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Books Like The Housemaid: 8 Twisty Thrillers to Read Next

Freida McFadden's The Housemaid works because every chapter makes you suspicious of someone new, and then the ending flips everything. These thrillers have the same addictive pace and the same kind of twisty, domestic suspense.

Updated October 2026 · 8 hand-picked books

Cover of The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides

1. The Silent Patient

by Alex Michaelides

A woman shoots her husband and then never speaks again. A therapist becomes obsessed with her story in this Hitchcock-style hit.

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2. Verity

by Colleen Hoover

A psychological thriller that readers say they couldn't put down, now a major motion picture starring Anne Hathaway and Dakota Johnson.

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3. The Guest List

by Lucy Foley

A wedding on a remote island, a body and a guest list full of secrets. Perfect if you like a whodunit with a twisty reveal.

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4. The Last Thing He Told Me

by Laura Dave

A husband vanishes, leaving a note that says to protect his stepdaughter. A fast, tense mystery with a lot of heart.

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5. My Husband's Wife

by Alice Feeney

Alice Feeney's twisty psychological thriller, praised by Freida McFadden herself for its nonstop pace.

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6. It Could Have Been Her

by Lisa Jewell

Two women's lives converge in a house full of buried secrets in Lisa Jewell's deliciously dark thriller.

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7. Woman Down

by Colleen Hoover

A frustrated author escapes to a remote hideaway in search of her muse and finds something that defies reality.

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8. Dear Debbie

by Freida McFadden

A twisted revenge story from Freida McFadden herself, with an endearingly unhinged heroine you can't help cheering for.

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