I love Freida McFadden! I know I am always going to get a twisty, suspenseful, unique story and this was no exception. An east one sitting read, the story takes us on a journey between present day and the main character’s childhood. Both come to a head at the same time, to create a well paced, well written novel. Great storytelling. Thank you NetGalley and Poisoned Pen Press for providing me with an ARC.

I really liked this up until the last 20% maybe? I absolutely loved the vibes throughout and it really kept me guessing, however I felt the ending wrapped up slightly too quick and I also didn’t particularly enjoy the “epilogue” - it didn’t suit Nora to suddenly settle down with a family, get engaged ect.

I enjoy Freida’s books and I would recommend this one!

Freida's books are the perfect popcorn thriller. You know, dark enough, unputdownable enough, and they always have a nice plot twist.

This one was pretty disturbing sometimes (When our main character is a child and talks about the basement door that's always locked...) but I'd be happier if it it was a liiittle bit darker.

Overall, great thriller!

Thanks NetGalley for the ARC of The Locked Door by Freida McFadden, published by Poisoned Pen Press
I really enjoyed this novel, it was a quick and easy read, decent plot and storyline, characters well described and easy to follow
Timeline was present and also 26 yrs ago
The whole story was told by the main character Nora, who is a surgeon and keeps her past to herself. Her father is in jail and as we read about her past it becomes evident as to why. When strange things start to happen present day, Nora doesn't know who to trust

The author does a great job with twists and turns and surprising the reading at the end with the big twist of who the culprit actually is. I did not see that coming
If you like Freida McFadden, you will like this quick and easy read.

Thank you netgalley and publishers for the ARC. I really liked this book! It has a slow start but once I got into it, I couldn’t put it down!! However, I liked the twist, but it seemed really far fetched to me and very unbelievable.

Another tantalizing read by Freida Mcfadden. You will find it hard to put this one down. Definitely don't start it at bedtime. I could see this being made into a movie. True thriller, keeping you on the edge of your chair.

Thank you for allowing me to read this book as an ARC.
.Freida McFadden of course did not disappoint and took the reader on a wild roller coaster ride with a ton of twists and turns. I for sure love the ending and the author ending with providing some separate POVs. I could not put this book down and devoured it in the shortest time frame!
While I often thought I had things figured out, I of course was wrong and the reader was turned into a different direction. Great job on this book! I for sure have not read a single of Freida's book that I could not give a 5 star review!

This was fantastic!! I usually can figure out the plot twist pretty easily. Not this time I didn’t! I had no clue how this one was going to turn out. It was so so good!!

I will never view a locked door in the same way! Nora Davis, 11 years old, lives with her ordinary parents in an ordinary house in an ordinary town - until she finds a secret hidden in her dad's basement "workshop" (that was usually locked). Decades later, with a new name and a new career, the past seems to be catching up with Nora. I thought I had figured it out several times - only to be met with another twist. A compelling mystery that kept me guessing!

Thank you to NetGalley and Hollywood Upstairs Press for the advanced e-copy of this book. I also listened to this book and enjoyed that format.

4.5 stars

Nora’s dad has a secret…a secret that gets him sent to prison forever. Years later, Nora finds herself a suspect of a couple of murders. The victims were found in the same manner her father liked to kill people. Someone knows who Nora is, and someone’s trying to frame her.

This was my FIRST Freida McFadden and I completely understand the hype around her books. This one was super intriguing, fast-paced, and twisty. I can’t wait to read more from her!


Thank you to NetGalley and Poisoned Pen Press for this advanced readers copy.

Aaron Nierling is a man who is known as an “upstanding citizen.” He is arrested by the police as it is discovered that he is a serial killer. Someone told the police. Who told? Nora was 11 years old when her father was arrested for murder. The police found that he had killed a number of women and realized he was a serial killer. Her father plea bargained into life sentences. Her mother kills herself before going to court. He writes letter to Nora but her grandma doesn’t tell her. She tears them up and throws them in the trash. Her grandma has her last name changed to Davis. They move away.where no one knows she is the daughter of a serial killer. Nora grows up and becomes a successful surgeon. Suddenly someone is copying her father’s method of killing which brings the police to her home to ask her questions. The first time she answers questions but then realizes that after the second time she is asked that they think she may be the killer. She decides she needs an attorney by her side the next time she is asked question. Meanwhile Nora has been having strange things happening to her. She is followed by a car at night but loses him. Another night she finds a pool of blood in her basement. The next time all her tires are slashed in the parking lot of her office. She doesn’t understand why this is happening to her. One night she hurries home to find in her basement her colleague tied up in a chair with one of his hands cut off. To her horror, she finds the receptionist in the basement with him. She tells Nora that she is going to kill her too. Why?

The author has written a suspenseful mystery that kept me hooked so that every time I could, I sat down and read. It is a book that had so much mystique and yet gives one enough that I didn’t want to stop reading it. I wondered if a daughter of his could turn out to be just like him. The author wrote a surprise ending that did really amazed me.

Thank you to NetGalley and Freida McFadden for an ebook in exchange for an honest review!

Rating: 4/5 Stars

Wow oh wow! I loved Freida’s books and this one did not disappoint. Kept me on the edge of my seat! The writing was great also.

This is the second book I have read by Ms. McFadden that caused my eyebrows to raise. I thought it was going in a very obvious direction, and then I was dragged somewhere completely different. Highly recommended for fans of thrillers!

I absolutely loved this one. When you start off with a bone chilling gruesome crime that happened in the past but connects to a present character you know you are in for something special.
This one had my heart racing from the very start. I loved the main character. The story was full of twists and turns.
You know the story is going to twist but nothing can prepare you for the way this one slides as smooth as silk from one crazy twist to the next.
Your heart will pound, your palms will sweat and you will keep reading page after page deep into the night to finish this incredible book!

The Locked Door
By Freida McFadden

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Nora Davis is a successful surgeon with a dark family secret she's kept hidden for 26 years.

Growing up, the basement door in Nora's house was always locked. Her dad claimed to be woodworking but wouldn't let Nora down there to see. A chance twisitng of the basement door knob, finds it unlocked. Once Nora sees what's in the basement, she can't unsee it.

Nora hasn't spoken to him since, at the age of 11, she called in the anonymous tip that led the police to her house and both of her parents being arrested. Her father is spending the rest of his life in prison because he is the serial killer known as the Handyman.

But someone knows Nora's secret. They are committing copycat murders and trying to frame her. But who? And why?

This book had me hooked from the beginning. Nora isn't a very likeable FMC but that doesn't matter, because the twists and turns in this book have you rooting for her anyway. Once I picked up this book, I couldn't put it down. And I finished it in one day, chores be damned and life outside the book just had to wait.

Thanks to @netgalley and @poisonedpenpress for a copy of the book. It was my first Freida McFadden book but it will definitely not be my last!

This book was great! I was NOT expecting the twist at the end! I would have really liked some more information, specifically about everything the MC was struggling with and some of the actions she referenced but didn't go into further detail. I will definitely be checking out more books by this author.

Oh my this book was amazing. I couldn’t put it down. Not my first book by this author. I have loved every book I have read and I can’t wait to read what she writes next. These characters were great, the twists and turns were great. Me. McFadden is an automatic buy for me.

Super quick read, very fast paced! Loved how it kept you guessing to the very end. One of my favorite authors!

Thank for the advanced copy read of "The Locked Door" Netgalley. Freida McFadden has become an automatic must-read author for me. I love how quick and easy her books flow into each twist and turn. "The Locked Door" definitely did not disappoint. There were twists and turns I never saw coming and I loved every minute.

I love a thriller! They have become one of my new favorite authors! I think everyone should read this book if they are looking for a quick read