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Author: McFadden, Freida
ISBN: 9781803144382

by Freida McFadden

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This seller has earned a 3.93 of 5 Stars rating from internet customers.

3.93 / 5 (713 total reviews)

Readers describe The Housemaid as a brisk, highly readable domestic thriller with short chapters and a mid-book perspective shift. Many casual thriller fans were surprised and enjoyed the revenge angle, while genre veterans often found the twist telegraphed and the book derivative of titles like The Last Mrs. Parrish or Verity. Praise centered on its entertainment value and pace; criticism focused on thin characterization, a naive protagonist, implausible plotting, and a polarizing, sometimes rushed epilogue. Overall, it’s viewed as commercial, crowd-pleasing suspense—compelling for some, overhyped for others.

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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...

An 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 this down!

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"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, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

"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, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

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

"Wow what an amazing book! I couldn't put this down until the very last page... a perfect five stars. This one is by far my favorite book by this author yet." Bookishfirst, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

"I've yet to read a book by Freida McFadden that didn't blow me away! I finished this in one sitting, couldn't tear my eyes away... I did not see the plot twist coming at all! The ending was so satisfying but left me wanting even more." @bookscoffeemorebooks, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

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Title The Housemaid: An absolutely addictive psychological thriller with a jaw-dropping twist
Author Freida McFadden
Binding Paperback
Pages 334
Volumes 1
Language ENG
Publisher Bookouture
ISBN 9781803144382 / 1803144386
Weight 0.72 lbs (0.33 kg)
Dimensions 7.81 x 5.06 x 0.75 in (19.84 x 12.85 x 1.91 cm)
Category Fiction - General
Library of Congress subjects Domestic fiction, Psychological fiction
Dewey Decimal Code 823.92

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