Ward D: A Taut Psychological Thriller from the Author of the sensational Housemaid series

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#1 Sunday Times and n bestselling author Freida McFadden returns with Ward D: a gripping locked room thriller set in an eerie hospital ward.

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Medical student Amy Brenner is spending the night on a locked psychiatric ward. All she has to do is make it through the night shift...

Ward D is the hospital’s mental health unit and as a medical student, Amy is required to gain experience on the floor. But little do her colleagues know it may force her to confront a past she’s fought hard to forget.

The night starts. The countdown begins.

As the hours tick by, Amy grows increasingly convinced something terrible is happening within the ward’s tightly secured walls. When patients and staff start to vanish without a trace, it becomes clear that everyone on the unit is in grave danger.

Amy never wanted to spend the night on Ward D. Now, she might not make it out alive.

Ward D once again demonstrates why Freida McFadden is the most talked-about voice in contemporary crime fiction, delivering a taut psychological thriller that will have you gripped right to the thrilling final twist.

Tropes
Claustrophobic
Thriller
Psychological
Locked Room
Mystery Thriller
Suspense Thriller
Survive the Night

Also by Freida McFadden:
The Crash
The Boyfriend
The Housemaid
The Housemaid's Secret
The Housemaid is Watching
The Coworker
The Locker Door
Never Lie
The Teacher
The Inmate

#1 New York Times, Amazon Charts, USA Today, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, Sunday Times, and Publisher's Weekly bestselling author Freida McFadden is a physician who has penned multiple bestselling psychological thrillers and medical humor novels. Freida is the winner of the International Thriller Writer Award for Best Paperback Original, the Goodreads Choice Award for Best Thriller, and was honored as one of TIME 100’s most influential people in the world for 2026. Her novels have been translated into more than 45 languages.

​ Freida lives with her family and cat in a centuries-old three-story home overlooking the ocean, with staircases that creak and moan with each step, and nobody could hear you if you scream. Unless you scream really loudly, maybe.

To hear Freida talk about herself more in the third person, check out her website freidamcfadden dot com.