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| Categories | Thrillers & Suspense |
| Author | Freida McFadden |
| Publisher | Poisoned Pen Press (March 5, 2024) |
| Language | English |
| Paperback | 336 pages |
| Item Weight | 9.6 ounces |
| Dimensions |
5 x 0.84 x 8 inches |
I. Book introduction
The Inmate by Freida McFadden, a bare-bones page-turner about a nurse practitioner taking a new job in a maximum-security prison.
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.
The Inmate is a propulsive, mind-bending thriller about how we define guilt―and who has to pay for it, from New York Times bestselling author Freida McFadden.
Editorial Reviews
- “A thoroughly entertaining read that delivers everything her readers expect―a tense standalone psychological thriller with plenty of unexpected twists and turns.” ― Booklist
About Freida McFadden
Freida McFadden is the pen name of an American thriller author and 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.
From New York City, McFadden attended Harvard University as an undergraduate. She practices medicine in the Boston area. McFadden self-published her first book through Amazon KDP in 2013. Her 2022 book The Housemaid was an international bestseller. A movie adaptation of the book is set to be adapted for Lionsgate with Rebecca Sonnenshine to pen the screenplay, and Hidden Pictures’ Todd Lieberman and Alex Young to produce.
Freida McFadden 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.
II. Reviewer: The Inmate
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1. JOEY R reviews for The Inmate
4.0 stars— Everytime I research top thrillers on Kindle Unlimited there are numerous books with thousands of great ratings for Freida McFadden. So, I decided to read her newest book, “The Inmate”, and I have to admit it wasn’t half bad.
The book begins with Brooke Sullivan starting her new job as a nurse practitioner in a maximum security prison. It happens to be the same prison where the person who was convicted of attempting to kill her and who is also the father of her 10 year old son resides. The author does a great job of interweaving the new interactions with baby daddy, Shane, with the events that led to his conviction and incarceration. As the author introduces new characters, it becomes obvious very quickly the path the book is taking for final resolution.
In fact, about 1/4 of the way in I felt confident I could guess the ending. However, to the author’s credit, I was wrong and enjoyed the unexpected twists and turns the author used to finish the story. Were there numerous obvious red herrings? Yes. Did the author use many of the obvious cliches in thriller books such as storms, no cell service, impassable roads etc? Yes again.
However, much like some of the summer blockbuster movies I enjoyed over the years, if you don’t over analyze and just go where the author leads you, the book was entertaining. I know many of you might disagree and call this book fluff, but I believe some books (and movies) are fast paced and entertaining enough to be worth reading. I definitely will be back for more of Ms. McFadden’s intriguing books.
2. COURTNEY reviews for The Inmate
Sit To Bum, DOWN! 😳😯🤯😯🤯🤯
Son of a hot biscuit! Fluffin’ fluck cakes! For the love of fresh made cinnamon rolls! Oh lord this was salacious, delicious, juicy as ripe fruit! Flip sakes I sped through this like it was the NASCAR Daytona 300! (Whatever that is 😂) Freida is always a top 10 auto author for me and yet again she sets it in stone. This was an incredible plot and premise and supremely unique! I indulged & savoured this novel like my dog with peanut butter!
My Synopsis: Brooke is a single mom and a nurse practitioner. She just moved back to her hometown with her ten year old son. The only job she could get was being a nurse at a men’s maximum security prison. And now she’s about to see & face an inmate she knows – Shane; her high school sweetheart. How did he end up in prison? Because she’s the one who put him in there.
This had it all – mystery, suspense, crime, thrill and dark, twisted secrets that give you chills! Spine-tingling, heart-racing, endless suspense. I need a darn cup of calming chamomile tea after this one! Be prepared to put your entire life on hold because you’ll be too engaged with the novel to quit. How do I know? Because I blatantly told my dog Tink she was on her own for her own lunch. No shame or regret here!
*side note* my dog did not suffer from hunger or was neglected while both reading this book & writing my review. 😉
A major, deeply heartfelt thank you to Freida herself for asking me & sending me her ARC! 💜
Release Date: June 13, 2022
𝐌𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐭: 5 / 5 Lilies!! 🪷
3. KACEEY reviews for The Inmate
Brooke is a fairly new Nurse Practitioner. And she finally landed a new position. Not a job she particularly wanted. But hey, it’s the only one she could find. So for now it will have to do.
Did I mention it’s at the local penitentiary? Pretty tough in itself, but there’s more. It’s also where her first boyfriend Shane is currently serving his sentence. And it just keeps getting better…he was convicted of murdering her friends and trying to kill her! Talk about an unpleasant work environment!
Shane has always claimed he was innocent and is now concerned the real killer will come after Brooke once again.
This was an intriguing thriller that I truly thought I had figured out from the beginning! Nope! Not even close!
I listened to the audio version and the narrator did a great job! This was my first 🎧 by Freida McFadden and I am already searching for more of her works!
Thank you to my local library via Hoopla.🎧
4. CELIA reviews for The Inmate
•| ⊱✿⊰ |• 4,8 Stars •| ⊱✿⊰ |•
Well, let’s start by saying, about some reviews I’ve read, and what they said about Brooke, the main character and her lack of intelligence and judgement, that I did the same as her.
As I was reading the book, I was always changing my mind if Shane was guilty or not.
Tim was strange.
The thing I guessed without a doubt, the apple doesn’t fall far away from the tree.
If I was expecting more?
Yes, I was.
Some things didn’t make any sense, but the plot, with its twists and turns, kept me always thinking and guessing.
5. KIEARA reviews for The Inmate
This book was so good! It kept me intrigued and engaged the entire time. It kept me guessing and guessing, one of the best plot twists by far that I have read. I really loved the ending, probably my favorite part out of the whole book. If you love psychological thrillers that keep you guessing over and over again. Then this book is for you .
6. JESSICA reviews for The Inmate
unexpected plot twist
I read a comment on fb that said the plot twist was predictable for this book and boy were they wrong. I have enjoyed every book by FM that I’ve read. This book was an easy read and had multiple unexpected plot twists. I love that I always think I have it figured out and then I’m hit with a couple more twists.
7. MELANIE reviews for The Inmate
Twisty and shocking!
What a twisty and thrilling read!
This was my first book by Freida McFadden, recommended by a friend, and I was HOOKED from the beginning! I actually read this in one day, which is something I hadn’t done in a while!
It was easy to read, creepy, full of shocking twists that left me gasping! It was fast-paced and made for such an entertaining read!
I definitely recommend this book if you’re in the mood for a quick, twisty thriller you won’t be able to put down!
8. LAUR reviews for The Inmate
The last chapter and the epilogue of this book, produced a true jaw-dropping gob-smacked exclamation of “WOW” from my lips. I’m not kidding.
The story goes back and forth from 10 yrs past to the present, and repeats that cycle throughout the book as details and conversations emerge. Six teenagers got together at Brooke’s boyfriend Brandon’s house, to spend the night (3 boys – 3 girls) on this particular night. It was dark and stormy, terrible rain, no electricity, no phone service, and then…there were 3 murders with an attempt on Brooke’s life that someone tried strangling her with her necklace, but she got away from the attacker. The other 2 victims of this party were injured too, one clobbered in the head with a baseball bat, the other stabbed with a knife in the stomach.
Fast forward 10 yrs. On that night, Brooke conceived a child, a son named Josh from Brandon. Brandon happens to be the boy she put in prison by aid of her testimony. She believed Brandon committed this horrendous crime of 10 yrs ago and was the one who tried to kill her too. She has never told Josh who his father was.
So now, the 3 lives of the “survivors” intersect in the present. Brooke is a nurse practitioner who is desperate for work and can only find a job in a all men’s penitentiary, the exact same one where Brandon is. Tim who was present also on that fatal night, and who was her childhood best friend, her first practice kiss, and now her son’s school principal, renews his friendship with Brooke and the more than casual interest that he had in her…( he claims he has always loved her).
Fingers are pointing galore! The two men hate each other and each tells her to be weary of the other. Along the lines, Brooke really gets confused. She begins to wonder if her testimony put the right man in jail. She’s sure of it, and then she’s not. She never did saw the actual face of the one who tried to kill her all those years ago! She never saw the murderer that night at all, the one who killed her friends. Was she right about Brandon? Wrong about Tim? Things are really confusing about both their present behaviors and the details of their personalities and present actions.
I so thought I had this figured out. (I’m usually not wrong very often), but I was so wrong – hence refer to my first sentence.
Kudo’s to the author for writing a brilliant story WITHOUT foul-language. 👍👍 I found some of the story a little repetitive through parts, but the story itself was overall fascinating and engaging and I needed to see this confusion resolved.
First time reading this author, but won’t be the last.
This gets 5 shiny STARS ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
9. PAT reviews for The Inmate
After seeing so many positive reviews for Frieda McFadden’s books and with a bit of spare time on my hands I thought I would see what all the fuss was about.
Overall, this was a pretty exciting story. Told in both the past (11 years ago) and the present by our narrator, Brooke Sullivan. She was 17 years old when she was invited to a party at her boyfriend, Shane Nelson’s house. His mother was going to be away and three couples were going to be there. It was to be Brooke’s “first time”. Well that did happen but the rest of the night was a nightmare! Three of the young people were stabbed to death and the Brooke was being strangled from behind with her own necklace. At the time she was convinced it was her boyfriend Shane who tried to kill her. Shane and Brooke’s childhood friend Tim Reese, both survived with injuries. It was Brooke’s testimony that sent Shane to prison.
Now, 11 years later she has a 10 year old son, Josh, and is returning to her home town of Raker following the death of her parents in a car accident. She is a nurse practitioner but the only job she could find was at the prison where Shane is serving his sentence. Awkward. Of course he needed her services pretty quickly after being beaten up again. She tries to remain professional but Shame pleads his innocence most convincingly.
Meanwhile Brooke soon runs into Tim again and they restart their friendship and it slowly turns to romance. Then the unthinkable happens and suddenly Brooke is not sure any more about who attacked her that night. She didn’t actually see them but the attacker was wearing Shane’s signature aftershave.
This is where it gets really interesting. When you think it’s going to zig, the plot zags! I really felt for Brooke. She was such a sweet person, trying to be the best mother to her son and do the right thing generally. I don’t think she made dumb decisions but she was seriously manipulated. There was quite some suspense in the story, my only quibble is about the very end and, of course, I can’t describe why. Overall – a very good story though.
10. ANDREA reviews for The Inmate
This is my first read from this author, from the cover and description I thought it was more about the prison..it tells Brooke story from the past and present day.This book when I was reading it felt abit unbelievable and unrealistic but I couldnt put this book down as wanted to know what was going to happen next..Brooke works in a mens prison as a practitioner nurse she knew she would see her ex boyfriend in there and the story of the past comes to light..was he guilty or innocent…a different read which I did enjoy and still to read a couple of her books on my kindle..
III. The Inmate Quotes
The best book quotes from The Inmate by Freida McFadden
“Sometimes people do exactly what you think they’re going to do, and they still manage to disappoint you.”
“I don’t quite understand how you can love somebody so much, yet so frequently want to throttle them.”
“Tracy Gifford is the girl who was found dead over the summer. Obviously, none of us have been on a date with her. But then Tim raises his cup. And he takes a drink.”
“I look like I’m in college, and I feel like I’m fifty. Story of my life.”
“If someone truly wants to reach you, there’s always a way.”
“I had to do what I did. After all, I would do anything for my mom.”
“My mother would say that boys don’t do anything nice for you if they’re not expecting something in return.”
“After all, ten years ago, he saved my life.”
“Ugly men are good in bed, you know.”
“I love you, Brooke. That was what he said to me just a few hours before he tried to kill me.”
“I love you too,” I breathe. He leans in toward me. “And I’m going to show you how much.” And he does.”
“love your aftershave,” I murmur. “It’s sandalwood scented.” I frown. “What’s sandalwood?” “I don’t know. The wood you make sandals from?” “So basically, you smell like feet?” He laughs. “Hey, you’re the weirdo who likes it…”
“Hey, it’s Tim Reese. I got your number from the parent directory. Hope that’s not too creepy.”
“Brooke?” Tim knocks gently on the bathroom door. “Are you okay?”
“I crane my neck to look up at Hunt’s face. Whatever else I can say, I don’t think he’s making this up. He seems to really believe it. But the question is, do I believe it?”
“Because if it wasn’t him, I have made a terrible mistake.”
“He squeezes my hand in his. “I love you, Brooke.” It takes me a moment to realize what he’s said. He hasn’t told me he “lopes” me like he usually does. He said he loves me. He loves me.”
“Do they really think he’s that dangerous? The only other guy I’ve seen in the last few days who was shackled like this had an angry sneer and hate symbols tattooed all over his face.”
“He says it almost like he’s trying to impress me, the way he used to when he would throw a pass across the football field and look in my direction to make sure I saw it.”
“Shane is Josh’s father. He won’t let anything happen to him.”
“When he leans forward and kisses me, I don’t stop him.”
“He barely glances at it. “I don’t know. Yours?” “It’s not mine.”
“He seems uncomfortable talking about his exes—as do I.”
“After all, he had been deprived of this for ten years. You can’t say no to giving a glass of water to a guy who has been lost in the desert for ten years.”
“one of the many responsibilities that fall squarely on me as the only adult in the household.”
“No,” he says. “I mean, barely. We got a drink together when she was done with her shift. That’s it. It was nothing.”
“What’s sandalwood?” “I don’t know. The wood you make sandals from?” “So basically, you smell like feet?”
“He has that central obesity that makes me think he’s within five years of a major heart attack.”
“I wait for a moment, wondering if Josh will come out to greet me. There was an age when Mommy coming home was followed by the scrambling of little feet and a warm body hurling itself at my knees. Those kinds of greetings are less common now that Josh has turned ten years old. He still loves me, don’t get me wrong, just not quite so emphatically.”
Excerpted from The Inmate by Freida McFadden
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