The Housemaid by Freida McFadden (2022) When it comes to the bottom line, SQ, like most readers, will judge domestic thrillers by the quality of the BIG TWIST they unleash........
And once the twist is out there, you'll want to judge it for its cleverness and overall believability in regard to the rest of the story......
So I'm happy to report that "The Housemaid" does not insult anyone's intelligence or strain credulity with the triple whopper of a twist it pulls off halfway through the book.
Millie, our young ex-con heroine skates on very thin ice after securing her new job as a combo housemaid-nanny for a well-to-do couple with a young daughter. She didn't reveal to her employers Nina and Andrew that she's coming off a 10 year prison sentence imposed on her as teenager.
And even with her lack of experience, she's surprised that the seemingly warm, kindhearted Nina has taken a chance on her........that is, until the seemingly warm and kindhearted Nina can suddenly turn unfairly cruel, deliberately 'gaslighting' Millie in an escalating series of disturbing episodes.
Often to her rescue comes the calm, handsome Andrew, whom Millie comes to see as a defender-protector in the midst of Nina's angry erratic behavior......and.....uh.....perhaps a bit more.....
(And oh my, what about the little attic room that serves as Millie's live-in quarters? How come it only locks from the outside?)
Freida McFadden orchestrates this increasingly ominous set-up in preparation to turn the tables upside and down and backwards on Millie....as well you the reader too. Which would explain why I'm surely not going one more millimeter in plot description.
Just hang on for detonation of further multiple surprises after the BIG TWIST knocks you for a loop......and don't blame me if you realize you've been up til 3 in the morning zippin' through the pages to see what happens next......
SQ says it's a surefire 5 star read. So once you bring 'The Housemaid' home, don't expect to get much cleaning done......
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