It puzzles me how two people can collaborate to write a novel.  How does that work in practice?  Do they divide the chapters or sections between them and, if so, how do they manage to create a uniform, cohesive style?  Nicci French, the “author” of Saturday Requiem, is the pseudonym of the husband-and-wife writing team, Nicci Gerrard and Sean French.  The novel is the latest in the series (Blue Monday, Tuesday’s Gone etc.) featuring psychotherapist-turned-sleuth, Frieda Klein.

Having read all five previous books in the series, I was keen to read what I thought (rightly, as it turned out) would be good fodder for my winter vacation.  Although Saturday Requiem was no less absorbing than the others, I think it’ll soon be time to draw this series to a close.  The books are becoming repetitive and more and more implausible.  I have a hunch that the authors will take the opportunity to “wrap up the week” with a Sunday novel in which Dr. Klein will meet her nemesis, Dean Reeve.  The question is who will prevail?