As usual, Freidas writing is so smooth and keeps you guessing and they’re super fast reads! Unfortunately I feel like a lot of the characters are getting silly and just acting unrealistic, the more books of hers that I read!will continue reaching for her books though!

“The Coworker” by Freida McFadden

Dawn Schiff and Natalie Farrell are coworkers at Vixed, a nutritional supplement company. Although the two women work side by side, they couldn’t be more different. Dawn is well…a bit strange, at least according to the office community, while Natalie is among the most popular to work for the company. Dawn can always be counted on to be on time, if not early, to the office each day so when Natalie arrives to find that Dawn hasn’t shown up to work and hasn’t called out sick, she begins to worry.
No one believes Natalie when she says she feels like something bad must have happened, so she takes it upon herself to visit Dawns home, only to find Dawn missing and a suspicious amount of blood in the living room. She immediately involves the police, but signs quickly begin pointing to Natalie as the number one suspect even though she swears she’s innocent.
To make matters worse, Natalie is receiving phone calls and even though the person on the other line doesn’t make any sound she knows someone is there.
When the police gain access to Dawn’s emails, they are led to a chain of messages between Dawn and a close friend. Dawn details Natalie’s office mistreatment of her over the last year since she’s worked for the company. Natalie also finds a key piece of evidence from the case tucked into the laundry basket in her home. Natalie maintains her innocence, but the police are quickly closing in and it’s up to her to find out the truth, before it’s too late. “The Coworker” is another book by Freida McFadden that will keep you on the edge of your seat and make you question the motives of absolutely every character you meet. Highly recommend!

Reviewed by Abbey Peralta for Suspense Magazine

I have been a big fan of Frieda Mcfadden for a while now and truly have loved all her books. The Coworker quickly pushed its way to my top favorite! Once I started I truly could not stop. I stayed up way past bedtime to finish?

This Freida Readah was very excited to have early access to The Coworker so shout out to NetGalley and the publisher! However, I had issues with my NetGalley app where the book was displaying extremely small, and I was not able to enlarge the print, which sadly took away from my reading experience. I usually devour Freida’s books, but it took me a few days to get through this one. I’m giving The Coworker 4 stars even though I didn’t have my usual reaction of “OH MY GOD what just happened?!” upon completion because I really think I wasn’t able to get the full experience that comes with reading a Freida McFadden book due to the app issues.

I was reeled in from the get go on this one. I don't think it's McFadden's best work, but it was entertaining and it kept me guessing. I wasn't disappointed by the twists in this one. Natalie's coworker, Dawn, who sits in the cubicle next to hers has gone missing. Dawn is clearly on the spectrum with her by the book schedule, inability to understand social cues, and obsession with turtles. Natalie is a seemingly nice to your face, but mean girl when you are not looking, and both have secrets and pasts that are slowly unveiled as Natalie becomes the prime suspect for the murder of her coworker.

Thank you so much to #Netgalley and @Freida McFadden for this advanced reader's copy for an honest review.

Holy moly! Freida did it again with this one! I figured out 1 part of the book.. but the rest has me shocked. I turtley recommend this book! ( see what I did there) ? Thank you to the publisher and Freida and of corse NetGalley for my chance to read this!

Freida McFadden has quickly become one of my favorite authors. So I was so excited to receive an ARC of this book. Once I started reading I was hooked! I just couldn't put it down. The Coworker is a fast paced and thrilling book. It kept me on the edge of my seat. This book is filled with twists and some jaw dropping moments. Craziness at its best!

Book Releases August 29, 2023

Thank you to NetGalley and Poisoned Pen Press for the E-ARC

All thoughts and opinions are honest and my own.

Thank you so much to NetGalley and Poisoned Pen Press for this ARC!
She has done it again... I don't want to give too much away here, but I will say that Freida McFadden truly has a gift, and that gift is storytelling.

I have never been so gripped by a dynamic set of characters working at a scammy wellness office job for all the wrong reasons, surrounded by endless backstabbing, lies, and turtles. Sound insane? It is - and you'll never guess how it ends until you've read the last sentence.

I was glued to this book, Frieda never lets me down! I’m not quite sure I’ve read a book before where I disliked ALL the characters so much, and that made the story absolutely perfect. Oh Natalie, what a mess you’ve gotten yourself into!

Natalie is at the top of her game, killing sales at work and creating a life she's happy with. That is until a coworker goes missing. Dawn the resident oddball, always on time for work doesn't show up. When Natalie begins to wonder she takes matters into her own hands and does a wellness check. What she finds will lead her down a rabbit hole that could land her in prison. Her past choices have caused quite a mess. Natalie may appear to have it all together, but being a mean girl may catch up to her.
The Coworker highlights bullying in the workplace and how even grown women can't always leave their cruel ways behind. Dawn and Natalie go head to head, challenging each other to get past the others actions.
Not my favorite Frieda book, but a fast paced popcorn drama that will leave you satisfied.
Thank you Netgalley for the advanced copy of this book.

Absolutely Amazing! I will be recommending this book to everyone. As a long time Freida reader and fan, The Coworker is moving to the top of my favorites. Fast pace and thrilling and kept me on the edge of my seat. Just when I thought I had the twists figured out another curveball is thrown. It truly had me guessing (and gasping) until the last sentence. Very well done Freida and team!

I’ve been a dedicated Freida McFadden fan ever since reading The Housemaid and The Housemaid’s Secret. When I started reading The Co-Worker earlier today I was hoping it would be just as good and it was! The author put so much plot into this novel and I applaud her efforts to keep readers entertained. But books this good prevent me from moving from my comfy chair for hours. Worth it? Definitely yes!

𝐃𝐚𝐰𝐧 𝐢𝐬𝐧'𝐭 𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐤 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐈 𝐰𝐚𝐥𝐤 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐞, 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐦𝐞𝐚𝐧𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝 𝐢𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐧 𝐞𝐧𝐝.

No matter what jobs you've worked over the course of your life, you've encountered that 𝒐𝒏𝒆 coworker. The one who is a little different, a little annoying, and just gets under your skin for no good reason. Maybe you're polite, maybe even kind, but you're probably stand-offish. After all, this person can't read social cues, so God forbid they think you want to be 𝒇𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒏𝒅𝒔.

Such is the case with Natalie and Dawn, who share office space at Vixed, a nutritional supplement company. Natalie is the golden child, effortlessly beautiful, and at the top of her game in sales. Dawn has been hired on as the company's accountant, and she's...different. She's very regimented, craves order, and loves procedures...and she's obsessed with turtles. And I do mean 𝒐𝒃𝒔𝒆𝒔𝒔𝒆𝒅. When Natalie saunters in the office one morning and doesn't see Dawn at her desk, she is immediately curious. Then she answers a phone call on Dawn's extension and hears a feeble voice say, "Help me" before the line goes dead.

The action in this cat and mouse thriller unfolds almost immediately and is told through alternating female points of view, Natalie and Dawn, and also through a series of e-mails that Dawn exchanges with a friend. When a large amount of blood is found in Dawn's house, it's clear that someone has targeted her, and Natalie is the first under suspicion.

If you've read even one of Freida's books, you're aware that her signature is the twist in her epilogues. Just when you think you have everything figured out, you hear her maniacal laughter in her head reassuring you that you don't know anything. This one was jaw-dropping for sure! Thank you so much to the author for my place on her ARC team and to NetGalley and Poisoned Pen Press for supplying me with this early read. THE COWORKER will publish August 29, 2023.

I read this book in a day and a half. I could not put it down! This is only the second book by the ever talented Freida McFadden. I will be reading a lot more of her books.

I just finished The Co Worker by Freida Mcfadden. This story will make you question every single character except the turtles mentioned in it.

Freida knows how to write a psychological thriller. The story is filled with many twists, turns and you assume that you know what is going to happen but like the rest of her books, Your assumption will be wrong and that last twist. It will take you by a complete surprise.

Totally recommend to all psychological thriller readers. This is a must read

Thank you to NetGalley and Poisoned Pen Press for allowing me to read this arc

I’ve read all of Freida McFadden’s books, but I’ve never approached one with the mentality of “I’m going to figure out the twist this time”. Not until now.

And boy, was I wrong. Again and again. So wrong.

I would recommend this novel to anyone, twice. Why twice? Well, because I’m about to reread it - I’ve got to see what hints I missed.

It’s not a case of resisting reading Freida’s books, they just haven’t been on my radar, but after the hundredth ‘But what do you think of Freida McFadden’s writing…’ this bookseller had to give in! And I decided to give in by requesting Freida’s next book, The Coworker, out in August 2023, from NetGalley. My request was approved in minutes (sorry) and I got stuck in. And did not stop. Or sleep.

A host of characters written to play with the readers mind and emotions… are they guilty, are they a victim? The possibilities seem almost endless. I disliked most of them, and yet stayed up late to read about their lives. Very clever.

When that major twist was delivered it hit hard. So simple and yet not something I saw coming. And within a few pages – boom – another twist. And then… another. And… you guessed it. Freida McFadden is the queen of the twist but it doesn’t end with just one. And that’s what I liked most about this book.

This is the first book that I’ve read by Freida McFadden and it certainly won’t be the last. Described as easy thrillers, I would completely agree. They’re dark, twisted, but easy to get into and very easy to read in one sitting to find out what on earth is going on!