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The Housemaid
Book 1 of Housemaid series
- 336 pages · about 6 hours
- First published 2022
- 17 editions
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1 About this book
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 . . .
- Thrillers
- Mystery
- Mystery Thriller
- Crime
- Psychological Thriller
- Romance
- Thrillers, domestic
- Thrillers, psychological
2 What to expect
A fast psychological thriller about a young woman with a past she is hiding, who takes a job as live-in maid to a wealthy Long Island family. The tension comes from her employer's erratic behavior and from not knowing whom to believe. Short chapters and a plain, quick style make it easy to finish in a day or two, and it turns dark, with cruelty and some violence.
Good for readers who want: a psychological thriller, a fast read, and secrets inside a wealthy household.
3 About Freida McFadden
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