The Witch

Name: The Witch
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ISBN: 9781464249648

Freida McFadden

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Poisoned Pen Press
06 October 2026

Thriller & suspense

A brand-new, haunting thriller from Freida McFadden, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Housemaid!

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 aging 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 realizes 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.

From #1 New York Times bestselling author Freida McFadden comes The Witch, a chilling, twist-filled thriller about secrets--those we inherit, those we bury, and those people will burn to keep silent.

By: Freida McFadden
Imprint: Poisoned Pen Press
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 1mm, Width: 1mm,
Weight: 1g
ISBN: 9781464249648
ISBN 10: 1464249644
Pages: 352
Publication Date: 06 October 2026
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Forthcoming

#1 New York Times, #1 Sunday Times, USA Today, Publishers Weekly, and internationally bestselling author Freida McFadden is a physician who lives in Boston with her family. Freida is the winner of the International Thriller Writer Award for Best Paperback Original, the Goodreads Choice Award for Best Thriller, and was honored as one of TIME 100's most influential people in the world for 2026. Her novels have been translated into more than forty-five languages.

Reviews for The Witch

""Riveting and perfectly paced, The Witch is one of Freida McFadden's best books yet! A wild, twisty ride from start to finish. I couldn't put it down!"" -- Amy Tintera, New York Times bestselling author of Listen for the Lie