The Witch

by Freida McFadden

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.

Genres: Thriller, Mystery Thriller

352 pages, Hardcover

Expected publication October 6, 2026

About the author

#1 New York Times, USA Today, Wall Street Journal, Publisher's Weekly, and Amazon Charts bestselling author Freida McFadden is a practicing physician specializing in brain injury who has penned multiple Kindle bestselling psychological thrillers and medical humor novels. She lives with her family and possessed 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.

Note that I am maxed out on friends, so I apologize in advance that I can't friend anyone back!

Reviews

[Salma [Ramadan HIATUS]]

Freida, blink twice if you need help.

[Nikos Drosinos]

At this point I’m not worried about Freida using AI… I’m starting to wonder if Freida IS the AI 🤖📖 - said whilst adding to TBR 📚

[manas]

freida won’t stop, and manas will never learn 😛❤️

[seeraaa ♡]

At this point Frieda McFadden publishes faster than I read 😅

[Keya]

Atp I am tempted to kidnap fmf and send her off on a vacation myself 😭😭

[ahmeeka]

freida mcfadden needs a holiday

[Conny Godefroy]

This woman is insane.

[Rebecca]

...at this point idk what to even say

[Ida Felicia]

This one I can not wait for, I’ll be back!

[Elijah Bucinski]

i am convinced this woman never sleeps