The Inmate


Author: Freida McFadden
Publisher: Poisoned Pen Press
Date Published: March 5, 2024 (First published June 13, 2022)

Whelp, I almost pulled an all-nighter to finish this book in one day. 2 a.m. people! That’s how invested I was in this book!

Freida McFadden, your writing is so twisted – in a good way, lol!

The book alternates between Brooke’s current situation (nurse in a penitentiary with a 10 year old son) and a night 10 years ago when she and her friends spent the night in a farmhouse belonging to her boyfriend.

SPOILER ALERT: I loved the nod to Rumplestiltskin near the end!

It’s definitely not hype: McFadden writes twisty-turny stories that will keep you up until the wee hours of the morning – I should know, lol!

Thanks to NetGalley and Poisoned Pen Press for an advance reader’s copy.

Background photo Alcatraz Island Ferry Terminal, San Francisco, United States courtesy of Carles Rabada @unsplash


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