Another great, fast paced, binge worthy psychological thriller by Freida McFadden! I mean, Can this woman write a bad book?

Two women.
Completely opposite.
Natalie, whom is described as beautiful, well kept and high maintenance and a go getter.
And, Dawn, very smart, simple, keeps to herself, fact driven and goes completely unnoticed… until she’s not.

In this book you will see how the past comes back to haunt in a little mind bending, yet deadly, game of cat and mouse. But who is the real victim?

Guess you have to read to find out!

I received a digital ARC from Netgalley and it was hard to put down. I really liked how the different points of view had me liking a character in 1 chapter, disliking them the next, and how that continued back and forth throughout the book. There were a few pieces I was able to put together, but ultimately there were plenty of twists in the end I didn't see coming. I definitely recommend this book.

3.5 stars. I typically enjoy Freida McFadden’s books. This book is no exception except that I predicted the whole book very early on. I was still entertained and finished the novel but I prefer her style of writing in her earlier novels!

Thank you netgalley! Freida did it again! Full of twist! When I thought I had it all figured out Freida had other plans! What a wonderful read!

At 8:45 a.m. sharp each day, Dawn is at her desk at Vixed. She’s meticulous and precise in all that she does (even with the placement of her beloved turtle collection), so when she doesn’t show up to work one morning, her coworker Natalie instantly knows something is amiss. While others in the office don’t bat an eye, Natalie starts investigating Dawn’s disappearance and winds up as the number one suspect.

I enjoyed Freida’s previous work, The Housemaid, so I was excited to get the chance to read this. The Coworker, however, didn’t really do it for me. The characters were hard to like and I struggled to really connect to the story. The ending had some good twists, but overall, this was mediocre for me. Even though this one wasn’t my favorite, it has received several positive reviews, and Freida fans are sure to enjoy this one.

Thank you to NetGalley, Freida McFadden and Poisoned Pen Press for an early copy of this book for an honest review.

Thanks to Netgalley and the publisher for an advanced copy of this book.

3.5 stars

This book has a slow beginning, but despite being slow is easy to read. Not much happens for the first 50% or 60% of the book. There's a LOT of set up. There's for sure clues scattered in all of the backstory.

The story and mystery themselves are good and enjoyable, but it's the writing that brings this down for me. The writing just isn't that polished. It reads more like an everyday person typing up a story than a polished published work. Which is fine. It all depends on your reading preferences if this will deter you or not.

If this won't bother you and you want twists at the end, then you should pick this up for sure.

This was an excellent book! Thank you to NetGalley for letting me read it. I was on a roller coaster ride. Hating a character then to feeling sorry for them and just when they have my sympathy it’s broken. This story is a perfect example that people are not always who they seem or portray themselves to be. Everyone has secrets! Knowing their secrets could mean life or death.

Freida McFadden has done it again! I thought I had it, but the twist at the end got me. Then the epilogue, as always had me reading with my mouth hanging open. This book doesn’t get released until August 29th, but I won a free advanced copy. I got the email notification and couldn’t wait to get to devour it. Thought I read my ARC, I’m excited to read it again upon release. Thank you Netgalley for the opportunity to read my ARC⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Freida did it again. She kept you interested from the beginning and gave you twists and turns to keep you going. One of my favorite authors.

A twisty page turner! Dawn, an accountant who loves turtles and routine, doesn't turn up for work one day and Natalie, who sits next to her, goes looking for her- and finds blood. Dawn reads like a person on the spectrum and she's generated a lot of dislike among her colleagues, many of whom bully and tease her, for her rigidity. Natalie is different but now it seems someone might be trying to frame her for Dawn's disappearance, No spoilers from me. This is zippy and fast paced and if there are plot holes and unlikely characters- well, it's still zippy. Thanks to Netgalley for the ARC. A good read.

I have read a few titles by this author and I love how suspenseful they are! I picked up The Coworker yesterday and finished it the same day! I just couldn’t get enough of the story and needed to know how it ended! The story is about a missing coworker and how another wants to find out what happened to her. There’s so much that happens that I don’t want to spoil it! Just when you think you have the story figured out, there’s twists and turns in the best way possible! I absolutely loved the ending and was surprised and would have never guessed it!

Thank you Freida McFadden and Netgalley for the chance to read this ARC!

As someone who is also Neurodivergent, Dawn was difficult to “listen” to….which means Freida, as usual, captured her perfectly.
Excellent plot twists, an interesting storyline, and an ending that looks happy on the surface but of course has more lurking just beneath.

This was my first book ever by Freida McFadden and holy cow! She definitely lived up the the hype! So many twists and turns I almost hurt my neck. At so many different points I thought I had it figured out, I had another theory. After about my 5th or 6th theory, I had to give up guessing! This book is a wonder story on just how far someone is willing to get vengeance.

I read this ARC in one sitting. This read was a face paced thriller with some suspense.
The big reveal didn’t have the shock factor I was expecting. The book was good but definitely not her typical writing style.

Thank you to Mandy and NetGalley who provided me with a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.

Freida is at it again! This was a fast paced thriller that I read in two sittings. While all of the main characters were heavily flawed and unlikable at times there was good character development and all of the twists in the story kept me hooked until the end. This cat and mouse game kept me entertained only as Frieda can!

This was my first thriller by this author and after all I’ve heard about how amazing they are, I knew I had to try it out myself and let me say, this did NOT disappoint. Kept me entirely gripped and waiting for the bomb of revelations to drop and it just kept coming!
The Coworker is about Natalie who has everything, seemingly going for her at her job and in life. One day her next door cubicle neighbor, Dawn, doesn’t show up to work when she usually does. Growing concerned for her coworker, Natalie answers Dawn’s phone on her desk and listens to a very distressing woman calling for help….
and it all evolves into twists and turns that wouldn’t let me go till the end.

Overall I give this 5 stars and I absolutely will be picking up more of Freida McFadden’s other works!

Another fun read from Freida! As always with her masterfully crafted books, I had no clue what direction this story was going to take. Did not disappoint

3.5 stars! Freidas books are always so fun to read! They are fast paced and always pack a punch. I throughly enjoyed this book and had so much fun reading it, however I did guess the twists and wasn’t at all shocked by the ending of this one. All that being said tho I read this in like 2 days so that tells you right there how much fun I had reading this one and I did not want to put it down.

I loved that this story took off right from the beginning. There was absolutely no slow part in my opinion through the whole entire book!

Dawns obsession with turtles got to be a little repetitive and annoying to me but I do understand the point of all of that, that Freida was trying to get across. I just found it cringey.. again I think that was the point though.

Also when I say that I guessed the twists, i didn’t completely guess them, I guessed certain aspects to them and I had 2 theories for how this would end and it ended up being that my two theories meshed in some way which that part I did not guess so that was a shocker!

Overall I definitely do recommend this book if you are a Freida fan! Her books are so easy to read and keep you on the edge of your seat from page one!

thank you netgalley and poisoned pen press and freida for this advanced reader copy!! yall i love freida mcfadden. i am a freida readah, freida mcfan, freida infatuated. the coworker was excellent. this woman is the queen of plot twists and expectation subversion. i never know whats going to happen and when i do guess i am wrong. the coworker is about dawn, a turtle obsessed accountant, who goes missing. i was flipping through the book reading so fast to figure out what happened to her. freida’s writing is easy to get engrossed in and great for reading in one sitting. the coworker is just another masterpiece!!

This was the first Freida McFadden book I've ever read. I was thrilled to receive it from netgalley to read in exchange for my honest review. Overall, I enjoyed this fast-paced book. I read it in under 24 hours. The first half had me accusing every character in this book. I felt like everyone could have been found guilty. I was even questioning the sanity of some of the characters. I could not put this book down until I finished the last page. Though I had many theories during the book, I was disappointed that the outcome was one of my original theories. It had many surprises throughout the book. I rate this book 3.75/5 stars round up to ⅘ stars. I would definitely be interested in reading more books by Freida McFadden.