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Named one of the TIME100 Most Influential People of 2026
“I enjoy Freida McFadden…The books are engrossing and her sense of humour is sharp and dark. Vengeance comes with a twist and is satisfying” – STEPHEN KING
“McFadden is a writer at the top of her game-and the undisputed mistress of the psychological thriller.” – E.L. James
“Take the propulsive darkness of Gone Girl, the prolific output of Colleen Hoover, and the addictive twists of Harlan Coben, and you have something close to Freida McFadden.” – The Independent
“Intimidatingly prolific” – The Sunday Times
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From #1 Sunday Times bestselling author Freida McFadden comes a sharp, unsettling thriller about two women, past and present, united by the grounds of an estate and one deadly question: is the danger that haunts them magic-or madness?
Some secrets don't die-they wait.
When Julia Barlow loses her job and her apartment, she has nowhere left to go but Pemberton, her family's sprawling seventeenth-century estate in rural Massachusetts. Officially, she's there to check in on her ageing grandmother. Unofficially, she's hoping the old house will give her a place to disappear.
Instead, Pemberton begins to unravel her.
Every night, the grandfather clock stops at exactly 3:41 a.m. The lights flicker without warning. And a disembodied voice cries for help outside Julia's bedroom door.
As Julia digs into the house's dark history, she uncovers the story of a woman executed for witchcraft in 1692-and realises the past may not be finished with Pemberton yet. When decades of family lies begin to surface, Julia must confront a terrifying truth: Pemberton may be haunted by women whose voices refuse to stay silent.
The Witch is Freida McFadden's tantalising foray into the supernatural, offering up a chilling, twist-filled thriller about secrets: those we inherit, those we bury, and those people will burn to keep silent.
Tropes
Supernatural Thriller
Witchcraft
Ancestral Curse
Also by Freida McFadden:
The Divorce
Dear Debbie
The Intruder
The Tenant
The Crash
The Boyfriend
The Teacher
The Coworker
Ward D
Never Lie
The Inmate
The Housemaid
The Housemaid's Secret
The Housemaid’s Wedding
The Housemaid is Watching
Do You Remember?
Do Not Disturb
The Locked Door
Want to Know a Secret?
One by One
The Wife Upstairs
The Perfect Son
The Ex
The Surrogate Mother
Brain Damage
Dead Med
