About this book
Beneath the Skin, from 2000, is one of Nicci French's pre-Frieda Klein standalones, built on close first-person psychological tension rather than procedural distance. At 495 pages it's a substantially longer novel than most of the duo's early work.
Key facts about Beneath the Skin
Beneath the Skin is a book by Nicci French. Readers have had it since 2000. It runs to 495 pages.
Our list holds 1 edition of Beneath the Skin. Since each edition has its own ISBN, search for 9780759565050 to find the main one.
Nicci French has 27 books in our catalogue. 11 of them belong to a series, while 16 stand alone. All 27 are out now. Other books by Nicci French on file include The Last Days of Kira Mullan (2025), Has Anyone Seen Charlotte Salter? (2024), The Favour (2022) and The Unheard (2021).
Before this one, Killing Me Softly came out in 1999. After it came The Red Room in 2001. Since then, our list has added 23 more books by Nicci French.
Nicci French has 2 series on file, such as Frieda Klein and Maud O'Connor. Those series sit on our psychological thriller and crime fiction shelves. Meanwhile, What Happened That Night is the latest published Nicci French book on file, from 12 February 2026.
About Nicci French
Nicci French is the joint pen name of married British writers Nicci Gerrard (born 1958) and Sean French (born 1959), who met in 1989 while working at the New Statesman and have written every book together since their 1997 debut, The Memory Game. See every Nicci French book in order.
Editions
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9780759565050