The Housemaid

The Housemaid Guía y cronología

Millie takes housekeeping work hoping for a fresh start, only to discover that a comfortable home can conceal a dangerous arrangement. Freida McFadden's thrillers build their suspense around employers' secrets, uneven power and the past Millie is trying to manage. The novels and screen adaptations tell their versions of those domestic traps.

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The Housemaid: Let Each Household Keep Its Secrets

Begin with The Housemaid, then The Housemaid's Secret. The Wedding short can fit before The Housemaid Is Watching, or be read later as a look back.

Entries
6
Released
5
Upcoming
1
Span
2022-2025

The book and screen routes tell their own versions. Avoid reading later household summaries before the earlier thriller has revealed its secrets.

Overview & recommendation

Millie's work puts her inside other people's comfortable homes while leaving her unsure which part of their behaviour to trust. The first novel introduces that imbalance and her own guarded history, so a later title is more likely to spoil an earlier surprise than supply necessary background.

The Wedding offers a smaller interval in the continuing literary story. Its placement can follow the characters' lives rather than the day it was published. Screen adaptations are another option for experiencing a case; they are not an interlude Millie visits between the source novels.

Read the novels from the first Housemaid. After The Housemaid's Secret, choose the Wedding short before Is Watching if following Millie's life closely, or return to it afterward. For the films, begin the screen adaptation at its own first entry without switching format midway through a book's suspense.

Millie's Prose and Screen Versions Novels, a short interval and adaptation

The literary group follows Millie through the novels and Wedding. The screen group retells selected material separately, rather than filling a gap in the book sequence.

  • Books (4 entries)

    Millie's novel sequence, with The Housemaid's Wedding as the shorter interval between Secret and Is Watching or an optional later look back.

  • Screen Adaptation (2 entries)

    The screen interpretations of Millie's household thrillers, followed as adaptations rather than new events between the novels.

Millie's Reading Route 6 entries

Keep the first two novels ahead of the later household. The Wedding's shorter scope gives you a choice of an interval or a retrospective return.

  1. 1
    The HousemaidNovel · 2022
  2. 2
    The HousemaidFilm · 2025
  3. 3
    The Housemaid's SecretNovel · 2023
  4. 4
    The Housemaid's SecretFilm · Dec 17, 2027Upcoming
  5. 5
    The Housemaid's WeddingNovel · 2024
  6. 6
    The Housemaid Is WatchingNovel · 2024

Where the Wedding Fits 6 entries

The Wedding takes place between The Housemaid's Secret and The Housemaid Is Watching. Its later publication does not require moving the event after the third novel's story.

  1. 1
    2022The HousemaidNovel · 2022
  2. 2
    2023The Housemaid's SecretNovel · 2023
  3. 3
    2024The Housemaid Is WatchingNovel · 2024
  4. 4
    2024The Housemaid's WeddingNovel · 2024
  5. 5
    2025The HousemaidFilm · 2025
  6. 6
    2027The Housemaid's SecretFilm · Dec 17, 2027Upcoming

Frequently asked questions 6 answers

Is The Housemaid's Wedding the third full novel?

It is a shorter story between the second and third novels in Millie's life. The Housemaid Is Watching remains the later main novel in that route.

Must I read the Wedding before Is Watching?

It can be read there for story progression, or afterward as a flashback. Treat that as a reading choice rather than a reason to delay the next novel.

How many Housemaid movies and books are there?

The Housemaid has 6 entries: 4 books and 2 movies, released between 2022 and 2025. 5 are already released and 1 is upcoming.

What is the chronological order of The Housemaid?

In chronological (in-universe) order, The Housemaid begins with The Housemaid (2022) and ends with The Housemaid's Secret. The full chronological list of 6 entries is above.

What is the release order of The Housemaid?

By release date, The Housemaid starts with The Housemaid (2022). The most recent release is The Housemaid (2025).

What is the next The Housemaid release and what should I read before it?

The next The Housemaid release is The Housemaid's Secret (Dec 17, 2027). To catch up first, choose the relevant continuity and read its released entries. Include alternative editions only if you want them in your personal goal.

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