The Witch

· Hollywood Upstairs Press
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A brand-new, haunting thriller from Freida McFadden, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Housemaid!


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 aging 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 realizes 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.


From #1 New York Times bestselling author Freida McFadden comes The Witch, a chilling, twist-filled thriller about secrets―those we inherit, those we bury, and those people will burn to keep silent.

A brand-new, haunting thriller from Freida McFadden, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Housemaid! 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 M...

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15 reviews
Luis Recce
October 21, 2026
The Witch feels like a fresh direction for Freida McFadden, stepping outside the psychological thrillers she is known for while retaining the addictive storytelling that makes her books so hard to put down. Her clever twists, straightforward writing style, and ability to keep readers guessing are still very much present, but this time they are woven into a more layered and carefully constructed story.
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Bob Richard
October 21, 2026
Freida McFadden wrote another amazing book. Great plot and nice twist. Didn’t see that one coming! Very clever and interesting story!
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John Dowen
October 21, 2026
I can without a doubt say that this is one of my new favorite Freida reads. This is so different from any of her previous work, but wow was it fantastic!!
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About the author

#1 New York Times, #1 Sunday Times, #1 USA Today, Publishers Weekly, and internationally bestselling author Freida McFadden is a physician who lives in Boston with her family. Freida is the winner of the International Thriller Writer Award for Best Paperback Original, the Goodreads Choice Award for Best Thriller, and was honored as one of TIME 100’s most influential people in the world for 2026. Her novels have been translated into more than forty-five languages and have sold over 90 million copies worldwide.


Freida lives with her family and cat in a centuries-old three-story home overlooking the ocean, with staircases that creak and moan with each step, and nobody could hear you if you scream. Unless you scream really loudly, maybe.


To hear Freida talk about herself more in the third person, check out her website freidamcfadden dot com.

#1 New York Times, #1 Sunday Times, #1 USA Today, Publishers Weekly, and internationally bestselling author Freida McFadden is a physician who lives in Boston with her family. Freida is the winner of the International Thriller Writer Award for Best Paperback Original, the Goodreads Choice Award f...

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