The Divorce
The BRAND NEW & Instant Sunday Times Bestselling Thriller from the Author of The Housemaid Books
Published on 26. May 2026
Book
Paperback/Softback
368 pages
978-1-4642-8019-1 (ISBN)
Description
Named one of the TIME100 Most Influential People of 2026
"I enjoy Freida McFadden...The books are engrossing and her sense of humour is sharp and dark. Vengeance comes with a twist and is satisfying" - STEPHEN KING
"McFadden is a writer at the top of her game-and the undisputed mistress of the psychological thriller." - E.L. James
"Take the propulsive darkness of Gone Girl, the prolific output of Colleen Hoover, and the addictive twists of Harlan Coben, and you have something close to Freida McFadden." - The Independent
"Intimidatingly prolific" - The Sunday Times
#1 Sunday Times and internationally bestselling author Freida McFadden delivers a deadly, subversive thriller where lines blur between vengeance and survival in a game where only one woman can win...
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What is a happily ever after really worth?
Naomi was living the quintessential love story. Boy meets girl. They fall in love, get married, buy a dream house, start a family...
Then, he kicks her out, hires the city's best divorce lawyers, drains their accounts, and takes up with a 20-something.
It's a brutal end to the story. Naomi should accept defeat: move into a dingy apartment, get back into the workforce, and piece together the shattered remains of her life.
Except, why should she?
Instead, Naomi fixates on her husband's new girlfriend. What begins as cynical curiosity soon twists into obsession-and then into something far darker. As Naomi uncovers secrets she never imagined, she realises her own life may be in danger.
But if it keeps her perfect family intact, isn't it worth it?
A razor-sharp thriller in which love curdles into vengeance, The Divorce deftly and chillingly portrays how the human mind can fray when survival becomes the most dangerous game of all.
"a fast-paced story of vengeance and survival which delivers all of the tension and twists that make Freida McFadden's thrillers so addictive." - The Express
Tropes
Domestic Thriller
Mystery
Suspense
Psychological Obsession
Also by Freida McFadden:
Dear Debbie
The Intruder
The Tenant
The Crash
The Boyfriend
The Teacher
The Coworker
Ward D
Never Lie
The Inmate
The Housemaid
The Housemaid's Secret
The Housemaid is Watching
Do You Remember?
Do Not Disturb
The Locked Door
Want to Know a Secret?
One by One
The Wife Upstairs
The Perfect Son
The Ex
The Surrogate Mother
Brain Damage
Dead Med
"I enjoy Freida McFadden...The books are engrossing and her sense of humour is sharp and dark. Vengeance comes with a twist and is satisfying" - STEPHEN KING
"McFadden is a writer at the top of her game-and the undisputed mistress of the psychological thriller." - E.L. James
"Take the propulsive darkness of Gone Girl, the prolific output of Colleen Hoover, and the addictive twists of Harlan Coben, and you have something close to Freida McFadden." - The Independent
"Intimidatingly prolific" - The Sunday Times
#1 Sunday Times and internationally bestselling author Freida McFadden delivers a deadly, subversive thriller where lines blur between vengeance and survival in a game where only one woman can win...
***
What is a happily ever after really worth?
Naomi was living the quintessential love story. Boy meets girl. They fall in love, get married, buy a dream house, start a family...
Then, he kicks her out, hires the city's best divorce lawyers, drains their accounts, and takes up with a 20-something.
It's a brutal end to the story. Naomi should accept defeat: move into a dingy apartment, get back into the workforce, and piece together the shattered remains of her life.
Except, why should she?
Instead, Naomi fixates on her husband's new girlfriend. What begins as cynical curiosity soon twists into obsession-and then into something far darker. As Naomi uncovers secrets she never imagined, she realises her own life may be in danger.
But if it keeps her perfect family intact, isn't it worth it?
A razor-sharp thriller in which love curdles into vengeance, The Divorce deftly and chillingly portrays how the human mind can fray when survival becomes the most dangerous game of all.
"a fast-paced story of vengeance and survival which delivers all of the tension and twists that make Freida McFadden's thrillers so addictive." - The Express
Tropes
Domestic Thriller
Mystery
Suspense
Psychological Obsession
Also by Freida McFadden:
Dear Debbie
The Intruder
The Tenant
The Crash
The Boyfriend
The Teacher
The Coworker
Ward D
Never Lie
The Inmate
The Housemaid
The Housemaid's Secret
The Housemaid is Watching
Do You Remember?
Do Not Disturb
The Locked Door
Want to Know a Secret?
One by One
The Wife Upstairs
The Perfect Son
The Ex
The Surrogate Mother
Brain Damage
Dead Med
Reviews / Votes
What is great about McFadden's writing is the emotional journey of the novel * Aspects of Crime Magazine *More details
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Sourcebooks, Inc
Product notice
Paperback (UK-B)
Dimensions
Height: 194 mm
Width: 126 mm
Thickness: 28 mm
Weight
256 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4642-8019-1 (9781464280191)
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Schweitzer Classification
Person
#1 New York Times, #1 Sunday Times, USA Today, Publishers Weekly, and internationally bestselling author Freida McFadden is a physician who lives in Boston with her family. 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 forty-five languages.