Freida McFadden

#1 Sunday Times and internationally bestselling author Freida McFadden is a physician who lives in Boston with her family.

Freida is the winner of both the International Thriller Writer Award for Best Paperback Original  and the Goodreads Choice Award for Best Thriller.

Her novels have been translated into more than forty languages. 

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The Divorce

What is a happily ever after really worth? Naomi was living the quintessential love story. Boy meets girl. They fall in love, get married, buy a dream house, start a family… Then—he kicks her out, hires the city's best divorce lawyers, drains their accounts, and takes up with a 20-something. But why should he get away with it?
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Want to know a secret?

Everyone has secrets. But some are worse than others… Influencer and baking sensation April Masterson knows the secret to the perfect gooey brownies. Or how to make key lime squares that will melt in your mouth. But if you keep watching her offline, you may find out some other secrets about April.
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Ward D

Medical student Amy Brenner is spending the night on a locked psychiatric ward. Amy has been dreading her evening working on Ward D, the hospital's inpatient mental health unit. There are very specific reasons why she never wanted to do this required overnight rotation. Reasons nobody can ever find out. And as the hours tick by, Amy grows increasingly convinced something terrible is happening within these tightly secured walls.
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The Tenant

There's no place like home… Blake Porter is riding high, until he's not. Fired abruptly from his job as a VP of marketing and unable to make the mortgage payments on the new brownstone he shares with his fiancée, he's desperate to make ends meet. Enter Whitney. Beautiful, charming, down-to-earth, and looking for a room to rent. She's exactly what Blake's looking for. Or is she? Danger lives right at home, and by the time Blake realizes it, it'll be far too late. The trap is already set.
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Dear Debbie

Debbie Mullen is losing it. For years, she has compiled all of her best advice into her column, Dear Debbie, where the wives of New England come for sympathy and neighborly advice. Through her work, Debbie has heard from countless women who are ignored, belittled, or even abused by their husbands. And Debbie does her best to guide them in the right direction. Or at least, she did.
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The Intruder

There's someone at your front door – should you let them in? Who knows what the storm will blow in… Casey's cabin in the wilderness is not built for a hurricane. Her roof shakes, the lights flicker, and the tree outside her front door sways ominously in the wind. But she's a lot more worried about the girl she discovers lurking outside her kitchen window. She's young. She's alone. And she's covered in blood.
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The Housemaid is Watching

"You must be our new neighbors!" Mrs. Lowell gushes and waves across the picket fence. I clutch my daughter's hand and smile back: but the second Mrs. Lowell sees my husband a strange expression crosses her face. In that moment I make a promise. We finally have a family home. My past is far, far behind us. And I'll do anything to keep it that way…
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The Housemaid's Wedding

Today is supposed to be the happiest day of my life. I'm engaged to the man of my dreams, and in a few short hours, I'm going to stand before a judge, who will declare us husband and wife, till death does us part. Despite some bumps in the road, this day is everything I dreamed it would be. There's only one problem: Someone doesn't want me to live long enough to say my vows.
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Freida McFadden Re-ups with Sourcebooks

Freida McFadden Re-ups with Sourcebooks

After a year reigning atop adult fiction bestseller lists, Freida McFadden has signed a deal extending her partnership with Sourcebooks through 2028. Jenna Jankowski, assistant editorial director at Poisoned Pen...
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Freida McFadden’s Next Thriller ‘The Divorce’ Lands at Studiocanal

Freida McFadden’s Next Thriller ‘The Divorce’ Lands at Studiocanal

“The Housemaid” author Freida McFadden‘s upcoming thriller “The Divorce” has been optioned by Studiocanal, following a competitive book auction. Studiocanal and Working Title will co-produce the film adaptation, which is in...
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Freida McFadden Named to TIME’s Annual TIME100 List of the 100 Most Influential People in the World

Freida McFadden Named to TIME’s Annual TIME100 List of the 100 Most Influential People in the World

TIME named Freida McFadden to the 2026 TIME100, its annual list of the 100 most influential people in the world. The full list and related tributes appear in the April...
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