Author
Freida McFadden
Associated Country
United States
Real Name
Freida McFadden is an American author known for her bestselling psychological thrillers, often featuring fast-paced plots, shocking twists, and morally complex characters. Her novels, including The Housemaid, have gained a wide international readership and are especially popular for their addictive, easy-to-read style.
She writes under a pen name; her real name is Sara Cohen, and she is a practicing physician specializing in brain injury. Her medical background often informs the psychological and clinical elements in her stories, adding an extra layer of realism to her suspenseful plots.
McFadden has built a strong following through her ability to craft gripping, twist-driven narratives that keep readers engaged from beginning to end, establishing her as a prominent voice in contemporary thriller fiction.
She writes under a pen name; her real name is Sara Cohen, and she is a practicing physician specializing in brain injury. Her medical background often informs the psychological and clinical elements in her stories, adding an extra layer of realism to her suspenseful plots.
McFadden has built a strong following through her ability to craft gripping, twist-driven narratives that keep readers engaged from beginning to end, establishing her as a prominent voice in contemporary thriller fiction.
Books
The Divorce 2026
Naomi was living the quintessential love story. Boy meets girl. They fall in love, get married, buy a dream house, start a family…
Then―he kicks her out, hires the city's best divorce lawyers, drains...
The Dinner Party 2026
You're broke. You have no way to pay your rent and you're about to be evicted.
Fortunately, your friend has offered you a job working as a waitress at a dinner party... at an isolated mansion way out...
Influencer and baking sensation April Masterson knows the secret to the perfect gooey brownies. Or how to make key lime squares that will melt in your mouth. But if you keep watching her offline, you...
Dear Debbie 2026
Sometimes, enough is enough…
Debbie Mullen is losing it. For years, she has compiled all of her best advice into her column, Dear Debbie, where the wives of New England come for sympathy and...
The Intruder 2025
Who knows what the storm will blow in…
Casey's cabin in the wilderness is not built for a hurricane. Her roof shakes, the lights flicker, and the tree outside her front door sways ominously in the...
The Surrogate Mother 2025
Abby wants a baby more than anything.
But after years of failed infertility treatments and adoptions that have fallen through, it seems like motherhood is not in her future.
That is, until her...
Do Not Disturb 2025
Quinn Alexander has committed an unthinkable crime.
To avoid spending her life in prison, Quinn makes a run for it. She leaves behind her home, her job, and her family. She grabs her passport and...
The Tenant 2025
Blake Porter is riding high, until he's not. Fired abruptly from his job as a VP of marketing and unable to make the mortgage payments on the new brownstone he shares with his fiancée, he's desperate...
Ward D 2025
Ward D is the hospital's mental health unit and as a medical student, Amy is required to gain experience on the floor. But little do her colleagues know it may force her to confront a past she's...
The Crash 2025
Tegan is eight months pregnant, alone, and desperately wants to put her crumbling life in the rearview mirror. So she hits the road, planning to stay with her brother until she can figure out her next...
Today is supposed to be the happiest day of my life.
I'm engaged to the man of my dreams, and in a few short hours, I'm going to stand before a judge, who will declare us husband and wife, till death...
The Boyfriend 2024
Sydney Shaw, like every single woman in New York, has terrible luck with dating. She's seen it all: men who lie in their dating profile, men who stick her with the dinner bill, and worst of all, men...
My husband is dead.
I attended his funeral. I watched his casket be lowered six feet into the ground. (Actually, it may have been only five feet, but that still seems like more than enough.) And then...
The Perfect Son 2024
All families have secrets. But some secrets are deadly.
Erika Cass has a perfect family and a perfect life. Until, one quiet evening, two detectives show up at her front door.
"Mrs. Cass, we were...
The Housemaid, Book 3
"You must be our new neighbors!" Mrs. Lowell gushes and waves across the picket fence. I clutch my daughter's hand and smile back: but the second Mrs. Lowell sees my husband a strange expression...
Dead Med 2024
"All I can think about is how pathetic it would be to die in the anatomy lab. The last thing I want is to become one of the dead bodies."
When Heather McKinley dreamed of becoming a doctor, she...
One by One 2024
One by one, they will get what they deserve...
Claire Matchett needs this trip. It will be a break from work and raising children. A chance to repair her damaged marriage. A week of hiking and hot...
The Inmate 2024
As a new nurse practitioner at a maximum-security prison, Brooke Sullivan is taught three crucial rules:
1. Treat all prisoners with respect.
2. Never reveal any personal information.
3. Never EVER...
The Teacher 2024
Eve has a good life. She gets up each day, gets a kiss from her husband Nate, and heads off to teach math at the local high school. All is as it should be. Except…
Last year, Caseham High was rocked...
Never Lie 2023
Newlyweds Tricia and Ethan are searching for the house of their dreams. They think they've found it when they visit the remote manor that once belonged to Dr. Adrienne Hale, a renowned psychiatrist...
The Locked Door 2023
Some doors are locked for a reason…
While eleven-year-old Nora Davis was up in her bedroom doing homework, she had no idea her father was killing women in the basement.
Until the day the police...
The Coworker 2023
Dawn Schiff is strange.
At least, everyone thinks so at Vixed, the nutritional supplement company where Dawn works as an accountant. She never says the right thing. She has no friends. And she is...
The Housemaid, Book 2
It's hard to find an employer who doesn't ask too many questions about my past. So I thank my lucky stars that the Garricks miraculously give me a job, cleaning their stunning penthouse with views...
The Gift 2022
It’s Christmas Eve and Stella Hansen is broke.
She is so broke that despite working two jobs, she can’t even afford a present for her husband on their first Christmas as man and wife. But then a...
The Housemaid 2022
The Housemaid, Book 1
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...
Do You Remember? 2022
Tess Strebel can’t recognize her own face.
She can’t recognize her home. Her bedroom is unfamiliar. And she can’t remember the handsome stranger lying next to her in bed. A stranger who claims he’s...
The Wife Upstairs 2020
Victoria Barnett has it all.
A great career as a nurse practitioner. A handsome and loving husband. A beautiful home in the suburbs and a plan to fill it with children. Life is perfect—or so it...
The Ex 2020
Cassie thinks she has met the perfect man.
Joel is sweet, handsome, romantic, and best of all, he’s crazy about Cassie. She thinks she’s found the guy she’ll spend the rest of her life with. Have...
The Devil You Know 2017
Dr. Jane Mcgill, Book 2
Dr. Jane McGill is in heaven.
She’s got a great job at a VA Hospital, an adorable daughter, and a loving husband. Granted, it would be wonderful if her preschooler wouldn’t wake her up at three in...
Brain Damage 2016
After years of hard work, Dr. Charly McKenna finally has it all. Prosperous career as a dermatologist? Check. Spacious apartment overlooking Central Park? Check. Handsome lawyer husband? Double...
Dr. Jane Mcgill, Book 1
Newly minted doctor Jane McGill is ready to save lives—but no one prepared her for the chaos of her medical residency. Long hours, impossible expectations, and relentless pressure quickly turn her...