Audiobooks Like The Housemaid's Secret

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Lauryn Allman narrates The Housemaid's Secret with a controlled flatness that suits a thriller built on what the narrator withholds — the domestic setting sounds ordinary right up until it doesn't, and the 10-hour runtime is short enough to finish in a day, which is probably intentional. Freida McFadden is the center of gravity here: eight of the ten recommendations are from the same author, making this list a guide to her wider catalog.

10 audiobooks for fans of The Housemaid's Secret

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    The Wife Upstairs

    by Freida McFadden

    Narrated by Angie Kane

    ★ 4.41 ABR Score (301.3K ratings)
    ★ 4.03 Goodreads (293.9K) ★ 4.49 Audible (7.4K)
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    Victoria survives a devastating accident but becomes trapped upstairs in her own home, completely dependent on caregivers. Angie Kane's narration shifts between Victoria's frustration and her caregiver Sylvia's growing suspicions about what really happened.

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    The Perfect Son

    by Freida McFadden

    Narrated by Suzie Althens, Daniel Thomas May

    ★ 4.40 ABR Score (541.4K ratings)
    ★ 3.99 Goodreads (527.0K) ★ 4.43 Audible (14.3K)
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    Police question teenager Liam about a missing classmate, forcing his mother Erika to confront disturbing possibilities. The dual narrators capture both maternal denial and creeping dread perfectly.

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    The Inmate

    by Freida McFadden

    Narrated by Leslie Howard

    ★ 4.38 ABR Score (1.1M ratings)
    ★ 4 Goodreads (1.1M) ★ 4.37 Audible (14.9K)
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    Nurse practitioner Brooke starts working at a maximum-security prison, but she's hiding a dangerous secret connection to one of the inmates.

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    The Intruder

    by Freida McFadden

    Narrated by Joe Hempel, Patricia Santomasso, Tina Wolstencroft

    ★ 4.36 ABR Score (374.7K ratings)
    ★ 3.89 Goodreads (366.4K) ★ 4.48 Audible (8.3K)
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    Casey's wilderness retreat becomes a nightmare when she discovers a blood-covered girl outside her cabin during a fierce storm. The mysterious child won't explain her injuries or identity, leaving Casey to wonder if she's helping a victim or harboring something dangerous.

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  5. 5
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    The Tenant

    by Freida McFadden

    Narrated by Will Damron, Christine Lakin

    ★ 4.29 ABR Score (642.0K ratings)
    ★ 3.83 Goodreads (631.5K) ★ 4.39 Audible (10.5K)
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    Recently fired Blake rents a room to charming Whitney, but his financial desperation blinds him to his new tenant's true intentions and dangerous secrets.

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    The Ex

    by Freida McFadden

    Narrated by Nicol Zanzarella

    ★ 4.24 ABR Score (190.2K ratings)
    ★ 3.85 Goodreads (184.4K) ★ 4.38 Audible (5.8K)
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    Cassie thinks she's found the perfect boyfriend until his ex-girlfriend Francesca starts making her life hell. Nicol Zanzarella captures the escalating paranoia as Cassie questions everyone's motives in this domestic thriller.

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    The Coworker

    by Freida McFadden

    Narrated by Alyson Krawchuk

    ★ 4.05 ABR Score (599.9K ratings)
    ★ 3.73 Goodreads (596.1K) ★ 4.16 Audible (3.8K)
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    Dawn, the office oddball, vanishes—and her coworker Natalie becomes the prime suspect in what follows. Alyson Krawchuk captures the paranoid atmosphere of workplace secrets turning deadly.

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    Brain Damage

    by Freida McFadden

    Narrated by Megan Tusing

    ★ 4.33 ABR Score (164.8K ratings)
    ★ 3.97 Goodreads (159.8K) ★ 4.46 Audible (5.0K)
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    After a bullet destroys her perfect life, a dermatologist questions everything in Megan Tusing's tense performance of this medical thriller.

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    Never Lie

    by Freida McFadden

    Narrated by Leslie Howard

    ★ 4.49 ABR Score (1.6M ratings)
    ★ 4.08 Goodreads (1.5M) ★ 4.44 Audible (18.9K)
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    When a blizzard traps newlyweds in a missing psychiatrist's mansion, they discover therapy session recordings that reveal disturbing truths about their host's disappearance.

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    Dear Debbie

    by Freida McFadden

    Narrated by Julia Whelan, January LaVoy, Scott Brick

    Why this book?

    McFadden's signature blend of domestic suspense and unreliable narration returns in Dear Debbie, with multiple narrators intensifying the psychological tension as conflicting perspectives unravel a sinister mystery. The shorter runtime makes for an equally gripping but more propulsive listen that maintains the same unsettling atmosphere.

    ★ 4.45 ABR Score (249.9K ratings)
    ★ 4.02 Goodreads (244.1K) ★ 4.57 Audible (5.8K)
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    Advice columnist Debbie Mullen's breaking point arrives when her helpful suggestions turn deadly in McFadden's latest twisted tale. Three skilled narrators handle the shifting perspectives with precision.

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