I read this book in ONE day! One of Freida McFadden’s best books! I was hooked from the beginning and even deceived by the characters. I kept going back and forth on who I can trust. It was a ride! Highly recommend!!

I love Freida McFadden books. All of them. She truly never disappoints. I couldn't put this one down. I thought that I kept guessing the ending, but I was wrong every single time. And the ending - OMG!! I really don't want to give away too much about the plot, but it went back and forth between the present and the past. The prison setting was creepy and my heart pounded the entire time I was reading. 5 stars!

This is one of my favorite books by Freida so far. This book kept me engaged till the last page.

Brooke is a nurse practitioner that goes to work for a prison and she knows an inmate from many years ago growing up. She needs this job desperately but the prison rules are you aren't to know or had past relationships with inmates. She continues working and the inmate and her talk she has to treat him a few times. She has a secret she doesn't want this man to know. And this is where I leave off cause the rest of the book has twists, turns, people you want to be good, people you want to be bad, and its ALOT.

If you love a good Feida book like me this is a must read.

Thank you Netgalley for the ARC copy of this title.

This was so good and fast paced! I thought I had it figured out and was pleasantly surprised that I was wrong. The twist kind of came out of nowhere though.

Thank you, NetGalley and Poisoned Pen Press, for my ARC of The Inmate by Freida McFadden.

I have been on a thriller kick lately and just finished Ms. McFadden's newest novel, The Teacher when this was sent to me. I enjoyed this book a lot.

The story starts with the FMC Brooke returning to her childhood home after the death of her parents with her 10-year-old son Josh; Brooke leaves her job at an urgent care and gets hired at a maximum security prison. The same prison in which her high school boyfriend and the father of her son is incarcerated at. She helped put Shane behind bars ten years ago after a rainy night at his farmhouse, where after six people went into the house, only three were left alive.

You are required to suspend belief a bit with this one. It's hard to imagine that someone who was attacked and has connections to a serial murderer would be hired at the prison in which the murderer is being incarcerated, but it makes for good fiction.

Brooke begins to wonder if it was really Shane who committed those murders all those years ago after her interactions with him at the prison. Ms. McFadden does a great job going back and forth with the dual timelines in this story and makes you wonder if Shane is indeed guilty.

The end of the book was action-packed and left me surprised and delighted.

I couldnt put it down! What an excellent book! So many twists, so much second guessing and back and forth between possibilities.

I just cant get enough! It was one of the best books i have read in awhile!

Brooke is a single mom returning to her home town where some awful events happened. But after the loss of her parents it also was a chance for a new beginning for Brooke and her son. Her new job in a penitentiary brings her face to face with the awful events of her past and has her questioning some of what she thought she knew.

I cant recommend this book enough! Hurry up and run out and get it now!

Thank you to NetGalley, Frieda McFadden and Poisoned Pen Press for the ARC.

Just when you think you have it figured out, you don't! Great book that keeps you guessing! I couldn't put it down. And don't forget the epilogue...WOW!!
Thanks to Netgalley and the publisher for the eARC.

This was another fantastic book and one that kept me on the edge of my toes! I really enjoyed the book and the suspense that was in it. I never know what will happen in her books and this was the same way!

This was an amazing read in true McFadden style with a major end twist!
It tells the story of a single mother with limited job options taking a job in a mens prison where the man who tried to murder her is housed. He is also the father of her son!
I would definitely recommend this book

Wow!!!! Totally loved this book! My first by the author. A fantastic twisted read! I couldn't put it down. It kept me gripped from beginning to end. Brooke is a strong character. From the beginning I was suspicious of Shane and Tim both. Both sounds guilty and manipulative. It's a book where you are always keep guessing ,whether they are telling truth or not. Several times, I changed my mind. The climax is superb and the last epilogue was utterly shocking. Creatively written mystery thriller. Highly recommend. Thanks to Netgalley and the publisher for the eARC.

4.5 ⭐️
Frieda honestly never misses for me - even when i see the twists coming i still highly enjoy her books! They’re fast paced, easy reads that keep you on your feet and guessing from page 1.

I kept changing my mind with how i thought this one was going to end and while i had parts of it correct, i wasn’t fully right AND THE LAST EPILOGUE WHAAAAATTTTTT. my jaw was on the ground.

Freida’s books always get me out of a reading slump as well, it’s like old faithful. You know it will hit and keep you entertained and brought back into the page.

I really liked this one - the setting mixed with the various different characters made the tone seem even more erie than the story itself.

Thank you to Netgallery for giving me an early release copy of The Inmate by Fredia McFadden, this book will be available for purchase on March fifth of 2024.

Fredia McFadden has quickly became one of my favorite thriller writers, I love her writing style, the characters are always enjoyable to read, the love interest are good, and the reveals/plot twist are written very well! I’ve been caught off guard quite a few times with her writing! The Inmate was good! The plot twists surprised me and the characters were well thought out, I loved Josh, he was a little sweetheart, I’d love to see a spin off book with him! (That ending scene though… Omg)

There were a few things that bothered me though, nearly every male character included in the book had a attraction to Brooke and it was a little annoying for me, when some of the reveals are going Brooke hopes back and forth between the two love interest, then there’s the reveal scene with Margie that I felt would have been better if it was left out.

Absolutely loved this book! I read it in one sitting! Thus has become a one click author for me! Thanks to the publisher

Felt like this was a fine thriller. I have read a few others and I didn’t love this one but I didn’t think it was awful. It was a quick listen.

“The Inmate” ‘s fast pace succeeded in keeping me hooked from start to finish. Not once did I felt boredom and I eagerly read the end wanting to know the plot twist.
However, despite the fast pace, this novel ultimately left me with some mixed feelings. While the novel kept me engaged and entertained throughout, I have some mixed feelings about the book overall. I found the end to be lackluster. The final moments of the story left me questioning the believability of certain elements that seems really unrealistic, not everything actually made sense to me.

Another excellent read by Freida McFadden! I love her writing style - no nonsense, grabs you immediately, and always great surprises. After you’ve been through a trauma that rocks your world, how do you ever trust your gut again? Brooke tries but is she being manipulated and if so, who is the manipulative one. Just when you think you’ve got it figured out, something else surprising happens!

I’m always amazed by how into these books I get! I never want to put them down, Freida McFadden does so good at keeping you guessing. I can never fully guess what’s about to happen and then I convince myself the opposite must be happening because there’s no way I could guess it correctly. This one had me hooked from the start and I sure did NOT expect things to turn out the way they did. If you need a good thriller get into Freida McFaddens books for sure!

This book def had a twisty ending! I gave the book 3.5 stars though because although it was twisty it was so far fetched that reading it I was like this is impossible. but a great page turner, if you need a quick read and something interesting amazing pick up! I've read a lot of books by her and I def recommend

The Inmate by Freida McFadden

The guiltiest people aren't always the ones behind bars…
As a new nurse practitioner at a maximum-security prison, Brooke Sullivan is taught three crucial rules: 
1. Treat all prisoners with respect.
2. Never reveal any personal information. 
3. Never EVER become too friendly with the inmates.
But nobody knows that Brooke has already broken the rules. Nobody knows about her intimate connection to Shane Nelson, one of the penitentiary's most notorious and dangerous inmates.
They certainly don't know that Shane was Brooke's high school sweetheart—the star quarterback, the golden boy who's serving a life sentence for a series of grisly murders. Or that Brooke's testimony was what put him there.
But Shane knows. He knows more than anyone. And he will never forget.

I give this book 5 stars. I absolutely loved this book. A quick read and kept my attention from start to finish. Freida's books always keep me wanting to read and this one doesn't dissappoint. One of my favorite authors.

I received this ebook arc free from NetGalley and am voluntarily writing this review.
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Brooke Sullivan is a nurse practitioner at a maximum security prison where her ex boyfriend and father of her child is currently serving life. After moving back to her hometown, this was the only place she could get hired. She isn’t happy with it but will do what she needs to do to make a life for her and her son, Josh. She runs into her old friend, Tim Reese, while dropping Josh off at school on the first day. They rekindle and memories are brought up of that night. While she’s falling for Tim now, Shane insisted that he was innocent and Tim was the one to watch out for. What will Brooke do? Will Josh ever know who his father? Who can you trust?

Overall, I liked this one. I wouldn’t say it’s my favorite but it’s still good. I didn’t connect with Brooke as much as I’d like to and this book is mainly all in her point of view. The twist were good and it did make me question a few times who did what. I kept going back and forth between a few people. I do like how the chapters are short and easy to read.

This book will publishes on March 5, 2024. Be sure to add to your TBR list! Thank you NetGalley and Poisoned Pen Press for my advance readers copy. This is my voluntary and honest opinion.