Audiobooks Like The Wife Upstairs

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If you loved The Wife Upstairs by Freida McFadden, these audiobooks share similar qualities — same genre, sometimes the same narrator, comparable length, and the kind of ratings that signal a great listen. Fans of Angie Kane's narration will find familiar voices here too.

10 audiobooks for fans of The Wife Upstairs

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    The Housemaid's Secret

    The Housemaid • Book 2

    by Freida McFadden

    Narrated by Lauryn Allman

    ★ 4.66 ABR Score (1.8M ratings)
    ★ 4.16 Goodreads (1.8M) ★ 4.63 Audible (20.2K)
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    Millie's new cleaning job in a luxury penthouse reveals that her mysterious employers harbor secrets as dark as her own hidden past.

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    The Housemaid

    The Housemaid • Book 1

    by Freida McFadden

    Narrated by Lauryn Allman

    ★ 4.51 ABR Score (44.8K ratings)
    ★ 4.35 Goodreads (1.1K) ★ 4.58 Audible (43.7K)
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    When a desperate woman takes a housekeeping job with a seemingly perfect family, the household's dark secrets slowly reveal themselves. Lauryn Allman's narration builds psychological tension as the protagonist realizes her employers aren't what they seem.

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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 Housemaid Is Watching

    The Housemaid • Book 3

    by Freida McFadden

    Narrated by Lauryn Allman, Ina Marie Smith

    ★ 4.37 ABR Score (1.1M ratings)
    ★ 3.86 Goodreads (1.1M) ★ 4.44 Audible (14.1K)
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    Former housemaid Millie tries to build a normal suburban life with her family, but nosy neighbors threaten to uncover her violent past.

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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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    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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    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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