Want to Know a Secret?
Sourcebooks · Paperback · March 3, 2026
From #1 internationally bestselling author Freida McFadden!
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- Who it’s for
- A brisk, tense thriller with a polished, page-turning chill.
- Themes
- secrets, obsession, deception
- Pacing
- Fast
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From #1 internationally bestselling author Freida McFadden! Everyone has secrets. Some are worse than others. Influencer and baking sensation April Masterson knows the secret to the perfect gooey brownies. Or how to make key lime squares that will melt in your mouth. But if you keep watching her offline, you may find out some other secrets about April. Secrets she'd rather you didn't know. Like… Where did her son go when he snuck out late at night?
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What was she doing with the local soccer coach behind fogged windows? And what's buried in her backyard? April's secrets are enough to destroy her. I'll make sure of that. #1 New York Times bestselling author Freida McFadden peels back the layers of a seemingly flawless life to expose a picture of obsession, deception, and the quiet menace that waits just beyond the frame.
Taut Suspense
A brisk, tense thriller with a polished, page-turning chill.
Come here for
- psychological suspense
- domestic unease
Expect
- tight, escalating tension
- crime-adjacent suspense
Where it sits
| Psychological Thrillers | 66% |
|---|---|
| Domestic Thrillers | 63% |
| Suspense | 34% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Suspense
- Crime Fiction
- Psychological Thrillers
- Authors
- Freida McFadden
- Publisher
- Sourcebooks
- Published
- March 3, 2026
- Format
- Paperback
- Theme
- secrets · obsession · deception
- Reading lane
- Suspense