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The Housemaid

By: Freida McFadden
Narrated by: Lauryn Allman
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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....

©2022 Freida McFadden (P)2023 Bookouture, an imprint of Storyfire Ltd.

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Really good story. I literally could not put this one down. Ex-con gets a job as a Housemaid for a family with one child, a 9 year old girl. You don't know why she was in prison, but she has trouble getting and keeping a job. She is living in her car when she gets the job as the live-in house keeper. The family is extremely wealthy, but her room is a former closet and the door lock is on the outside. The wife is bitchy and unpredictable and the husband is gorgeous and understanding. The 9 year old is a spoiled brat. All is not well in this house.
I highly recommend this audio recording!

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Very good!

Thought I wouldn’t like it, but around 60% of the way through it got so good! Glad I stuck around.

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What a page turner that kept me guessing.

What a crazy tale of privilege, evil and mental illness. This book was easy to finish in an afternoon and I can’t wait to read the next book in the series. What a wonderful and just right book to keep you guessing and wondering what was next. The twist in the end made me happy and scared with the MIL comments at the funeral. Creepy!!

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Fantastic Suspense Novel!

this is such a gripping novel I finished it in about 4 days. Really creative story and interesting right up to the end.

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Thrillingly Amazing!!

I am smitten by the plot and storyline. Definitely want more. I recommend this book to anyone who is searching for twists, knots, the edge of your seat thriller, and a shocking ending.

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Predictable but engaging

I could predict what was going to happen early on on the book which was a bummer. But the two main characters were engaging enough that I wanted to see it to the end

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Wow!!! Great book!

Loved this book. At first I thought it was going to be a typical psychological thriller, but this one had some very interesting twist!!

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Interesting but not that suspenseful

I thought it was going to be suspenseful. But I found that it didn’t give me the suspense I wanted and

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Worth a credit

Good thriller. Kept me engaged. Def worth a credit! Will look for more from this author.

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The Housemaid

This story was a kind of mash of 2 stories I have read previously, but I still enjoyed it. I listened to it as my monthly book club selection.

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