The Locked Door

A twisty psychological thriller from the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of The Housemaid and The Coworker!

Some doors are locked for a reason...

While eleven-year-old Nora Davis was up in her bedroom doing homework, she had no idea her father was killing women in the basement.

Until the day the police arrived at their front door.

Decades later, Nora's father is spending his life behind bars, and Nora is a successful surgeon with a quiet, solitary existence. Nobody knows about her past, and she'll do anything to keep it that way.

Then one of her young female patients is murdered, killed in the same unique and horrific manner that her father used to kill his victims.

Somebody knows who Nora is. Somebody wants her to take the fall for this unthinkable crime. But she's not like her father. The police can't pin anything on her. As long as they don't look in her basement...

From New York Times bestselling author Freida McFadden comes a riveting psychological thriller about guilt, secrets, and whether it's possible to outrun what's in our blood.

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Published Oct 3, 2023

320 pages

Average rating: 7.37

742 RATINGS

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Community Reviews

KikiStoneCreek
Jun 03, 2023
Wow! An edge-of-your-seat thriller!

I thoroughly enjoyed reading this book! It kept me guessing until the very unexpected and thrilling conclusion. This was the first book by Freida McFadden that I have ever read and I can't wait to read more of her books.
justinadm
Jan 25, 2023
9/10 stars
Wooooow. What a plot twist!!!
Natalie2392
Jun 13, 2025
6/10 stars
Ok this was a page turner to be fair. But aren’t they all? It was a decent story and I didn’t figure out who the person was until 60% of the way through which made it fun! However, the ending was so lame it killed it for me. If she had made it more diabolical or left it out completely I think I would have loved this more. I’ll never not read Freida’ books though.
RubyReads
Jun 06, 2025
6/10 stars
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3.5 ⭐️

The story was not slow at all. I enjoyed the pace and writing style. However, I think the story could have been fleshed out a little more. I felt the climax and ending happened so fast and did not feel the suspense.

Overall it is still a decent read to get that thriller fix
Ishaa16
Jun 02, 2025
8/10 stars
Solid I wasn’t expecting the plot twist at the end.

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