Can’t Wait Wednesday #199: The Witch by Freida McFadden

Can’t Wait Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted by Wishful Endings, to spotlight and discuss the books we’re excited about that we have yet to read. Generally they’re books that have yet to be released. It’s based on Waiting on Wednesday, hosted by the Jill at Breaking the Spine. So let me introduce you my Can’t Wait Wednesday #199 pick. Click on the book’s cover to add it to your Goodreads shelf (opens in a new window).

The Witch by Freida McFadden book cover — Expected Publication: October 6 by Poisoned Pen Press / Dreamscape Media.
Length: 352 pages / ~10 hours.
Narrator: Saskia Maarleveid, Marin Ireland.
Genre: Mysteries & Thrillers

From The Publisher:

Some secrets don’t die―they wait.

When Julia Barlow loses her job and her apartment, she has nowhere left to go but Pemberton, her family’s sprawling seventeenth-century estate in rural Massachusetts. Officially, she’s there to check in on her aging grandmother. Unofficially, she’s hoping the old house will give her a place to disappear.

Instead, Pemberton begins to unravel her.

Every night, the grandfather clock stops at exactly 3:41 a.m. The lights flicker without warning. And a disembodied voice cries for help outside Julia’s bedroom door.

As Julia digs into the house’s dark history, she uncovers the story of a woman executed for witchcraft in 1692―and realizes the past may not be finished with Pemberton yet. When decades of family lies begin to surface, Julia must confront a terrifying Pemberton may be haunted by women whose voices refuse to stay silent.

Why I Can’t Wait to Read The Witch:

Freida McFadden has quickly become an auto-read author for me having read several of her books already in 2026. This book sounds like a great choice for a Halloween thriller – don’t you agree?