About the author
Freida McFadden is an American physician and novelist who writes psychological thrillers. Her books favor short chapters, domestic spaces, compromised narrators, and reversals that change which person in a household appears to hold the power.
McFadden tells the story in short first-person chapters, keeping the reader close to what Millie notices and what she chooses not to reveal. Domestic routines — laundry, dinner, a school pickup — become a way of measuring power between people who live under the same roof.
Where to start
Start with The Housemaid. A live-in job offers Millie a fresh start, but the Winchester house comes with a locked attic room.
