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The Inmate by Freida McFadden

The Inmate

by Freida McFadden

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  • Mar 2024, 336 pages
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A gripping, twisty thriller from Freida McFadden, the New York Times bestselling author of The Housemaid and The Coworker!
The guiltiest people aren't always the ones behind bars…

As a new nurse practitioner at a maximum-security prison, Brooke Sullivan is taught three crucial rules: 

  • Treat all prisoners with respect.
  • Never reveal any personal information. 
  • Never EVER become too friendly with the inmates.
  • But nobody knows that Brooke has already broken the rules. Nobody knows about her intimate connection to Shane Nelson, one of the penitentiary's most notorious and dangerous inmates.

    They certainly don't know that Shane was Brooke's high school sweetheart―the star quarterback, the golden boy who's serving a life sentence for a series of grisly murders. Or that Brooke's testimony was what put him there.

    But Shane knows. He knows more than anyone. And he will never forget.

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    "A thoroughly entertaining read that delivers everything her readers expect―a tense standalone psychological thriller with plenty of unexpected twists and turns." ―Booklist

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    #1 New York Times, Amazon Charts, USA Today, Wall Street Journal, Sunday Times, and Publishers Weekly bestselling author Freida McFadden is a practicing physician specializing in brain injury who has penned multiple bestselling psychological thrillers and medical humor novels. Freida's work has been selected as one of Amazon Editors' best books of the year, she is the winner of the International Thriller Writers Award for best paperback, and she is a Goodreads Choice Award winner. Her novels have been translated into 40 languages.

    ​ Freida lives with her family and black 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.

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