The housemaid, is written by Freida McFadden and is one among her collection of
psychological thrillers. The book was published in 2022 by Bookouture.
The novel revolves around four main characters. Millie, a recently-paroled young lady who
lost her job and was unable to find another one because of her criminal records. She was
forced to stay in her car and was desperately searching for a job. Nina Winchester, who was
searching for a maid to take care of both the household chores and her nine-year-old daughter
Cecelia. And Andrew Winchester, a very handsome and the so called “perfect” husband of
Nina.
The mystery begins when Millie gets appointed as the maid and moves to the Winchester
family home. She is given a tiny room with a window that can’t be opened and a door that
can be locked only from the outside. She gets suspicious at the start as the room gave her bad
vibes but then due to the lack of money and a place to stay, she decides to stay throughout.
Nina treats her very nicely on the first day but from the second day she starts to behave very
rudely. After a few days Millie is sure that something is terribly wrong with Nina and that she
has a lot many mood swings which makes its difficult to stay in the house anymore. Despite
of everything Millie hangs in there. Things take a turn when she sleeps with Andrew and later
Andrew tells Nina to move out of the home on a rainy night. The mystery starts to slowly
unfold, one by one. Little does Millie know about Nina’s true motives and why she was
appointed as the housemaid despite of her being a previous convict.
Verity by Colleen Hoover was extremely creepy, but comparatively this book was far better.
It isn’t as traumatic as the other book. Throughout the story you think you know who the
psychopath, but the book will surprise you. I read the whole book in a day cause I couldn’t
keep it down. I just wanted to know how it would end and it honestly dint disappoint me. The
character detailing is just amazing, it helps with creating a mental picture of each character
which helps the readers to completely get themselves lost in the book. In short, the book is an
interesting psychological thriller. I’d give it a 4 on 5.
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