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“Welcome to the family,” Nina Winchester says as I shake her elegant, manicured hand. I smile politely, gazing around the marble hallway. Working here is my last chance to start fresh. I can pretend to be whoever I like. But I’ll soon learn that the Winchesters’ secrets are far more dangerous than my own…

Every day I clean the Winchesters’ beautiful house top to bottom. I collect their daughter from school. And I cook a delicious meal for the whole family before heading up to eat alone in my tiny room on the top floor.

I try to ignore how Nina makes a mess just to watch me clean it up. How she tells strange lies about her own daughter. And how her husband Andrew seems more broken every day. But as I look into Andrew’s handsome brown eyes, so full of pain, it’s hard not to imagine what it would be like to live Nina’s life. The walk-in closet, the fancy car, the perfect husband.

I only try on one of Nina’s pristine white dresses once. Just to see what it’s like. But she soon finds out… and by the time I realize my attic bedroom door only locks from the outside, it’s far too late.

But I reassure myself: the Winchesters don’t know who I really am.

They don’t know what I’m capable of…

A New York Times, USA Today and Wall Street Journal bestseller. This unbelievably twisty read that will have you glued to the pages late into the night. Anyone who loves The Woman in the Window, The Wife Between Us and The Girl on the Train won’t be able to put down The Housemaid!

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“I got severe whiplash from the twistiest turns… Every time I thought I had it figured out… WRONG!!!… I am still reeling… outstanding… If you love a top notch psychological thriller that will have you questioning your own sanity, then this 5 star read is for you.” NetGalley reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

“What a wild ride!!! Freida definitely delivered the best twisty ending… Gripping from start to finish… honestly, I just could not put it down… An absolutely mind-blowing shocker that kept me guessing and on the edge of my seat literally until the very end.” Goodreads reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

“One wild ride!… So many twists and turns… I was hooked right away – I even read my Kindle while waiting in my kid’s school pick-up line so I wouldn’t have to put this book down!… addictive… pure perfection!” Goodreads reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

“Wow!!!… Blimey! What a roller-coaster ride this was! It had me sitting on the edge of my seat!… Superb book!… Fantastic ending!!!!… I highly recommend… fantastic… Big fat 5 stars from me.” Goodreads reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

“SO GOOD… I didn’t want to put it down! I read 70% in one sitting… I was on the edge of my seat… you will not see the ending coming! Drop what you are doing and pick up this book!” @Thriller_book_sisters, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

“You will NOT believe the direction this book takes… A jaw-dropping twist… A truly stunning thriller that I could not read quickly enough.” @carriereadsthem_all, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

“I was obsessed with this story… couldn’t get through the story fast enough… I was continuously gasping or saying “noooooo” out loud.” Sarah in Readerland

“I could NOT put it down!… An incredible roller-coaster ride… This book left me hungry for more and I could not believe the ending!!” Goodreads reviewer,⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

“Terrific! Finished The Housemaid in one night, totally compulsively readable… the ending packs a wallop!” NetGalley reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

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New York Times, USA Today, and #1 Amazon bestselling author Freida McFadden is a practicing physician specializing in brain injury who has penned multiple Kindle bestselling psychological thrillers and medical humor novels. She lives with her family and black cat in a centuries-old three-story home overlooking the ocean, with staircases that creak and moan with each step, and nobody could hear you if you scream. Unless you scream really loudly, maybe. --This text refers to the paperback edition.

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New York Times, Amazon Charts, USA Today, Wall Street Journal, and Publisher's Weekly bestselling author Freida McFadden is a practicing physician specializing in brain injury who has penned multiple bestselling psychological thrillers and medical humor novels. Freida’s work has been selected as one of Amazon Editors’ best books of the year and she has been a Goodreads Choice Award and International Thriller Writers Award nominee. Her novels have been translated into over 30 languages.

Freida lives with her family and black cat in a centuries-old three-story home overlooking the ocean, with staircases that creak and moan with each step, and nobody could hear you if you scream. Unless you scream really loudly, maybe.

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Dominique Barker

The Housemaid

Reviewed in Canada 🇨🇦 on March 4, 2023

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Millie has finally secured a high paying, steady job after getting fired from her waitressing job. She’s living in her car, lying to her parole officer and literally clinging to her last hope when Nina Winchester calls her to offer her a housekeeping job in the home she shares with her family. Millie can start saving money, stay out of jail where she spent the last ten years, and possibly the best part- sleep in a bed.
Nina Winchester is the matriarch of the Winchester home. She seemingly has it all. Gorgeous, rich husband. Adorable daughter. Vice president of the PTA. But above all that, she is a bit “eccentric.” Everyday Millie cleans the house spotless, and every morning she wakes up the find it completely trashed again. Not to mention she also has to deal with Nina’s spoiled daughter. The only good part of this deal seems to be Nina’s husband, Andrew.

Nothing is as it seems in The Housemaid. Everyone has secrets, and this is one of those stories that keeps you guessing from the beginning. I will admit that by the 60% mark I was feeling a little bored, but immediately got sucked right back in. This isn’t one of those stories where I was left with all the answers, but I definitely had all the answers I needed. It is one of those stories that works backwards in a way until you figure everything out.
Fair warning, if you don’t like unrealistic endings, this book is not for you. But for a fast paced thriller I really enjoyed it.

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Sara

Fast paced, Fun Thriller

Reviewed in Canada 🇨🇦 on May 24, 2023

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I had so much fun reading this one! It is the perfect pallet cleanser if you’re in the midst of a reading slump!
I loved the point of view writing and the foreboding feeling the author creates from page 1!
Definitely a fun summer read!

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Victoria Wade

Enjoyed reading The Housemaid

Reviewed in Canada 🇨🇦 on May 28, 2023

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I found this a little hard to get into at the beginning but at around 25% in, I was very interested in finishing. Good, easy read.

Reviewed in Canada 🇨🇦 on May 10, 2023

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I enjoyed this story very much although it made me squeamish at times. Parts of it gave me the creeps. But having said that, the story is great and I found it unpredictable. The characters were interesting and I felt compelled to finish the book to see the outcome. I will definitely read the next one in the future.

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Andrea

Amazing

Reviewed in Canada 🇨🇦 on May 30, 2023

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This was my first book by this author and I have to say I am now a fan. A whirlwind of twists and turns. Amazing…loved it.

Reviewed in Canada 🇨🇦 on May 28, 2023

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This was a fantastic read! Hooked me from the beginning and I couldn't put it down. Read this in a weekend. Starting the Housemaids Secret now!

Reviewed in Canada 🇨🇦 on May 31, 2023

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This is not your typical thriller. The twists will keep you hooked. And the sequel is likely to be just as good

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Karley Didyk

literally couldn’t put it down

Reviewed in Canada 🇨🇦 on May 31, 2023

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Stayed up way too late because I could not stop reading this thriller! Am asking twists I did not see coming!

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V. O'Regan

Fantastic domestic noir that was totally addictive

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on April 26, 2022

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“If I leave this house, it will be in handcuffs. I should have run for it while I had the chance. Now my shot is gone.” - Prologue, ‘The Housemaid’ by Freida McFadde.

I combined reading with its unabridged audiobook edition, narrated by Lauryn Allman.

Right from the above opening lines I was hooked.
This is one of those domestic noirs/psychological thrillers that I feel is best read ‘cold’, so just the barest of details.

After the Prologue we go back three months earlier.
The housemaid of the title is Millie, who has applied for the position of live-in housekeeper for the wealthy Nina and Andrew Winchester. Millie is on parole and really needs this job. No further details though as might be expected from this type of thriller and the Prologue’s teaser, things get quite complicated.

Most of the novel focuses upon the dynamic between these three adults, though there is also the Winchester’s spoiled nine-year-old daughter, Cecelia, to add to Millie’s torments. At her first meeting with ‘CeCe’ she thinks “I’d say there’s at least a twenty-five percent chance she’s going to murder me in my sleep if I get this job. But I still want it.”

With respect to the audiobook, I felt that Lauryn Allman did an excellent job of capturing the characters, especially the two narrative points of view, Millie and Nina. Her voice is quite mellow and very easy to listen to. I have enjoyed her narration on two other recent audiobooks.

Overall, one of the best, twisty, unputdownable psychological thrillers that I have read for a while. After such a positive experience, I plan to check out Freida McFadden’s earlier novels as well as look out for her future projects.

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KR

Riveting and addictive

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on February 21, 2023

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Oh My!!
It has been a long time since a psychological thriller has thrown me completely off guard. I could not put this down and ‘One More Chapter’ turned into hours of reading. This is easily a one sitting book for those who have the time to do that. I am going to gush about this book in a way that gives nothing away – which isn’t easy.
I love the character of Milly. She is far from perfect but has a strong sense of justice and right from wrong. She is so determined to sort out her life and it seems as though things just keep getting in her way that are out of her control – to some degree. Freida McFadden has very cleverly created a character that you side with instantly and want to protect, despite knowing things about her that could mean all is not as seems.
The plot is dark and addictive and kept me on the edge of my seat. Just when I thought I had my head around what was happening – there was a massive curveball which shook me to the core. The very ending was absolutely superb and very cleverly done. I was cheering!
McFadden has created three main characters (Milly, Andy and Nina) who are neither trust worthy or seemingly reliable narrators. I was suspicious of everyone. Nina and Andy both are written in such a wonderfully creepy way. They completely got under my skin and I was made to hate them by such clever writing.
The Housemaid is a superb, fast paced, addictive and compelling thriller and I cannot recommend it enough.

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Just OK

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on January 17, 2023

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Millie is an ex-convict. But we don’t know what she was in prison for. All we know is, whatever she did landed her a 10 year prison sentence. Now out of jail and living in her car, she is in DESPERATE need of a job. Then, a chance to start again presents itself: a live-in housemaid position for the Winchester family. Perfect!

That is until Mrs Winchester’s seemingly split personality emerges in full force, driving Millie up the wall. But Millie must go on; who knows when she’ll find another job! And let’s not forget to mention the handsome and kind Mr Winchester, Mrs Winchester’s husband, whose warming presence makes Millie’s job somewhat bearable.

🥀 MY THOUGHTS 🥀

Personally, I found this to be an extremely bland and unimaginative domestic thriller, with every twist startlingly identical to those used in various other novels e.g.

🌼 a creepy attic room that only locks from the outside like in “The Death of Mrs Westaway”

🌼 a woman in an abusive marriage pretending to be crazy while she looks for her “replacement” - literally IDENTICAL to the plot twist in “The Wife Between Us”

🌼 a woman with dark secrets coming to work for and live with a rich family, after which, bizarre things start happening - too similar to the plot line in “The Turn of the Key”

🥀 SUMMARY 🥀

An entertaining, fast-paced read with short snappy chapters. Moderately suspenseful but very averagely written with a severe lack of originality. Not the best but certainly not terrible.

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Ashrae

The Housemaid

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on January 31, 2023

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Everyone, well, slight exaggeration, but still quite a few people, in my book club started raving about this book. Now, I'm not usually an FOMO type of person, yeah right, but I do know when something special might be afoot and, when it's being recommended by a bunch of people you already trust, it'd be rude not to!
So I did!
And they were right!
Millie is just out of prison and living in her car. She is desperate for a job so she can get some semblance of life back. She doesn't hold much hope, failing interview after interview so she is not really that fussed bout lying when she meets The Winchesters for another soon-to-be-failed-too interview.
But joy upon joys, she is hired.
But all is not as it first appeared for this couple, as Millie will soon discover.
And that's all I'm saying as you really need to discover all the twists and turns as the author intended. Suffice to say they are all banging and, well, I really wasn't ready for the book going there. It's a bit of a swallow tbh and there were some things I ummed about. But it was so good, the build up, that I was more than happy to suck some of my niggles up, gladly.
And... the best bit of all... there's a next in series coming soon... Yay!

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Paul S

This novel really does live up to all the hype; an absolutely unputdownable psychological thriller

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on May 9, 2022

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I am not at all surprised by how many positive reviews The Housemaid has received to date. It is a terrific psychological thriller with a plot that is full of dramatic, and menacing, twists and with great characterisation. It was very easy to visualise each of the main characters as well as the house and rooms where all the action takes place and the various events as they unfold. For this, the author must be commended.
Having said this though, I must admit that I almost gave up on the story about half way through as I began to find the storyline rather depressing and I found myself wondering if the main character, the housemaid, would really put up with all that was being heaped upon her, especially given her background. But I am glad I didn't as the plot really takes off in a dramatic fashion in part two and I found myself wanting to race ahead to find out what happens next ... and I really liked the final twist that appears in the epilogue.
So, overall, this really is an unputdownable thriller and certainly one of the best I have read so far this year. I highly recommend it to anyone who enjoys stories that are full of chilling menace, great characters and dramatic twists as the story unfolds.

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