The Housemaid Is Reading a Thriller discussion

Finishing the year strong with the author of The Housemaid - Frieda McFadden! This won the vote by quite a way so I'm excited to see if this book lives up to the hype.

A high school girl has vanished from their quiet neighbourhood, and the police suspect the worst. Erika's teenage son, Liam, was the last person to see the girl alive.

Erika has always sensed something… different in her seemingly perfect oldest child. He’s charming, smart and popular, but mothers have the best instincts. Erika knows there’s more to her son than meets the eye.

She wants to believe he's innocent, but as the evidence mounts, she can't deny the truth? Liam may have done the unthinkable.

Spoilers. Don’t read if you didn’t finish.

This book was good, but not as good as the others. It dragged a bit and the husband being the killer wasn’t predictable but also not super shocking.

Spoileeeers

Ergh I LOVE the way Frieda writes with these short chapters but this was quite predictable for me. I was waiting for that big twist to come along that just didn’t. I feel like Erika was the only one shocked at the big revelation 🤣 even her kids were like ‘you didn’t know?!’ 😂

What did everyone else think?

I liked this book. It was not my top pick of Frieda’s but had me hooked.