The Witch

Some secrets don't die-they wait.

When Julia Barlow loses her job and her apartment, she has nowhere left to go but Pemberton, her family's sprawling seventeenth-century estate in rural Massachusetts. Officially, she's there to check in on her ageing grandmother. Unofficially, she's hoping the old house will give her a place to disappear.

Instead, Pemberton begins to unravel her.

Every night, the grandfather clock stops at exactly 3:41 a.m. The lights flicker without warning. And a disembodied voice cries for help outside Julia's bedroom door.

As Julia digs into the house's dark history, she uncovers the story of a woman executed for witchcraft in 1692-and realises the past may not be finished with Pemberton yet. When decades of family lies begin to surface, Julia must confront a terrifying truth: Pemberton may be haunted by women whose voices refuse to stay silent.

From #1 Sunday Times bestselling author Freida McFadden comes The Witch, a chilling, twist-filled thriller about secrets-those we inherit, those we bury, and those people will burn to keep silent.

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"I enjoy Freida McFadden... The books are engrossing and her sense of humour is sharp and dark. Vengeance comes with a twist and is satisfying" - STEPHEN KING

"McFadden is a writer at the top of her game-and the undisputed mistress of the psychological thriller." - E.L. James

"Take the propulsive darkness of Gone Girl, the prolific output of Colleen Hoover, and the addictive twists of Harlan Coben, and you have something close to Freida McFadden." - The Independent

"Intimidatingly prolific" - The Sunday Times

"McFadden's growing legion of fans will thoroughly enjoy her foray into the supernatural in this satisfying, suspenseful yarn. " - Booklist, Starred Review

"The queen of psychological suspense does it again - The Witch is a pacy, page-turning dual timeline with a haunting mystery at its core. Part set during a seventeenth-century witch trial, McFadden weaves a story full of twists and surprises, with a delicious vein of social commentary running through it. A bubbling cauldron of secrets and deceit, I couldn't put it down." - Andrea Mara, New York Times bestselling and #1 Sunday Times bestselling author

"Jaw-dropping. A wildly entertaining and genuinely spooky story." - Liz Nugent, bestselling and award-winning author of Strange Sally Diamond

"Riveting and perfectly paced, The Witch is one of Freida McFadden's best books yet! A wild, twisty ride from start to finish. I couldn't put it down!" - Amy Tintera, New York Times bestselling author of Listen for the Lie