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Saturday, May 16, 2026

Book Review: The Housemaid's Secret by Freida McFadden (The Housemaid #2)

The Housemaid's Secret The Housemaid's Secret by Freida McFadden
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Millie, the housemaid, is back and working for a very wealthy family in an upper west side penthouse. She was hired by the husband and has never seen the wife, who is sick and spends her time in the guest bedroom. As you can imagine, Millie needs to find out more about this wife.

This is an incredibly fast-paced, page-turning thriller which I finished in two days. It has all the hallmarks of the first book in the series -- a rich employer, questionable situations, strange conversations, many bad decisions on Millie's part, plot surprises, and the story being told from two points of view. I think the first in the series - The Housemaid - was better but I thoroughly enjoyed the romp through Millie's life again with this book.

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