The Locked Door by Freida McFadden

  

My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Category: Adult
Genre:  Mystery, Suspense, Thriller
Content: Strong language; Kidnapping, torture, murder, and animal cruelty, although none of that happens on page.

 

Some doors are locked for a reason…

While eleven-year-old Nora Davis was up in her bedroom doing homework, she had no idea her father was killing women in the basement.

Until the day the police arrived at their front door.

Decades later, Nora’s father is spending his life behind bars, and Nora is a successful surgeon with a quiet, solitary existence. Nobody knows her father was a notorious serial killer. And she intends to keep it that way.

Then Nora discovers one of her young female patients has been murdered. In the same unique and horrific manner that her father used to kill his victims.

Somebody knows who Nora is. Somebody wants her to take the fall for this unthinkable crime. But she’s not a killer like her father. The police can’t pin anything on her.

As long as they don’t look in her basement.

 

After reading the book description, I went into this wondering what was in Nora's basement. I don't think it's a spoiler at all to say this book is set up to make us wonder if we can trust Nora or not. What I really enjoyed about this book was that I could never be sure until the end. I think I followed every single misdirection the story sent my way. I'm not sure how I feel about some revelations at the end of the book but it was thoroughly enjoyable. I was completely glued to this flaws and all. I can see why this author is so popular. I'll definitely be reading more!