The Witch

Description

A brand-new haunting thriller from Freida McFadden, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Housemaid.

When Julia Barlow loses her job and her apartment, she has nowhere left to go but Pemberton, her family’s sprawling seventeenth-century estate in rural Massachusetts. Officially, she is there to check in on her ageing grandmother. Unofficially, she is hoping the old house will give her somewhere to disappear.

Instead, strange things begin happening. Every night, the grandfather clock stops at exactly 3:41 a.m. The lights flicker without warning, and a disembodied voice cries for help outside Julia’s bedroom door.

As Julia investigates Pemberton’s dark history, she uncovers the story of a woman executed for witchcraft in 1692 and begins to realise that the past may not be finished with the house. When decades of family lies start to surface, Julia must confront the possibility that Pemberton is haunted by women whose voices refuse to stay silent.

The Witch is a chilling, twist-filled thriller about family secrets, buried truths and the things people will do to keep them hidden. The Witch is available for pre-order ahead of its expected release on 6 October 2026.