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Winnipeg Free Press
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- Winnipeg Free Press
Murderer's motel stay anything but restful
Practicing physician and author of more than 20 thrillers, Freida McFadden delivers a fast-paced, unpredictable popcorn thriller in her New York Times bestseller Do Not Disturb. After killing her husband, Quinn Alexander goes on the run. A snowstorm immediately interrupts her plans, and she is forced to spend the night at the Baxter Motel. Across from her window is the proprietor's house where, in the second floor window, his wife is always watching. Do Not Disturb explores abusive and imperfect relationships through three different couples and their involvement with Quinn's crime. But rather than a nuanced dissection of the problem, McFadden paints a radical 'what if?' Do Not Disturb What if my husband gets angry and it's kill or be killed? What if the police don't believe me? The novel is written from several perspectives, always in first person and always with a similar tone of voice. Characters all seem to speak and think similarly, their actions often unexplained or unrealistic. While they will interpret things in different ways, facts are facts. When a scene is recounted from two perspectives in Do Not Disturb, characters will sometimes contradict each other's details. It effectively hides future plot twists, but makes it hard for readers to know what is true. When you pick up a popcorn thriller, there's a certain expectation of quality mixed with entertainment. McFadden walks that line, and Do Not Disturb is a great example. The plot can feel forced and the character growth is limited, but that's not why readers are picking it up. They're looking for page after page of non-stop excitement. McFadden delivers. Do Not Disturb is exciting enough to read in one weekend, whether it's on the beach or in the comfort of your own home. It will keep you engaged through the TV blasting in the next room, kids fighting or loud neighbours. You can put it down, but it would be a struggle not to pick it back up. Owen White is a freshly graduated writer and editor who loves nothing more than a good thriller.
Daily Mail
23-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
9 books you need to read before they hit the screen
There's nothing more satisfying than reading a book before it becomes a screen sensation – especially when A-listers are lining up to bring your favourite characters to life. And given more literary bigwigs than ever are having novels adapted into movies and TV shows, it means our 'to be read' lists are growing ever longer. Whether you're after a sweeping romance for the beach or a twisty thriller to keep you up at night, these are the novels to dive into before everyone tunes in. Read them now; smugly say 'The book was better' later. 9 great books to read before they hit the screen My Oxford Year by Julia Whelan Soon to be a Netflix film starring Sofia Carson and Corey Mylchreest, My Oxford Year tells the story of American student Ella Duran who's studying for a year at, you guessed it, Oxford University. As the term goes on, Ella can't deny the growing attraction to her lecturer, Jamie Davenport, and when she learns of his life-changing secret, their relationship becomes deeper than Ella could ever have anticipated. As her Oxford year draws to a close, she needs to decide whether the dreams she arrived with are the same ones she'll leave with. Release: 1st August 2025 £10.99 Shop The Housemaid by Freida McFadden One of the bestselling books of 2023, The Housemaid is a twisty psychological thriller that promises *literal* gasps. Millie, a young woman with a secret, moves to live with the rich Winchesters as their maid – however she quickly finds out the Winchesters' secrets are every bit as dark as her own. Its smash-hit success is sure to be replicated when the movie version comes out, with an A-list cast featuring Brandon Sklenar, Amanda Seyfried and Sydney Sweeney. We can't wait. Release: 25th December 2025 £7.99 Shop The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett Brit Bennett's novel was nominated for pretty much every fiction award running. It tells the story of the Vignes identical twin sisters, who grew up together in a small, southern black community before running away aged 16. A decade later, one lives in a southern community with her black daughter; another passes as white with a white husband who knows nothing of her past. Despite being separated by miles and lies, the fate of the twins remains intertwined. What will happen to the next generation, when their own daughters' storylines intersect? Set to be another huge hit for HBO, Aziza Barnes (Snowfall) and Jeremy O. Harris (Slave Play) will write and produce. Release: Predicted 2026 £9.99 Shop Caught Stealing by Charlie Huston Fans of a good action-thriller will be delighted when the film adaptation of this 2004 novel hits screens next month. It follows former baseball player Henry 'Hank' Thompson, now a barman in Manhattan, who is attacked by two Russians and realises someone, somewhere must want something from him. Within hours he's been pulled into the violent underbelly of New York, forced to take on sadistic cops, hit men and mobsters to survive. It's a cast of megastars: Austin Butler, Zoë Kravitz, Matt Smith and Bad Bunny. Release: 29th August 2025 £13.51 Shop The Woman in Cabin 10 by Ruth Ware Ruth Ware's novel sees a young journalist, Lo, head on a luxury press cruise, attempting to heal from a traumatic break in. Then woken in the night by screams, Lo rushes to her window to see a body being thrown overboard from the next-door cabin. But records show nobody ever checked into the cabin and no passengers are missing from the boat. Did an exhausted and emotional Lo make a mistake, or is she trapped with a murderer who's one step ahead? The passenger list for Netflix 's film adaptation includes Keira Knightley, Hannah Waddingham, Kaye Scodelario and Guy Pearce. Release: Autumn 2025 £9.99 Shop People We Meet on Vacation by Emily Henry Has any book released in the last decade caused as much furore among romance lovers as People We Meet on Vacation? Emily Henry's novel about two friends who holiday together every year, until a misunderstanding tears them apart. Now, reunited, they head on one last trip – a trip that will determine the rest of their lives… We reckon the movie will be just as swoon-worthy, with Tom Blyth, Emily Bader, Jameela Jamil and Lucien Laviscount sizzling on screen. 'I watched their chemistry read four times in 12 hours and I loved it more every single time,' Henry teased. We're so excited. Release: 9th January 2026 £9.99 Shop The Running Man by Stephen King Another King novel will get the Hollywood treatment this fall, this time revolving around a future dystopia obsessed with barbaric reality entertainment (sound familiar?). Every night, people watch the ultimate live death game as contestants try and beat not just the clock, but annihilation at the hands of the Hunters. Survive 30 days and win the billion dollar jackpot, but the odds are brutal and the game rigged. The best score so far is eight days – at least until a new contestant, the Running Man, comes along. Everyone's favourite Hollywood heartthrob, Glen Powell, leads, with Colman Domingo and Michael Cera also starring. Release: 7th November 2025 £10.99 Shop The Nightingale by Kristen Hannah Number one bestseller The Nightingale charts the path of two very different sisters in Nazi France, Vianne and Isabelle Mauriac. Separated by ideals and circumstances, each must try and find a way to not only survive persecution, but embark on their own dangerous journey towards love and freedom. The film will be produced and led by sisters Elle and Dakota Fanning in their first ever onscreen collaboration. Release: 12th February 2027 £9.99 Shop Hamnet by Maggie O'Farrell We loved Maggie O'Farrell's tragic novel about the inspiration behind Shakespeare's play, following the life of Hamnet, the Bard's only son, and his family. It's a story of the bond between twins, of a marriage pushed to the brink by grief and a boy whose life has been all but forgotten, but whose name was given to one of the most famous plays ever written. Directed by Academy Award-winner Chloé Zhao, the film adaptation will see Paul Mescal take on Shakespeare, Jessie Buckley star as his wife Agnes and Jacobi Jupe feature as Hamnet. Get your tissues ready. Release: 27th November 2025 £9.99 Shop
Daily Mirror
20-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mirror
'I ranked 21 Freida McFadden books that I've read and Housemaid isn't top five'
Freida McFadden has written a number of books, but it's The Housemaid series that has really got people talking - and one man has ranked all of her books from 'worst to best' The Freida McFadden phenomenon is happening right now, and legions of readers are completely hooked on her mind-bending novels that keep you captivated from the very first page to the last. The standout amongst her works is undoubtedly The Housemaid series, with endless BookTokers practically screaming about its brilliance across social media. Countless admirers have been absolutely stunned to discover that she's actually a working doctor, who specialises in brain injuries. Freida operates under a pseudonym to keep her medical career distinct from her life as a chart-topping novelist. Yet some literary enthusiasts are eager to highlight that Freida McFadden's catalogue extends far beyond just this particular series, and devoted readers of The Housemaid will find she has plenty more treasures to offer. Among these devoted followers is Richie Reads, who frequently posts his literary views and book collections on his platform. He revealed his intention to order them according to his personal preference, ranking them from "worst to best". Naturally, there are ten titles he hasn't yet tackled, though he chose not to mention these at all in his video. So, here's Richie's ranking: 21. The Gift. 20. The Coworker. 19. The Teacher. 18. The Housemaid's Wedding. 17. One By One. 16. The Perfect Son. 15. The Widow's Husband's Secret Lie. 14. The Housemaid is Watching. 13. Do Not Disturb. 12. Do You Remember? 11. The Wife Upstairs. 10. Ward D. 9. The Crash. 8. The Housemaid. 7. The Ex. 6. The Boyfriend. 5. The Housemaid's Secret. 4. The Locked Door. 3. The Inmate. 2. The Tenant. 1. Never Lie. Many readers will be surprised to find 'The Housemaid' at number eight, yet they'll be keen to delve into the other titles he's endorsed. For those seeking extra inspiration to explore his top five, your search ends here. 5. The Housemaid's Secret Step inside a house full of secrets, where every locked door hides a disturbing truth. In The Housemaid's Secret, Freida McFadden will keep you guessing – right up to the shocking final twist. 4. The Locked Door What if your father was a notorious serial killer – and now, twenty-six years later, someone is copying his crimes? In The Locked Door by Freida McFadden, Dr. Nora Davis thought she'd escaped her dark past, but a chilling new murder threatens to unlock secrets she's desperate to keep hidden. 3. The Inmate A nurse returns to her hometown, only to find herself working at a prison – and face-to-face with the man convicted of killing her high school sweetheart. But is he really guilty, or is the real murderer still out there, watching her every move? 2. The Tenant Step inside a building where every door hides a secret, and the new tenant is about to discover that some mysteries are better left locked away. If you love chilling twists and can't resist a puzzle, The Tenant by Freida McFadden will keep you turning pages late into the night. 1. Never Lie The story takes place in a remote mansion where secrets echo through every room – and every lie could be deadly. In Never Lie by Freida McFadden, nothing – and no one – is what they seem. Are you ready to uncover the truth before it's too late? So would you add any of these titles to your reading list? Or have you binged them already? Let us know your thoughts in the comments below.
Associated Press
16-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Associated Press
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HARDCOVER FICTION 1. 'Atmosphere' by Taylor Jenkins Reid (Ballantine) 2. 'Edge of Honor' by Brad Thor (Atria/Bestler) 3. 'Never Flinch' by Stephen King (Scribner) 4. 'Tusk Love' by Thea Guanzon (Random House Worlds) 5. 'Don't Let Him In' by Lisa Jewell (Atria) 6. 'Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil' by V.E. Schwab (Tor) 7. 'Great Big Beautiful Life' by Emily Henry (Berkley) 8. 'A Forbidden Alchemy' by Stacey McEwan (Saga) 9. 'My Friends' by Fredrik Backman (Atria) 10. 'The First Gentleman' by Patterson/Clinton (Little, Brown and Knopf) 11. 'The Knight and the Moth' by Rachel Gillig (Orbit) 12. 'Broken Country' by Clare Leslie Hall (Simon & Schuster) 13. 'A Mother's Love' by Danielle Steel (Delacorte) 14. 'Onyx Storm' by Rebecca Yarros (Red Tower) 15. 'The Wedding People' by Alison Espach (Holt) _____ HARDCOVER NON-FICTION 1. 'The Let Them Theory' by Mel Robbins (Hay House) 2. 'Don't Believe Everything You Think (expanded ed.)' by Joseph Nguyen (Authors Equity) 3. 'Unruly' by Lauren Wittenberg Weiner (BenBella/Holt) 4. 'Super Agers' by Eric Topol (Simon & Schuster) 5. 'Behind the Badge' by Johnny Joey Jones (Harper Influence) 6. 'The Simple Path to Wealth (revised & expanded ed.)' by JL Collins (Authors Equity) 7. 'Abundance' by Ezra Klein (Avid Reader) 8. 'The Wishbone Kitchen Cookbook' by Meredith Hayden (Ten Speed) 9. 'Everything Is Tuberculosis' by John Green (Crash Course) 10. 'Mark Twain' by Ron Chernow (Penguin Press) 11. 'We Can Do Hard Things' by Doyle/Wambach/Doyle (Dial) 12. 'Uncommon Favor' by Dawn Staley (Black Privilege) 13. 'The Book of Alchemy' by Suleika Jaouad (Random House) 14. 'Big Dumb Eyes' by Nate Bargatze (Grand Central) 15. 'The Next Conversation' by Jefferson Fisher (Tarcher) _____ TRADE PAPERBACK BESTSELLERS 1. 'Do Not Disturb' by Freida McFadden (Poisoned Pen) 2. 'One Golden Summer' by Carley Fortune (Berkley) 3. 'The Tenant' by Freida McFadden (Poisoned Pen) 4. 'Caught Up' by Navessa Allen (Slowburn) 5. Remarkably Bright Creatures' by Shelby Van Pelt (Ecco) 6. 'Lights Out' by Navessa Allen (Slowburn) 7. 'Problematic Summer Romance' by Ali Hazelwood (Berkley) 8. 'Till Summer Do Us Part' by Meghan Quinn (Bloom) 9. 'All the Colors of the Dark' by Chris Whitaker (Crown) 10. 'Fourth Wing' by Rebecca Yarros (Red Tower) 11. 'Iron Flame' by Rebecca Yarros (Red Tower) 12. 'Sandwich' by Catherine Newman (Harper Perennial) 13. 'The Boyfriend' by Freida McFadden (Poisoned Pen) 14. 'Here One Moment' by Liane Moriarty (Crown) 15. 'The Crash' by Freida McFadden (Poisoned Pen) _____
Yahoo
01-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Early Prime Day book deals: Save up to 80% on hardcovers, paperbacks, and Kindle editions
All products featured here are independently selected by our editors and writers. If you buy something through links on our site, Mashable may earn an affiliate commission. The best early Prime Day book deals at a glance: BEST HARDCOVER DEAL "Atmosphere" by Taylor Jenkins Reid $21 (save $9) Get Deal BEST PAPERBACK DEAL "The Crash" by Freida McFadden $9 (save $8.99) Get Deal BEST KINDLE BOOK DEAL "So Far Gone" by Jess Walter $2.99 (save $12) Get Deal Amazon Prime Day is nearly here (officially running from July 8 through 11), and we're already being blessed with tons of deals. If you're looking to stack your summer reading list with books, it's time to get going. On top of Amazon offering three free months of Kindle Unlimited and Audible to new members, we're also seeing some pretty sweet discounts on books themselves. Whether you want to load up your Kindle with e-books or you prefer physical books in your hands, there are a ton of deals waiting for you at Amazon weeks ahead of the formal Prime Day start. From bestsellers to hidden treasures, we'll be tracking all the best early Prime Day book deals below and updating the list with the latest and greatest price drops as we inch closer to the main event. Opens in a new window Credit: Ballantine Books Atmosphere by Taylor Jenkins Reid $21 at Amazon $30 Save $9 Get Deal Atmosphere is the latest from the New York Times bestselling author of The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo and Daisy Jones & The Six, Taylor Jenkins Reid. Just released earlier this month, it's already listed as one of Goodreads' most popular books of the year. It follows Joan Goodwin, a professor of physics and astronomy at Rice University, who is selected as one of the first women scientists to join NASA's Space Shuttle program in the 1980s. The hardcover copy is already on sale ahead of Prime Day for $21, down 30% from its list price. Cher The Memoir: Part One by Cher — $12.50 $36 (save $23.50) Atomic Habits by James Clear — $13.38 $27 (save $13.62) The God of the Woods by Liz Moore — $16.15 $30 (save $13.85) Summer in the City by Alex Aster — $16.60 $28 (save $11.40) The Sirens by Emilia Hart — $17.10 $29 (save $11.90) Memorial Days by Geraldine Brooks — $17.84 $28 (save $10.16) Dune: Deluxe Edition by Frank Herbert — $18.10 $50 (save $31.90) The Wedding People by Alison Espach — $18.37 $28.99 (save $ Retreat by Krysten Ritter — $18.50 $28.99 (save $10.49) Careless People by Sarah Wynn-Williams — $18.50 $32.99 (save $14.49) Sunrise on the Reaping by Suzanne Collins — $19.17 $27.99 (save $8.82) Atmosphere by Taylor Jenkins Reid — $21 $30 (save $9) Waste Wars: The Wild Afterlife of Your Trash by Alexander Clapp — $22.60 $32 (save $9.40) The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah — $6.78 $17.99 (save $11.21) The Stranger in Her House by John Marrs — $8.60 $16.99 (save $8.39) Keep Your Friends Close by Lucinda Berry — $8.77 $16.99 (save $8.22) The Crash by Freida McFadden — $9 $17.99 (save $8.99) Just for the Summer by Abby Jimenez — $10.13 $17.99 (save $7.86) Every Precious and Fragile Thing by Barbara Davis — $10.24 $16.99 (save $6.75) Gravewater Lake by A.M. Strong and Sonya Sargent — $10.48 $16.99 (save $6.51) The Strawberry Patch Pancake House by Laurie Gilmore — $11 $18.99 (save $7.99) The Page Turner by Viola Shipman — $12.80 $18.99 (save $6.19) Those Girls by Chevy Stevens — $13.71 $19 (save $5.29) Skeleton Crew: Stories by Stephen King — $13.99 $21.99 (save $8) The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley — $15 $18.99 (save $3.99) A Court of Thorns and Roses Paperback Box Set by Sarah J. Maas — $34.95 $95 (save $60.05) Home Is Where the Bodies Are by Jeneva Rose — $1.99 $9.99 (save $8) The Summer Guests by Tess Gerritsen — $2.49 $4.99 (save $2.50) The Last Party by A.R. Torre — $2.49 $4.99 (save $2.50) Pictures of You by Emma Grey — $2.99 $14.99 (save $12) We Begin at the End by Chris Whitaker — $2.99 $18.99 (save $16) So Far Gone by Jess Walter — $2.99 $14.99 (save $12) The Good Girl by Mary Kubica — $2.99 $10.99 (save $8) One Golden Summer by Carley Fortune — $10.99 $19 (save $8.01) Dead Money by Jakob Kerr — $13.99 $30 (save $16.01) Matriarch by Tina Knowles — $14.99 $35 (save $20.01) + get $1.50 in Kindle credit The Girls Who Grew Big by Leila Mottley — $14.99 $28 (save $13.01) The Emperor of Gladness by Ocean Vuong — $14.99 $30 (save $15.01)
