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 Deliciously Devious, Unputdownable Thriller Treat
The Housemaid by Freida McFadden is the kind of book you start on a whim and then suddenly you’re ignoring responsibilities, meals, and possibly your moral compass because you have to know what’s going on in that house.
Millie, our underdog heroine with a mysterious past, accepts a job that seems too good to be true—and shocker! It absolutely is. The Winchester household is a carnival of red flags, with Nina Winchester at the center, gleefully waving the biggest one like she’s leading a parade of psychological chaos.
McFadden’s pacing is wickedly addictive: short chapters, sharp twists, and cliffhangers that feel like she’s whispering “just one more…” every time you try to stop reading. The tension builds until the story practically sprints toward its finale—and yes, the payoff is chef’s kiss satisfying.
What makes this a five-star ride? It’s fun. Wild. Dramatic in all the best “pop some popcorn and settle in” ways. It knows exactly what kind of twisty thriller it wants to be and delivers it with flair.
Five stars: wickedly entertaining, irresistibly bingeable, and packed with gasp-worthy moments. Perfect for thriller fans who love clever reveals, messy secrets, and books that make you say “WHAT?!” out loud.
#1 New York Times, Amazon Charts, USA Today, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, Sunday Times, and Publisher's Weekly bestselling author Freida McFadden is a physician 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, she is the winner of the International Thriller Writers Award for best paperback, and she is a Goodreads Choice Award winner. Her novels have been translated into 40 languages.
Freida lives with her family and 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.
To hear Freida talk about herself more in the third person, check out her website freidamcfadden.
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