Where to Start with Freida McFadden
- Best entry point → The Housemaid
- Best standalone → Never Lie
- Start The Housemaid #2.5 series → The Housemaid's Wedding
- Short listen, big payoff → The Housemaid's Secret
- What fans keep coming back to → The Inmate
- Highest rated by listeners → Dear Debbie
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The Housemaid's Secret
The Housemaid • Book 2
Narrated by Lauryn Allman
★ 4.66 ABR Score (1.8M ratings)★ 4.16 Goodreads (1.8M) ★ 4.63 Audible (20.2K)9h 44m listening time • Released 2023McFadden's follow-up to The Housemaid doubles down on domestic suspense — more twists, a more complex heroine, and a villain who's genuinely unsettling.
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The Housemaid
The Housemaid • Book 1
Narrated by Lauryn Allman
★ 4.51 ABR Score (44.8K ratings)★ 4.35 Goodreads (1.1K) ★ 4.58 Audible (43.7K)9h 46m listening time • Released 2022McFadden's breakout domestic thriller is wickedly addictive — a woman takes a live-in position for a wealthy family and discovers the wife is not who she appears to be.
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Never Lie
Narrated by Leslie Howard
★ 4.49 ABR Score (1.6M ratings)★ 4.08 Goodreads (1.5M) ★ 4.44 Audible (18.9K)7h 20m listening time • Released 2022McFadden's addictive thriller follows a woman who discovers her therapist's old case tapes — a propulsive psychological puzzle that rewards binge listening.
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Dear Debbie
Narrated by Julia Whelan, January LaVoy, Scott Brick
★ 4.45 ABR Score (249.9K ratings)★ 4.02 Goodreads (244.1K) ★ 4.57 Audible (5.8K)7h 40m listening time • Released 2026McFadden's twisted revenge thriller hits different in audio, with three narrators embodying Debbie's unraveling psyche so effectively you'll question every unreliable turn before the final gut-punch lands.
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The Inmate
Narrated by Leslie Howard
★ 4.39 ABR Score (1.1M ratings)★ 4 Goodreads (1.1M) ★ 4.37 Audible (14.9K)8h 5m listening time • Released 2022 -
The Housemaid Is Watching
The Housemaid • Book 3
Narrated by Lauryn Allman, Ina Marie Smith
★ 4.37 ABR Score (1.1M ratings)★ 3.86 Goodreads (1.1M) ★ 4.44 Audible (14.1K)11h 42m listening time • Released 2024The dual narration transforms this paranoid thriller into something genuinely unsettling—each narrator pulls you deeper into competing perspectives until you can't trust either one.
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The Intruder
Narrated by Joe Hempel, Patricia Santomasso, Tina Wolstencroft
★ 4.36 ABR Score (374.7K ratings)★ 3.89 Goodreads (366.4K) ★ 4.48 Audible (8.3K)8h 19m listening time • Released 2025The multiple narrators nail the shifting perspectives in this locked-room thriller, making the unreliable motivations feel immediate and genuinely unsettling. McFadden's twist lands harder when you hear it unfold across different voices.
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Do Not Disturb
Narrated by Megan Tusing, Daniel Thomas May
★ 4.26 ABR Score (382.8K ratings)★ 3.89 Goodreads (381.5K) ★ 4.46 Audible (1.3K)7h 25m listening time • Released 2025Megan Tusing and Daniel Thomas May trade off perspectives so seamlessly you won't realize you're being manipulated until the final twist lands—a masterclass in unreliable narration that makes the audio format essential.
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The Ex
Narrated by Nicol Zanzarella
★ 4.24 ABR Score (190.2K ratings)★ 3.85 Goodreads (184.4K) ★ 4.38 Audible (5.8K)8h 33m listening time • Released 2022Nicol Zanzarella's dual narration transforms this twisted love triangle into a psychological minefield where you can't trust anyone's version of the truth.
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Do You Remember?
Narrated by Teri Schnaubelt
★ 4.21 ABR Score (170.3K ratings)★ 3.92 Goodreads (165.5K) ★ 4.3 Audible (4.7K)7h 12m listening time • Released 2022 -
One by One
Narrated by Alyson Krawchuk
★ 4.14 ABR Score (474.7K ratings)★ 3.84 Goodreads (470.9K) ★ 4.22 Audible (3.8K)6h 42m listening time • Released 2022Alyson Krawchuk's narration transforms this isolated-woods thriller into something genuinely unsettling—her performance makes every paranoid suspicion feel justified, and the twist lands harder because you trusted her voice the whole way.
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The Coworker
Narrated by Alyson Krawchuk
★ 4.06 ABR Score (599.9K ratings)★ 3.73 Goodreads (596.1K) ★ 4.16 Audible (3.8K)8h 12m listening time • Released 2023 -
The Housemaid's Wedding
The Housemaid #2.5
Narrated by Lauryn Allman, Edoardo Ballerini
★ 3.98 ABR Score (361.7K ratings)★ 3.3 Goodreads (359.3K) ★ 4.37 Audible (2.4K)1h 44m listening time • Released 2025McFadden's winter thriller hooks you immediately with a murder plot unfolding in real time, and the dual narration between Allman and Ballerini creates genuine tension that a single voice couldn't match.
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