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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…

Soon to be a major motion picture starring Sydney Sweeney and Amanda Seyfried * A No.1 New York Times bestseller * A Sunday Times bestseller * A USA Todayand Wall Street Journal bestseller * 5 million copies sold * 20-million-copy bestselling author

This unbelievably twisty listen will have you glued to your headphones late into the night. Anyone who loves The Girl on the Train won’t be able to put down The Housemaid!

©2022 Freida McFadden (P)2025 Bookouture, an imprint of Storyfire Ltd.
Psychological Suspense Thriller & Suspense Women's Voices Marriage Exciting Scary Fiction Psychological Suspense
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This is an author to follow absolutely unputdownable, a word I see used often but not by me. Loved the characters even the baddie a some points. Just one of those books you don't Want to end. If I have nothing good to say about a book I say nothing at all I mean everyone has to make a living but when a book rates high with me I like to rate. This book and author done just that.

sensational

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I could NOT put this book down. Twists all the way through. Absolute brilliant book

Fantastic

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Brilliant story line, loved the twist, caught me by surprise! If I could re-read this again I would. Narrator really good too!

Brilliant, what a twist

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Never judge a book by its cover! Plenty of twist and turns with some very believable characters, certainly plays with the listeners emotions. So Totally absorbing made a long drive enjoyable. Looking out for more titles from this author.

Totally absorbing!

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I enjoyed this story, finding it pacy, well-phrased and with great character dynamics. I did find it pretty predictable with none of the ‘twists’ coming as a shock to me. The thing that slightly let it down were some clumsy and heavy plot devices that just did not ring true (the coincidence of the cop towards the end - really?). But overall a captivating read.

Pacy story with dynamic characters with some inelegant plot devices

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