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The Housemaid's Secret

Book 2 of Housemaid series

  • 352 pages · about 6 hours
  • First published 2023
  • 7 editions

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1 About this book

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.

  • Thrillers, psychological
  • Thrillers, domestic
  • Thrillers
  • Mystery
  • Mystery Thriller
  • Crime
  • Psychological Thriller
  • Romance

2 What to expect

The second Housemaid thriller: Millie, a maid with a past she keeps quiet, takes a job cleaning and cooking in a wealthy couple's city penthouse, where the wife stays out of sight behind a closed door. Like the first book it runs on short chapters, a narrator who thinks she understands what she is seeing, and a string of reversals. It is fast and easy to read, and it follows on from The Housemaid.

Good for readers who want: a thriller and a mystery.

3 About Freida McFadden

Born 1980

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 more than 45 languages.

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