WOW!
That is pretty much how I feel about this entire book.

This psychological thriller is about a prominent surgeon who happens to be the daughter of a notorious serial killer... and when her previous patients start dying, she becomes a suspect.

Is she her REALLY father's daughter, or is there more going on than meets the eye?

The timeline alternates between the present and Nora's childhood.

Both timelines are crucial to understanding not only Nora's background but also to understand her personality and why she is so quick to defend that she and her father are NOT the same.

The tension and suspense develop as Nora's story progresses, and I was thrown by the twist…
I also definitely didn’t see the ending coming. Like AT ALL!

Can’t wait to read more of her books.

Nora's childhood home was like any other's... at least from the outside. The basement was where her dad spent all his time and the locked door leading down to it could be explained away as keeping his eleven-year-old daughter safe from the tools he housed there. But when the police knock on their front door and examine what dwells beyond this locked one, secret upon secret is unveiled.

Decades have past since then but the demons still haunt Nora, more so recently when her successful surgeries start to appear days later, dead and in a similar fashion to how her father would also leave his victims all those many years ago...

I love a split-timeline and how the reader has secrets to learn from both. Nora's adult and childhood self were as equally interesting to read about and I remained engaged in learning about what haunted her, right until the very end. She was a very interesting character to dissect and her past was just one of the many intriguing aspects about her.

I did, however, find my intrigue could not quite keep up with the relentless pacing. Reveals, shocks, twists, and new discoveries were thrust at the reader without pause for breath and I would have preferred a more underhanded way to deliver the thrills and chills that this book had to offer.

I did not guess at the final reveal but nor was I overly shocked by it, as I felt almost desensitised to any new information after the barrage that had come before it. This book will work well for many readers and, whilst I did enjoy my time with it, I'm not sure it was exactly suited to my specific reading tastes.

I received a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. Thank you to the author, Freida McFadden, and the publisher, Poisoned Pen Press, for this opportunity.

I binge read this in a day, something I have not done in a while. I just had to know how it ended. There was quite a twist in the last couple pages that I never would’ve seen coming. Very similar to another story I read this year from NetGalley, The Quiet Dead.

Freida McFadden has done it again! Her books keep me on my toes the entire time with twists and turns I never see coming.

This books starts off with an innocent girl who's father commits horrible crimes, but is there more to the story? Read to find out!

Super quick read! I did not see the twist coming at all. You cannot go wrong with any of Freida’s books. Just when you think you know who done it, you’re wrong.

The Locked Door was a re-read for me. Somehow I can’t get enough of McFadden - each book is binge worthy and this one was no different.
Nora’s past is something she’s tried to forget - or has she? A seriel killer father put away for his crimes, yet somehow new deaths are happening. Has Nora subconsciously started her own killing spree, or has someone else been behind the crimes all along?
As a seasoned thriller reader, I sometimes feel like I can figure out the ending on my own. And this twist was NOT even in my radar.

If you binge thrillers - this one is for you.

Thank you NetGalley and Poisoned Pen Press for this release in exchange for my honest review.

Not having read any of the Authors books aside from the Housemaid’s series ( which love ) I was more than interested to see how this book compared
I found a dark thriller with a convincingly normal yet unusual shall we say main character and a life she thought she had left behind (which was more than understandable ) creeping back and about to stifle her and undo all she had achieved
I enjoyed her chatty style of narrating the story and her indecision on pretty much everything was not irritating ( as could have been ) but endearing to me as a reader, you never though quite knew if she was all she was saying she was……
A really good quick to read tale which impressed upon me why she has so many fans, a very good storyteller with a more than ripe imagination!
Be careful of the locked door as once you open it there is no going back nor forgetting the horrors that are held within…..

wow! I can't get enough of Freida's books. I just finished reading The Locked Door in one day! What a twist!

At one point, I thought Brady was bad, then I thought it was Philip, but OMG. I didn't think it was Harper, and they are sisters. When I thought I had the end figured out, that was a complete 360. It was such a good read! I was on the edge from the start to the end of the book.

This was a fast paced read with short, quick chapters and a great flow. Dr. Nora is really something else. Intrigue comes quickly in this story, making you wonder what will be next. Leading along down a thrilling patch, the plot twist at the end is definitely an eye-opener. I thoroughly enjoyed this book and would like to see more of Dr. Nora, if possible. Thank you to NetGalley, the author and publisher for the opportunity to review this ARC.

This book was phenomenal! An easy 5 stars. Freida McFadden is one of my favorite authors.

This book makes you questions everything. It’s an easy binge read and absolutely wonderful.

There hasn’t been a Freida book I haven’t liked; and The Locked Door is not about to break that record! So happy for her to re-publish this book under her new publisher. This is a good one!

Loved the split timeline (present day and 26 years ago), loved the red herrings, and truly didn’t see the twist coming. I also love that she always “completes” the story with the twist reveal, but then in the last chapter adds a cliffhanger addition to really call the ending into question.

This has become one of my favorites by her, next to Never Lie. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️💫

Thank you to NetGalley, Freida McFadden, and Poisoned Pen Press for the opportunity to review for this re-release.

✨Book Review✨

The Locked Door
Frieda McFadden
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Available on KU

Thank you to @netgalley and Poised Pen Press for the ability to read and review.

If you know me, you know it doesn’t take much for me to be creeped out. This book did just that! I don’t know if I’ll look at any basement the same way. 👀

I shouldn’t be surprised because it’s Frieda! Frieda doesn’t disappoint.

Nora was just 10 years old when she found the basement door unlocked. Her father always kept his ‘workshop’ locked up tight. Naturally she was curious and what she found down there was horrifying. Her father was killing women and severing their hands.
Fast forward twenty-six years and the same types of murders are happening. Her father is in jail so who could be committing these murders?

Read if you like:
🗝️Who dunnit mystery
🗝️Serial Killer
🗝️Dual timeline
🗝️Plot twists!

I’ll definitely be reading all of Frieda’s backlog at some point!

I originally read this in 2022 and absolutely devoured it. It kept me on the edge of my seat the entire time. The writing, pace and twists were all great. I read it again for the re-release and it's still one of my favorites.

Thank you Poisoned Pen Press, Freida McFadden and NetGalley for this copy. If you haven't read this yet, grab a copy on October 3, 2023!

𝚁𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐: 4⭐️
𝙶𝚎𝚗𝚛𝚎: Mystery/thriller📚

𝙼𝚢 𝚃𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚐𝚑𝚝𝚜:
An intriguing thriller with an anticlimactic ending.

𝚁𝚎𝚊𝚍 𝚒𝚏 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚕𝚒𝚔𝚎:
Psychological thrillers
Interesting plot
Serial killers
Creepy flashbacks
Suspenseful reads
Single POV
Daul timeline

𝚃𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚜 𝙸 𝚕𝚒𝚔𝚎𝚍:
Short chapters

𝚃𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚜 𝙸 𝚍𝚒𝚍𝚗’𝚝 𝚌𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚏𝚘𝚛:
OTT ending
A little slow
I didn’t love the characters

The locked door 🔒

Some doors are locked for a reason…

Freida McFadden is quickly becoming one of my fave thriller authors. I adored the housemaid series and cant wait for part 3! Ward D has been one of my fave books for the year.

I was super excited when I seen the locked door on Netgalley!
Freida's writing is so fast paced, I finished this book in a day I couldn't put it down. I loved the short, quick chapters. I did guess one of the twists but there was plenty more that I didn't!
⭐⭐⭐⭐

Thank you to Netgalley for the complimentary copy of this book from NetGalley

#NetGalley #FreidaMcFadden

The Locked Door by Freida McFadden

Dr. Nora Davis is the daughter of a serial killer. Twenty-six years ago, her father, Aaron Nierling, was arrested and is now serving eighteen life sentences in a maximum-security prison. Nora changed her last name to Davis and moved to another state to avoid any association with her father. She has built a successful life for herself working as a doctor/surgeon and is a partner of a medical practice. She loves her job and lives for it but suddenly one by one her patients are being targeted and killed, they all share the same look as her father favoured, young females with blue eyes and dark hair, and when their dead bodies are found they are missing a hand, also her father’s victims all did. Who is targeting Nora? No one knows of her past except the police and they suspect Nora is responsible.

I enjoyed this book very much! I must admit I have loved every book I have read by Freida McFadden, they are all wonderful thrillers and very hard to put down.

I would like to thank Net Galley and Poisoned Pen Press for a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.

this is the secendt book i read by Freida McFadden, and i will say it is even better than the first i read (do not distrurb) i wily like the way she write, and the way she build the story op, and i did not gues the big twist in the end.

As always Mcfadden has created the perfect thriller, We follow Nora the daughter of a famous serial killer as she is accused of a set of copy cat murders. This book has some of the most unexpected plot twists, the moment you think you’ve got the answer something changes. The Locked Door had me experiencing such chills that I did have to take breaks while reading. So excited to get to reading her whole backlist!

It was the 2nd chapter in when I realised this story was familiar to me, checked my Goodreads account and saw that I had read it in May 2022. I remember being enthralled then, and it was a fast paced thriller that kept me guessing. Not sure why it’s being re-released but scoring it 4 stars per my original review last year.

Ahhhhhh this might be my favorite Freida book! I didn’t see the ending coming. I don’t know if I will ever get over this.

I really appreciate how Freida writes characters that live with traumas but still have normal-ish lives as jobs.