The Phantom Paragrapher

Review: The Housemaid Is Watching - Book #3 The Housemaid Series - Freida McFadden - June 2024 A couple of years ago I first discovered Freida McFadden with her books The Locked Door and The Gift. As a thriller fan , I found myself enjoying them and now I have read the majority of her backlist. The Housemaid is Watching is the third book in the Housemaid series featuring Millie and Enzo. The pair met in the first book and then they went their separate ways and reunited at the end of the second book. Now in the third book, the pair we discover have been married for 12 years and have two children Ava and Nico. The family have moved into a beautiful house and neighbourhood , but of course Millie knows to be wary of neighbours and especially the wealthy as her experience has taught her. What happens though when the next door neighbour Jonathan ends up murdered and the cops are narrowing their suspect pool to one person aka Enzo. Who is Enzo protecting as he confesses ? Has one of their ch...

Review: The Housemaid's Secret - Book #2 The Housemaid - Freida McFadden - February 2023 Millie is back and this book feels like it is set a few years after the first book where Millie has had a few jobs as a maid and doing other side work with Enzo. That is until he ended up heading back to Italy and Millie went back to school. She was working as a nanny but sadly Amber the mother got jealous and the husband tried to hit on her. Millie heads home and is trying to look for a job that works around her studying but of course, as someone with a criminal history, it can be hard to get a job. She then gets a phone call from Mr. Garrick, they need a housemaid and a cook. There is one requirement though, she must not disturb his wife who stays locked behind her door. Millie recognizes abuse and she feels that this situation is similar to past ones and now Millie will do her best to try and save Mrs. Garrick. What happens though when Mr. Garrick isn't one to cross and she will find her...

Review : The Housemaid - Book #1 The Housemaid Series - Freida McFadden - April 2022 Previously, I had read a few of Freida's standalone books which I have enjoyed and I had the first two of this series on my bookshelf. This is one of her books that has been very popular and at first I was a tad nervous to pick it up as I wasn't sure what my reaction would be as the last one of this author's I tried The Co-worker ended up being a DNF.  The Housemaid starts with a young woman fresh out of prison and she applies for a job as a live-in maid for a wealthy family. At first appearances, this job looks too good to be true and soon Millie will understand as when she turns up on the first day, the house is a pig sty, and Nina - doesn't look anything like the woman that interviewed her. This looks like Nina's unhinged crazy twin sister. As the book goes along, Millie almost quits a few times as she not only discovers that Nina Winchester has a Dr Jekyll /Mr Hyde personality b...