The Witch

Named one of the TIME100 Most Influential People of 2026"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***From #1 Sunday Times bestselling author Freida McFadden comes a sharp, unsettling thriller about two women, past and present, united by the grounds of an estate and one deadly question: is the danger that haunts them magic-or madness?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.The Witch is Freida McFadden's tantalising foray into the supernatural, offering up a chilling, twist-filled thriller about secrets: those we inherit, those we bury, and those people will burn to keep silent.Tropes
Supernatural Thriller
Witchcraft
Ancestral CurseAlso by Freida McFadden:
Brain Damage
The Housemaid's Wedding
The Divorce
Dear Debbie
The Tenant