to work, but she isn't ready for the insensitive ...  Read the complete review

The Red Room was one of the top ten bestsellers when it was first released in 2001. I picked up a paperback copy many months ago but had never quite got around to reading it. With a two hour train journey looming I thought this was a perfect chance to get stuck in. Not only was I hooked for the whole train journey, but I disappeared for an early night only to find myself still awake at 2am reading the last few pages! Kit Quinn is a psychologist who is called by the police to assess a man they are holding in custody for hanging around a primary school. When he interview doesn?t go well the man lashes out at Kit leaving her badly shaken and scarred. She returns ...  Read the complete review