Best Freida McFadden Books

The Housemaid's Secret

The Housemaid • Book 2

by Freida McFadden

McFadden's thriller traps her protagonist between employers who might be dangerous and a past that could destroy her if discovered.

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McFadden's thriller traps her protagonist between employers who might be dangerous and a past that could destroy her if discovered.

Never Lie

by Freida McFadden

McFadden weaves a claustrophobic thriller where house-hunting newlyweds become snowed-in detectives, uncovering their missing host's dark therapeutic practices through hidden recordings.

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McFadden weaves a claustrophobic thriller where house-hunting newlyweds become snowed-in detectives, uncovering their missing host's dark therapeutic practices through hidden recordings.

The Inmate

by Freida McFadden

Taking a job at a men's maximum-security prison, nurse Brooke Sullivan must hide her intimate past connection to inmate Shane Nelson while following strict professional boundaries.

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Taking a job at a men's maximum-security prison, nurse Brooke Sullivan must hide her intimate past connection to inmate Shane Nelson while following strict professional boundaries.

The Perfect Son

by Freida McFadden

Erika's perfect suburban life crumbles when police suspect her son Liam in a classmate's disappearance. McFadden explores how well parents really know their children.

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Erika's perfect suburban life crumbles when police suspect her son Liam in a classmate's disappearance. McFadden explores how well parents really know their children.

The Wife Upstairs

by Freida McFadden

After a terrible accident leaves Victoria paralyzed and unable to speak, she's confined to her home's top floor with round-the-clock care. McFadden explores the horror of being trapped in your own body while dark secrets about the accident emerge.

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After a terrible accident leaves Victoria paralyzed and unable to speak, she's confined to her home's top floor with round-the-clock care. McFadden explores the horror of being trapped in your own body while dark secrets about the accident emerge.

Dear Debbie

by Freida McFadden

What happens when a beloved advice columnist realizes her well-meaning guidance has been destroying lives? McFadden explores the dark side of good intentions with her signature psychological twists.

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What happens when a beloved advice columnist realizes her well-meaning guidance has been destroying lives? McFadden explores the dark side of good intentions with her signature psychological twists.

The Housemaid Is Watching

The Housemaid • Book 3

by Freida McFadden

Millie has escaped her housecleaning past for suburban motherhood, but when her new neighbor Mrs. Lowell shows unusual interest in her family, old secrets resurface dangerously.

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Millie has escaped her housecleaning past for suburban motherhood, but when her new neighbor Mrs. Lowell shows unusual interest in her family, old secrets resurface dangerously.

The Surrogate Mother

by Freida McFadden

After years of failed fertility treatments, Abby gratefully accepts when her personal assistant Monica offers to carry her baby. But Monica has been lying about her identity, and her real motives for helping Abby are far more sinister than generous.

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After years of failed fertility treatments, Abby gratefully accepts when her personal assistant Monica offers to carry her baby. But Monica has been lying about her identity, and her real motives for helping Abby are far more sinister than generous.

Brain Damage

by Freida McFadden

Charly McKenna's bullet wound steals her career and marriage, but her damaged brain might be showing her truths she never saw before.

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Charly McKenna's bullet wound steals her career and marriage, but her damaged brain might be showing her truths she never saw before.

Do Not Disturb

by Freida McFadden

Quinn Alexander commits an unthinkable crime and flees toward the Canadian border, only to get trapped by a snowstorm at a creepy roadside motel. McFadden excels at turning ordinary locations into psychological pressure cookers.

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Quinn Alexander commits an unthinkable crime and flees toward the Canadian border, only to get trapped by a snowstorm at a creepy roadside motel. McFadden excels at turning ordinary locations into psychological pressure cookers.

The Intruder

by Freida McFadden

Isolated in her wilderness cabin during a hurricane, Casey finds a blood-covered girl lurking outside her window who refuses to explain where she came from. McFadden traps both characters in claustrophobic uncertainty about who's the real threat.

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Isolated in her wilderness cabin during a hurricane, Casey finds a blood-covered girl lurking outside her window who refuses to explain where she came from. McFadden traps both characters in claustrophobic uncertainty about who's the real threat.

The Tenant

by Freida McFadden

McFadden's latest thriller finds Blake, freshly unemployed and desperate, welcoming the perfect tenant Whitney into his home without realizing the threat she represents.

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McFadden's latest thriller finds Blake, freshly unemployed and desperate, welcoming the perfect tenant Whitney into his home without realizing the threat she represents.

Do You Remember?

by Freida McFadden

McFadden traps readers in Tess's daily confusion as she wakes up unable to recognize her husband, her home, or even her own face.

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McFadden traps readers in Tess's daily confusion as she wakes up unable to recognize her husband, her home, or even her own face.

One by One

by Freida McFadden

A couples' retreat in the mountains becomes a deadly trap when Claire's group gets stranded and people start dying one by one. McFadden builds claustrophobic tension as friends turn into suspects in the wilderness.

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A couples' retreat in the mountains becomes a deadly trap when Claire's group gets stranded and people start dying one by one. McFadden builds claustrophobic tension as friends turn into suspects in the wilderness.

The Ex

by Freida McFadden

When Cassie starts dating Joel, his perfect ex-girlfriend Francesca seems determined to destroy their relationship—or is Cassie losing her mind? McFadden's psychological thriller plays with perception and obsession to the bitter end.

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When Cassie starts dating Joel, his perfect ex-girlfriend Francesca seems determined to destroy their relationship—or is Cassie losing her mind? McFadden's psychological thriller plays with perception and obsession to the bitter end.

The Coworker

by Freida McFadden

When the strange accountant who never misses work doesn't show up, her office mate gets pulled into a web of lies that makes everyone a suspect. McFadden weaponizes office politics into pure psychological terror.

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When the strange accountant who never misses work doesn't show up, her office mate gets pulled into a web of lies that makes everyone a suspect. McFadden weaponizes office politics into pure psychological terror.

The Housemaid

The Housemaid • Book 1

by Freida McFadden

A broke ex-convict becomes housemaid to a wealthy couple, but the picture-perfect family harbors twisted secrets that put her in mortal danger. McFadden constructs a psychological thriller where domestic duties become survival tactics and trust proves deadly.

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A broke ex-convict becomes housemaid to a wealthy couple, but the picture-perfect family harbors twisted secrets that put her in mortal danger. McFadden constructs a psychological thriller where domestic duties become survival tactics and trust proves deadly.

The Housemaid's Wedding

The Housemaid #2.5

by Freida McFadden

What starts as a cozy winter wedding quickly spirals into psychological mayhem when the bride realizes her perfect day might be her last.

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What starts as a cozy winter wedding quickly spirals into psychological mayhem when the bride realizes her perfect day might be her last.