About The Witch

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. She tells herself she’s visiting to check on her aging grandmother. In truth, she’s hoping the old house will give her a place to disappear.

Instead, Pemberton starts to unravel her. Every night, the grandfather clock stops at exactly 3:41 a.m. The lights flicker. And a voice cries for help outside her bedroom door. As Julia digs into the house’s history, she uncovers the story of a woman executed for witchcraft in 1692 and begins to wonder whether the past is finished with Pemberton at all.

The Witch is a chilling, twist-filled thriller about the secrets we inherit, the ones we bury, and the ones people will do anything to keep silent.

Why You’ll Love It

• Perfect spooky-season read: atmospheric, mildly creepy, and easy to finish in a few sittings
• From the author of The Housemaid: the fast, page-turning style McFadden fans love
• A fresh setting for her: a gothic estate with a witchcraft past
• Family secrets and unreliable certainty: you’ll question what’s real until the end

Who It’s For

Readers of psychological thrillers, haunted-house stories, and domestic suspense, and anyone who wants a Halloween-season page-turner.

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Content Note

Readers report that the book includes themes such as gaslighting, violence, sexual assault, and other heavy topics. Please read with care.

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