10 books for fans of Dear Debbie
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Never Lie
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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.
★ 4.08 Goodreads (1.5M ratings) - 2
The Inmate
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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.
★ 4.00 Goodreads (1.1M ratings) - 3
The Perfect Son
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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.
★ 3.99 Goodreads (527.0K ratings) - 4
Do You Remember?
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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.
★ 3.92 Goodreads (165.5K ratings) - 5
The Surrogate Mother
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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.
★ 3.91 Goodreads (359.9K ratings) - 6
Do Not Disturb
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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.
★ 3.89 Goodreads (381.5K ratings) - 7
The Intruder
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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.
★ 3.89 Goodreads (366.4K ratings) - 8
The Ex
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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.
★ 3.85 Goodreads (184.4K ratings) - 9
One by One
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McFadden delivers the same claustrophobic dread and unreliable narrator twists that made Dear Debbie compelling, with One by One trapping listeners in an isolated setting where paranoia and hidden motives escalate with each revelation. Alyson Krawchuk's intimate narration captures the psychological unraveling as effectively as the multi-narrator cast of the first book, making this a natural continuation of McFadden's mastery of domestic horror.
★ 3.84 Goodreads (470.9K ratings) - 10
The Tenant
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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.
★ 3.83 Goodreads (631.5K ratings)