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Review of The Housemaid's Secret by Freida McFadden

Book Blurb

“Don’t go in the guest bedroom.” A shadow falls on Douglas Garrick’s face as he touches the door with his fingertips. “My wife… she’s very ill.” As he continues showing me their incredible penthouse apartment, I have a terrible feeling about the woman behind closed doors. But I can’t risk losing this job—not if I want to keep my darkest secret safe…

It’s hard to find an employer who doesn’t ask too many questions about my past. So I thank my lucky stars that the Garricks miraculously give me a job, cleaning their stunning penthouse with views across the city and preparing fancy meals in their shiny kitchen. I can work here for a while, stay quiet until I get what I want.

It’s almost perfect. But I still haven’t met Mrs Garrick, or seen inside the guest bedroom. I’m sure I hear her crying. I notice spots of blood around the neck of her white nightgowns when I’m doing laundry. And one day I can’t help but knock on the door. When it gently swings open, what I see inside changes everything

That’s when I make a promise. After all, I’ve done this before. I can protect Mrs Garrick while keeping my own secrets locked up safe.

Douglas Garrick has done wrong. He is going to pay. It’s simply a question of how far I’m willing to go…

This absolutely explosive and shockingly twisty sequel to international bestseller The Housemaid will keep you racing through the pages late into the night. Anyone who loves The Perfect Marriage by Jeneva Rose, The Woman in the Window and Gone Girl will be totally hooked! This book can also be enjoyed as a standalone.

Read what everyone’s saying about The Housemaid’s Secret:

“OMG!!! MIND ABSOLUTELY BLOWN!!!! Love, LOVE, LOVED this absolute page-turner!!… OMG the twists just kept on coming again and again!!!… I absolutely devoured it in one sitting!!… Addictive, mind-blowing page-turner that will keep you up with a racing heart until you’ve finished!!!” Bookworm86, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

“Absolutely amazing!… Wowsers… The end twist was MAGNIFICANT, and it was the first time ever, when reading any thriller, that I have gasped out loud “noooooo?” (so loudly in fact my husband asked what was happening!)…. Brilliant… I highly recommend it.” @jsybookworm, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

“An amazing psychological thriller!!… will grab you literally from the first line… Hold on to your jaws, because they will drop… Loved. It. So. Much!!” Goodreads reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

“OH YEAH!!!… I flew through the pages like a bat out of hell. So, so good!! I absolutely loved every second of it!!… Will lead you down one path until you are completely turned around and screaming WTF?!” Goodreads reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

“I DEVOURED this book quicker than I ever read any other book… I was sucked in… I loved every second of it… I will forever recommend this book.” Goodreads reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

“I read this book straight through in one sitting, and stayed up entirely too late to do so… Crazy twists and turns—I actually said “Wait, what?” out loud.” Goodreads reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

“Made my whole year!!… This book is AMAZING!!! Twists on twists on twists!… I absolutely devoured it!” Goodreads reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

“Wow, wow, wow… amazing… I loved it… I can’t describe properly how much I enjoyed this book… This blew my mind… I couldn’t get enough… Brilliant. Loved it.” Goodreads reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

“Oh my word… Freida McFadden is the QUEEN of plot twists… The twists had twists!… I was hooked from the very start !!… very hard to put down!!… Moments where I’m not sure I was even breathing… I loved every second of this!!” @books_andmakeup, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Best Book Editors Review

This one continues almost directly from The Housemaid. I made a blunder and didn’t realise they were a series. I started reading this one first. I was advised to stop halfway through and read The Housemaid first—so I’m passing that advice on. You can read this as a stand-alone, but there are little homages throughout that hark back to the first book.

We follow Millie into another post, but it’s a very brief spit and polish before she gets sacked, and we’re pulled straight into her next position. It isn’t a happy household, and mystery lurks across every stair tread.

Millie should mind her own business and concentrate on bleaching the loo—but she doesn’t—and therein lies her downfall.

Another fantastic story in the same style as The Housemaid with the same fantastic writing and description. Millie isn’t the only character that follows over to this book, and we reconnect with an old friend.

Fabulous writing, easy reading, and a plot that keeps you guessing. What more do you need?

Another page turner

Freida McFadden

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.

To hear Freida talk more about herself in the third person, visit her website: https://www.freidamcfadden.com/

Ruth

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on 15 May 2023

Vidya
5.0 out of 5 stars Top Ten Reasons why I love this book (and why you should read it now!)

Reviewed in India 🇮🇳 on 20 February 2023

Top Ten reasons why I love Housemaid’s Secret (you really should read it now!!)

10. Snippets of information here and there. Makes you think and interesting enough to want to look it up.

9. Twists galore ….well…what else can one expect from a Freida book?

8. Enough suspense to keep you turning the pages

7. Great as a stand alone book though it would be enjoyable if one read The Housemaid first, not a must though.

6. Seamlessly woven beginning, middle and end.

5. Humor. Some really Lol moments throughout.

4. Short chapters and these are always welcome but intriguing to keep it going. So tough to stop once you start reading.

3. Just the right amount of details whether it is for characters (old and new), background, situations…no elaborate descriptions.

2. ” A good book has no ending ” R.D. Cummings. Just like it was with The Housemaid, this one too will stay with me long after I’ve finished it. Would love Housemaid #3 and more!!😊

1. Easiest 5 star rating I’ve ever given a book.
stephanie

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on 8 May 2023

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