Not having read any of the Authors books aside from the Housemaid’s series ( which love ) I was more than interested to see how this book compared
I found a dark thriller with a convincingly normal yet unusual shall we say main character and a life she thought she had left behind (which was more than understandable ) creeping back and about to stifle her and undo all she had achieved
I enjoyed her chatty style of narrating the story and her indecision on pretty much everything was not irritating ( as could have been ) but endearing to me as a reader, you never though quite knew if she was all she was saying she was……
A really good quick to read tale which impressed upon me why she has so many fans, a very good storyteller with a more than ripe imagination!
Be careful of the locked door as once you open it there is no going back nor forgetting the horrors that are held within…..

wow! I can't get enough of Freida's books. I just finished reading The Locked Door in one day! What a twist!

At one point, I thought Brady was bad, then I thought it was Philip, but OMG. I didn't think it was Harper, and they are sisters. When I thought I had the end figured out, that was a complete 360. It was such a good read! I was on the edge from the start to the end of the book.

This was a fast paced read with short, quick chapters and a great flow. Dr. Nora is really something else. Intrigue comes quickly in this story, making you wonder what will be next. Leading along down a thrilling patch, the plot twist at the end is definitely an eye-opener. I thoroughly enjoyed this book and would like to see more of Dr. Nora, if possible. Thank you to NetGalley, the author and publisher for the opportunity to review this ARC.

This book was phenomenal! An easy 5 stars. Freida McFadden is one of my favorite authors.

This book makes you questions everything. It’s an easy binge read and absolutely wonderful.

There hasn’t been a Freida book I haven’t liked; and The Locked Door is not about to break that record! So happy for her to re-publish this book under her new publisher. This is a good one!

Loved the split timeline (present day and 26 years ago), loved the red herrings, and truly didn’t see the twist coming. I also love that she always “completes” the story with the twist reveal, but then in the last chapter adds a cliffhanger addition to really call the ending into question.

This has become one of my favorites by her, next to Never Lie. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️💫

Thank you to NetGalley, Freida McFadden, and Poisoned Pen Press for the opportunity to review for this re-release.

✨Book Review✨

The Locked Door
Frieda McFadden
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Available on KU

Thank you to @netgalley and Poised Pen Press for the ability to read and review.

If you know me, you know it doesn’t take much for me to be creeped out. This book did just that! I don’t know if I’ll look at any basement the same way. 👀

I shouldn’t be surprised because it’s Frieda! Frieda doesn’t disappoint.

Nora was just 10 years old when she found the basement door unlocked. Her father always kept his ‘workshop’ locked up tight. Naturally she was curious and what she found down there was horrifying. Her father was killing women and severing their hands.
Fast forward twenty-six years and the same types of murders are happening. Her father is in jail so who could be committing these murders?

Read if you like:
🗝️Who dunnit mystery
🗝️Serial Killer
🗝️Dual timeline
🗝️Plot twists!

I’ll definitely be reading all of Frieda’s backlog at some point!

I originally read this in 2022 and absolutely devoured it. It kept me on the edge of my seat the entire time. The writing, pace and twists were all great. I read it again for the re-release and it's still one of my favorites.

Thank you Poisoned Pen Press, Freida McFadden and NetGalley for this copy. If you haven't read this yet, grab a copy on October 3, 2023!

𝚁𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐: 4⭐️
𝙶𝚎𝚗𝚛𝚎: Mystery/thriller📚

𝙼𝚢 𝚃𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚐𝚑𝚝𝚜:
An intriguing thriller with an anticlimactic ending.

𝚁𝚎𝚊𝚍 𝚒𝚏 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚕𝚒𝚔𝚎:
Psychological thrillers
Interesting plot
Serial killers
Creepy flashbacks
Suspenseful reads
Single POV
Daul timeline

𝚃𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚜 𝙸 𝚕𝚒𝚔𝚎𝚍:
Short chapters

𝚃𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚜 𝙸 𝚍𝚒𝚍𝚗’𝚝 𝚌𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚏𝚘𝚛:
OTT ending
A little slow
I didn’t love the characters

The locked door 🔒

Some doors are locked for a reason…

Freida McFadden is quickly becoming one of my fave thriller authors. I adored the housemaid series and cant wait for part 3! Ward D has been one of my fave books for the year.

I was super excited when I seen the locked door on Netgalley!
Freida's writing is so fast paced, I finished this book in a day I couldn't put it down. I loved the short, quick chapters. I did guess one of the twists but there was plenty more that I didn't!
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Thank you to Netgalley for the complimentary copy of this book from NetGalley

#NetGalley #FreidaMcFadden

The Locked Door by Freida McFadden

Dr. Nora Davis is the daughter of a serial killer. Twenty-six years ago, her father, Aaron Nierling, was arrested and is now serving eighteen life sentences in a maximum-security prison. Nora changed her last name to Davis and moved to another state to avoid any association with her father. She has built a successful life for herself working as a doctor/surgeon and is a partner of a medical practice. She loves her job and lives for it but suddenly one by one her patients are being targeted and killed, they all share the same look as her father favoured, young females with blue eyes and dark hair, and when their dead bodies are found they are missing a hand, also her father’s victims all did. Who is targeting Nora? No one knows of her past except the police and they suspect Nora is responsible.

I enjoyed this book very much! I must admit I have loved every book I have read by Freida McFadden, they are all wonderful thrillers and very hard to put down.

I would like to thank Net Galley and Poisoned Pen Press for a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.

this is the secendt book i read by Freida McFadden, and i will say it is even better than the first i read (do not distrurb) i wily like the way she write, and the way she build the story op, and i did not gues the big twist in the end.

As always Mcfadden has created the perfect thriller, We follow Nora the daughter of a famous serial killer as she is accused of a set of copy cat murders. This book has some of the most unexpected plot twists, the moment you think you’ve got the answer something changes. The Locked Door had me experiencing such chills that I did have to take breaks while reading. So excited to get to reading her whole backlist!

It was the 2nd chapter in when I realised this story was familiar to me, checked my Goodreads account and saw that I had read it in May 2022. I remember being enthralled then, and it was a fast paced thriller that kept me guessing. Not sure why it’s being re-released but scoring it 4 stars per my original review last year.

Ahhhhhh this might be my favorite Freida book! I didn’t see the ending coming. I don’t know if I will ever get over this.

I really appreciate how Freida writes characters that live with traumas but still have normal-ish lives as jobs.

Nora Nierling, the daughter of serial killer Aaron Nierling, is losing her mind. Twenty six years after her father murdered nearly 30 women, and severed their hands, Nora is being framed by someone close to her, for her own patients murders. Is it Dr. Phillip Corey, Nora’s business partner and fellow general surgeon? Is it Brady, Nora’s old college flame who’s recently resurfaced in her life? Or is it someone else? Why would anyone want to frame her for the murder of her young patients? Nora knows it isn’t her father, he’s been incarcerated for almost three decades. Nora changed her name twenty six years ago, to break all ties with her father and mother. After Nora’s mother committed suicide Nora was raised by her maternal grandmother, and she never looked back. Nora did not ever tell anyone who she really was. Now she was Dr. Nora Davis, and nobody knew her sorted past. So how could someone be hand delivering letters written by her father in jail, to her home? Even he hadn’t seen her and he didn’t have any idea where she was. Nora knows someone close to her is aware of her relationship to Aaron Nierling, and what he was guilty of doing, because someone is copying his modus operandi! Someone is killing women and cutting off their hands, just like Nora’s father had done to his victims! Will the person framing Nora be satisfied with just ruining her life? Or will they be murdering her too? This is a fast paced, page turner that will keep you on the edge of your seat. As usual Frieda McFadden never disappoints. Thanks Net Galley, Tantor Media and Frieda McFadden for this eARC read, I thoroughly enjoyed it. Looking forward to reading more McFadden novels soon. This was so good I had to read it again on publication day. Happy publication day Frieda on 10/2/23!!!

5 stars!

My favorite Freida McFadden to date! I had a suspicion that Harper was the killer, BUT I had no idea she would turn out to be Nora's sister! I loved that twist. This was so well written. I suspected Brady and I suspected Phillip and then had a small inkling that it was Harper, but she was my last suspect.

I loved the addition of Harper's POV at the very end of the book and I liked that Nora had an "aww" moment at the end of the book as well with Brady and his daughter. I thought that was such a sweet addition. On to reading more of Freida McFadden's books!

Thank you NetGalley, Freida McFadden, and Poisoned Pen Press for this book in exchange for a review!

Frieda has done it yet again. Do yourself a favor and go grab this book right now! This book with keep you flipping pages desperate to find out what’s really going on.
Nora is a successful surgeon trying to keep her past a secret. Her father is behind bars for the murders of numerous women in Nora’s childhood home. However, things quickly change when Nora’s female patients begin turning up murdered in the same way her father was infamous for. Someone must know who she is and want to frame her…..

Book Review : Dr Nora Davis is an accomplished surgeon, but her past has come back to haunt her. For the past 26 years she’s been able to keep her secret, she’d moved towns, changed her name and avoided any long term relationships where the past may come up. But now the bodies of young women are turning up, murdered in the very same way her father, a serial killer currently locked up for life, murdered his victims. Now the police think she may have had something to do with it, because the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree.

I really enjoyed this book, done in true Frieda McFadden style with all its twists and red herrings. I did eventually suspect the ending but not until close to the finish and my mind kept switching from one potential suspect to the next. I also love when a thriller is done well you are questioning everyone and I mean everyone. I love the ease of read of this book, which you could potentially read in one sitting (if you have the freedom to do that!), but even still I had it read in just over a day. For lovers of Freida’s thrillers you won’t be disappointed and for anyone only starting to dabble in Mcfadden’s world, this would be a great one to start with. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Thankyou to NetGalley and Poisoned Pen Press for the ARC copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.

I went into this book expecting some twists and turns. What I got was far more thrilling than that. The suspense behind the MFC Nora’s story both previous and current was edge of your seat. I could not put this book down. I thought I had it all figured out and WHAM plot twist. The way this author keeps you intrigued throughout the entire book is great. I will not look at locked doors the same!

Another thrilling and riveting book by Frieda McFadden! Its short chapters and fast paced plot keeps you hooked on Nora’s story from the start. This book was full of twists and turns that have you trying to solve the mystery after each chapter. If you have read Frieda’s work before, you expect to know where the plot is headed, however she always manages to surprise you with a shocking plot twist ending!

Thanks to NetGalley and Poisoned Pen Press for providing me with a digital copy in exchange for an honest review.