She's looking for the perfect man. He's looking for the perfect victim.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 who can't shut up about their mothers. But finally, she hits the jackpot.Her new boyfriend is utterly perfect. He's charming, handsome, and works as a doctor at a local hospital. Sydney is swept off her feet.Then the brutal murder of a young woman―the latest in a string of deaths across the coast―confounds police. The primary suspect? A mystery man who dates his victims before he kills them.Sydney should feel safe. After all, she is dating the guy of her dreams. But she can't shake her own suspicions that the perfect man may not be as perfect as he seems. Because someone is watching her every move, and if she doesn't get to the truth, she'll be the killer's next victim…
She's looking for the perfect man. He's looking for the perfect victim.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 who can't shut up about their mothers. But finally, she hits the jackpot.Her new boyfriend is utterly perfect. He's charming, handsome, and works as a doctor at a local hospital. Sydney is swept off her feet.Then the brutal murder of a young woman―the latest in a string of deaths across the coast―confounds police. The primary suspect? A mystery man who dates his victims before he kills them.Sydney should feel safe. After all, she is dating the guy of her dreams. But she can't shake her own suspicions that the perfect man may not be as perfect as he seems. Because someone is watching her every move, and if she doesn't get to the truth, she'll be the killer's next victim…
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Propelled by tight plotting and sharp suspense, psychological thrillers featuring domestic secrets and rapid twists have become a major fixture on bestseller lists worldwide. The breakout success of The Housemaid established Freida McFadden as a prominent voice in modern mystery fiction, earning top positions across major publishing charts.
Writing under her pen name, McFadden—the pseudonym of physician Sara Cohen—has reached #1 on bestseller lists from the New York Times, Amazon Charts, USA Today, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, Sunday Times, and Publisher's Weekly. Her works have been translated into more than 45 languages and recognized among Amazon Editors' best books of the year.
Born Sara Cohen on May 1, 1980, in New York City, McFadden studied at Harvard University and Stony Brook University before completing medical training and practicing as a physician. She began her literary career in 2013 by self-publishing medical humor novels alongside dark domestic thrillers, balancing hospital work with fiction writing for nearly a decade.
Her 2022 novel The Housemaid marked a turning point in her publishing career, remaining on global bestseller lists for months and sparking sequels such as The Housemaid Is Watching. Following the adaptation of her work for a Lionsgate feature film starring Amanda Seyfried and Sydney Sweeney, she transitioned to writing full-time. Honored with the International Thriller Writers Award for Best Paperback Original and a Goodreads Choice Award for Best Thriller, McFadden resides with her family and cat in a centuries-old three-story oceanfront home with creaking staircases.
McFadden's thrillers typically center on everyday environments—including suburban homes, high schools, locked hospital wards, and remote properties—where mundane routines conceal hidden motives. Her narratives frequently employ unreliable narrators, short chapters, fast pacing, and late-stage plot twists that recontextualize earlier events.
Drawing directly on her background in medicine, McFadden often incorporates clinical settings and medical procedure details into her psychological suspense. Works like Ward D showcase her use of healthcare environments to generate claustrophobic tension, while standalone thrillers such as The Teacher, Never Lie, and The Boyfriend examine themes of trust, professional ethics, and deception in intimate relationships.
11 books in catalog
Propelled by tight plotting and sharp suspense, psychological thrillers featuring domestic secrets and rapid twists have become a major fixture on bestseller lists worldwide. The breakout success of The Housemaid established Freida McFadden as a prominent voice in modern mystery fiction, earning top positions across major publishing charts.
Writing under her pen name, McFadden—the pseudonym of physician Sara Cohen—has reached #1 on bestseller lists from the New York Times, Amazon Charts, USA Today, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, Sunday Times, and Publisher's Weekly. Her works have been translated into more than 45 languages and recognized among Amazon Editors' best books of the year.
Born Sara Cohen on May 1, 1980, in New York City, McFadden studied at Harvard University and Stony Brook University before completing medical training and practicing as a physician. She began her literary career in 2013 by self-publishing medical humor novels alongside dark domestic thrillers, balancing hospital work with fiction writing for nearly a decade.
Her 2022 novel The Housemaid marked a turning point in her publishing career, remaining on global bestseller lists for months and sparking sequels such as The Housemaid Is Watching. Following the adaptation of her work for a Lionsgate feature film starring Amanda Seyfried and Sydney Sweeney, she transitioned to writing full-time. Honored with the International Thriller Writers Award for Best Paperback Original and a Goodreads Choice Award for Best Thriller, McFadden resides with her family and cat in a centuries-old three-story oceanfront home with creaking staircases.
McFadden's thrillers typically center on everyday environments—including suburban homes, high schools, locked hospital wards, and remote properties—where mundane routines conceal hidden motives. Her narratives frequently employ unreliable narrators, short chapters, fast pacing, and late-stage plot twists that recontextualize earlier events.
Drawing directly on her background in medicine, McFadden often incorporates clinical settings and medical procedure details into her psychological suspense. Works like Ward D showcase her use of healthcare environments to generate claustrophobic tension, while standalone thrillers such as The Teacher, Never Lie, and The Boyfriend examine themes of trust, professional ethics, and deception in intimate relationships.
