Naomi Roth expected her marriage to last. Freida McFadden's thriller begins when her husband ends it on his own terms, and follows what she does next.

Readical Key Points

• A standalone psychological thriller by the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Housemaid, according to the publisher
• Reviewed in Booklist, Publishers Weekly and Kirkus Reviews (cited for the paperback edition of the same novel)
• Content note: includes violence and drug abuse
• Hardcover, 368 pages, Poisoned Pen Press (2026)

Naomi had the suburban family life she once believed would last, until her husband Jeremy maneuvers her out of their home, hires the city's top divorce lawyers and empties their accounts. Starting over in a cramped apartment would be the expected next step. Instead she turns her attention to his new girlfriend, and a curious look becomes a fixation that leads her toward secrets she never suspected and a threat to her own safety.

The hardcover carries the same novel as the paperback, published the same day with the same page count, and the store stocks both. Readers who keep McFadden on the shelf in hardcover, and readers of domestic suspense generally, can choose this edition. McFadden builds the story out of the paperwork of a divorce: lawyers, drained accounts and a new address.

About the Author

Freida McFadden has been a #1 New York Times, #1 Sunday Times and USA Today bestseller, and her novels are available in more than forty-five languages, according to her publisher, which also describes her as a physician. She won the International Thriller Writer Award for Best Paperback Original and the Goodreads Choice Award for Best Thriller, and TIME named her to its TIME100 list of the world's most influential people for 2026.

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