The Housemaid

By: Freida McFadden

Narrated by: Lauryn Allman

“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.

Creepy

This book was creeping me out. I found myself very jumpy but didn’t want to put it down. I loved the twists and turns of the story. I hated Milly’s accent … it was too much for me to love her character the way I wanted. Great story and worth the read!!!

little slow at the start but so good at the end

I mostly kept listening because I knew a twist was gonna happen. like the cover said it was and the other reviews allude to. but it was a little slow burn. once it gets to the second part all that changed though. super good. I will say that the story isn't bad at the start just predictable.

Excellent!

This was a great book. Narration is fantastic. The story has a lot of unpredictable dark twists right down to the end.

Great book!

In the beginning I hated a main character. Towards the end I started to see what possibly happened in the past. As the story went on I found that aspects of what I thought were true and others terribly wrong. Great psychological thriller!

Such a fun listen!

This was exactly the distraction I needed while trying to juggle my kids this summer. It was twisty, addictive, and just plain fun!