Publication Date: March 4, 2025
From international bestselling master of suspense Nicci French comes a chilling new psychological thriller about a woman determined to get justice for a murder no one else believes happened.
Nancy North is ready to put her life back together. After suffering a psychotic break that ruined friendships, stalled her fledgling restaurant, and forced her to move out of her comfortable flat, she’ll do anything to get back to normal. She and her partner Felix—who has been a saint through her recent troubles—move into a new flat for a fresh start.
Nancy is taking her pills, seeing her therapist, and avoiding unnecessary stress. She’s doing absolutely everything right, but something is still very, very wrong. On the first day in the new flat, she hears them again; the mysterious voices that triggered her first episode. It could just be the unfamiliar sounds of water in the pipes, or the screaming baby across the hall, but deep down she knows something more sinister is going on. Her fears are confirmed when the young woman in the downstairs flat, Kira, is found dead. Felix, her neighbors, and even the police insist it’s a tragic suicide, but the pieces aren’t adding up for Nancy. Can she trust her own instincts, or is it all in her head?
Meanwhile, Detective Inspector Maud O’Connor has misgivings about her colleagues’ investigation of Kira’s death. The boys club at the top seems intent on closing the case as quickly as possible, especially since the only person who thinks it could be anything other than suicide is known to be unreliable. But Maud knows what it’s like to be dismissed as an overemotional woman and isn’t so quick to discount Nancy’s claims. As tensions reach an explosive breaking point, the line between fact and delusion becomes dangerously blurred, but Maud will stop at nothing to ensure that the truth comes to light.
The latest psychological thriller by Nicci French blurs fact and fiction for a main character trying to recover from a breakdown.
The Last Days of Kira Mullan sets the stage for a haunting tale. On the mend after her breakdown, Nancy North is trying to get her life back on track. However, a move to a new apartment complex only aggravates her condition. When a young woman is found dead in the complex, Nancy is the only one who believes something sinister is going on.
Detective Inspector Maude O’Connor isn’t as quick as her male colleagues to dismiss Nancy’s concerns. However, with even Nancy herself wondering if she is having delusions, Maude continues to dig. As she tries to put together the events leading up to Kira’s death, Maude discovers that getting justice for a murder no one believed happened requires meticulous detective work.
The unexpected collaboration between Maude and Nancy opens the door for Nancy to gain the confidence needed to move forward with her new beginning, even if it means she has to get out of an unhealthy relationship with Felix.
The Last Days of Kira Mullan serves up the expected mix of psychological intensity associated with a Nicci French novel. However, this one didn’t have the “wow” factor of previous titles.
Nicci French is the pseudonym of English wife-and-husband team Nicci Gerrard and Sean French. Their acclaimed novels of psychological suspense have sold more than sixteen million copies around the world.
