The Widow's Husband's Secret Lie
A Satirical Short Story
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Narrated by:
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Marin Ireland
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Freida McFadden
About this listen
A short satirical thriller from bestselling author Freida McFadden.
My husband is dead.
I attended his funeral. I watched his casket be lowered six feet into the ground. (Actually, it may have been only five feet, but that still seems like more than enough.) And then we ate an array of finger sandwiches and deviled eggs and miniature beef wellingtons that cost more than my first car.
My point is, Grant is gone. And so are all his many, many deep, dark secrets which I never really ever bothered to ask him about. He is never coming back.
So why do I still see his face everywhere I go?
The Widow's Husband's Secret Lie is an utterly addictive, binge-worthy, nail-biting, absolutely gripping psychological thriller novella with a shocking, breathtaking, heartstopping, spine-chilling twist that you won't see coming, will leave you stunned, and will literally have you picking your jaw up off the floor and bringing it to the nearest hospital for major facial reconstructive surgery.
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- By Kristen Chappell on 01-06-22
By: Freida McFadden
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Dead Med
- By: Freida McFadden
- Narrated by: Patricia Santomasso, Scott Merriman
- Length: 10 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,733
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,676
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,676
When Heather McKinley dreamed of becoming a doctor, she imagined curing sick kids and sporting pink stethoscopes. She never anticipated the sleepless nights, grueling exams, and endless labs. And she certainly never knew that her medical school earned the nickname Dead Med thanks to the tragic history of students overdosing on illegal drugs. But Heather would never consider doing anything like that. That is, until her longtime boyfriend dumps her, she finds herself failing anatomy, and her world starts to crumble.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Hmm
- By Morgan Meaux on 08-22-24
By: Freida McFadden
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The Surrogate Mother
- By: Freida McFadden
- Narrated by: Alyson Krawchuk
- Length: 7 hrs and 46 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,723
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,610
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,610
Abby wants a baby more than anything. But after years of failed infertility treatments and adoptions that have fallen through, it seems like motherhood is not in her future. That is, until her personal assistant Monica makes a generous offer that will make all of Abby's dreams come true. But it turns out Monica isn't who she says she is. The woman now carrying Abby's child has an unspeakable secret. And she will stop at nothing to get what she wants.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Enjoyable and easy to follow
- By jmj on 08-27-22
By: Freida McFadden
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One by One
- By: Freida McFadden
- Narrated by: Alyson Krawchuk
- Length: 6 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 2,839
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 2,683
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Story4 out of 5 stars 2,682
A night spent sleeping on dirt and leaves is not how Claire Matchett expected to spend her vacation. She thought this would be a break. A week of hiking and hot tubs with two other couple friends. Then Claire’s minivan breaks down on a lonely dirt road. With no cell reception, the group has no choice but to hike the rest of the way to their hotel. But it turns out the woods aren’t as easy to navigate as they thought. Hours later, they are lost. Hopelessly lost. And as they navigate deeper into the woods, the members of their party are struck down mysteriously one by one.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Mehhh
- By Dakota Harrison on 04-17-24
By: Freida McFadden
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Baby City
- By: Freida McFadden, Kelly Stoddard
- Narrated by: Phillipa Miller
- Length: 9 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 214
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 205
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Story4 out of 5 stars 205
There are only three things in this world that are certain: death, taxes, and babies. Nobody knows this truth better than Emily McCoy, a third year resident working in Baby City, the affectionate nickname for the busy Labor and Delivery unit at a New York City hospital. On a typical day in Baby City, Emily delivers more babies than the number of hours of sleep she manages to squeeze in that night. And definitely more than the number of dates she's been on since she started her training in OB/GYN two years earlier.
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3 out of 5 stars
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There really wasn’t much of a purpose for this book.
- By Karyn on 01-29-25
By: Freida McFadden, and others
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The Devil Wears Scrubs
- Dr. Jane McGill, Book 1
- By: Freida McFadden
- Narrated by: Victoria Connolly
- Length: 7 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall3.5 out of 5 stars 603
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 580
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Story3.5 out of 5 stars 579
Newly minted doctor Jane McGill is in hell. Not literally, of course. But between her drug addict patients, sleepless nights on call, and battling wits with the sadistic yet charming Sexy Surgeon, Jane can’t imagine an afterlife much worse than her first month of medical internship at County Hospital. And then there’s the devil herself: Jane’s senior resident Dr. Alyssa Morgan. When Alyssa becomes absolutely hell-bent on making her new interns pay tenfold for the deadly sin of incompetence, Jane starts to worry that she may not make it through the year with her soul or her sanity still intact.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Not what you're expecting
- By Ryan on 08-19-24
By: Freida McFadden
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The Ex
- By: Freida McFadden
- Narrated by: Nicol Zanzarella
- Length: 8 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 4,586
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 4,361
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 4,353
Cassie thinks she has met the perfect man. Joel is sweet, handsome, romantic, and best of all, he’s crazy about Cassie. She thinks she’s found the guy she’ll spend the rest of her life with. Have children with. Grow old with. Yes, she knows about his perfect ex-girlfriend, Francesca. The beautiful, brilliant chef, beloved by all his friends. But she thinks Francesca is out of the picture. She thinks Francesca is gone for good. Think again, Cassie.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Entertaining
- By itay on 06-15-22
By: Freida McFadden
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Brain Damage
- By: Freida McFadden
- Narrated by: Megan Tusing
- Length: 9 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 3,068
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 2,922
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 2,921
As Charly struggles to recover from her brain injury, she begins to realize that the events of that fateful night are trapped in the damaged right side of her brain. Now, she must put the jigsaw pieces together to discover the identity of the man who tried to kill her...before he finishes the job he started.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Who Else Laughed, Cried, and Shuddered?
- By Jennifer Chichester on 09-16-22
By: Freida McFadden
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Do You Remember?
- By: Freida McFadden
- Narrated by: Teri Schnaubelt
- Length: 7 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 3,326
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 3,167
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Story4 out of 5 stars 3,166
Tess Strebel can’t recognize her own face. She can’t recognize her home. Her bedroom is unfamiliar. And she can’t remember the handsome stranger lying next to her in bed. A stranger who claims he’s her husband. Tess reads a letter in her own handwriting, composed during a rare lucid day, explaining her life as it now exists: she was in a terrible car accident one year ago. Every morning, she wakes up unable to remember most of the last decade. Including her own wedding.
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3 out of 5 stars
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One of the better ones
- By cotswoldrose on 10-13-24
By: Freida McFadden
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The Locked Door
- By: Freida McFadden
- Narrated by: Leslie Howard
- Length: 7 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 2,568
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 2,463
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 2,463
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.
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4 out of 5 stars
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This is a Re-release from 2021!
- By Itwasntme on 12-19-24
By: Freida McFadden
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The Coworker
- By: Freida McFadden
- Narrated by: Alyson Krawchuk
- Length: 8 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 2,900
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 2,725
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Story4 out of 5 stars 2,723
Two women. An office filled with secrets. One terrible crime that can't be taken back. Dawn Schiff is strange. At least, everyone thinks so at Vixed, the nutritional supplement company where Dawn works as an accountant. She never says the right thing. She has no friends. And she is always at her desk at precisely 8:45 a.m.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Turtle lovers only
- By HailtoTheVictors on 09-03-23
By: Freida McFadden
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Ward D
- By: Freida McFadden
- Narrated by: Leslie Howard
- Length: 7 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 3,454
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 3,260
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Story4 out of 5 stars 3,260
Medical student Amy Brenner is spending the night on a locked psychiatric ward. Amy has been dreading her evening working on Ward D, the hospital’s inpatient mental health unit. There are very specific reasons why she never wanted to do this required overnight rotation. Reasons nobody can ever find out. And as the hours tick by, Amy grows increasingly convinced something terrible is happening within these tightly secured walls.
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5 out of 5 stars
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- By Hali on 05-14-23
By: Freida McFadden
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The Wife Upstairs
- By: Freida McFadden
- Narrated by: Angie Kane
- Length: 9 hrs and 46 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 5,706
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 5,410
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 5,409
Victoria Barnett has it all: a great career as a nurse practitioner, a handsome and loving husband, a beautiful home in the suburbs, and a plan to fill it with children. Life is perfect—or so it seems. Then she’s in a terrible accident...and everything falls apart. Now Victoria is unable to walk. She can’t feed or dress herself. She can’t even speak. She is confined to the top floor of her house with 24-hour care.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Frustratingly stupid female characters
- By Suzanne on 06-14-22
By: Freida McFadden
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Do Not Disturb
- By: Freida McFadden
- Narrated by: Holly Adams, Daniel Thomas May
- Length: 7 hrs and 53 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 8,840
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 8,493
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Story4 out of 5 stars 8,489
Quinn Alexander has committed an unthinkable crime. To avoid spending her life in prison, Quinn makes a run for it. She leaves behind her home, her job, and her family. She grabs her passport and heads for the northern border before the police can discover what she's done. But when an unexpected snowstorm forces her off the road, Quinn must take refuge at the broken-down, isolated Baxter Motel. The handsome and kindly owner, Nick Baxter, is only too happy to offer her a cheap room for the night. Unfortunately, the Baxter Motel isn't the quiet safe haven it seemed to be.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Good story
- By Ana Camp on 10-24-22
By: Freida McFadden
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The Crash
- By: Freida McFadden
- Narrated by: Leslie Howard
- Length: 9 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 5,548
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 5,407
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Story4 out of 5 stars 5,407
Tegan is eight months pregnant, alone, and desperately wants to put her crumbling life in the rearview mirror. So she hits the road, planning to stay with her brother until she can figure out her next move. But she doesn't realize she's heading straight into a blizzard. She never arrives at her destination. Stranded in rural Maine with a dead car and broken ankle, Tegan worries she's made a terrible mistake. Then a miracle occurs: she is rescued by a couple who offers her a room in their warm cabin until the snow clears. But something isn't right.
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3 out of 5 stars
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It was ok...
- By Tiffany on 01-29-25
By: Freida McFadden
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The Housemaid's Wedding
- A Short Story
- By: Freida McFadden
- Narrated by: Edoardo Ballerini, Lauryn Allman
- Length: 1 hr and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall0 out of 5 stars 0
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Performance0 out of 5 stars 0
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Story0 out of 5 stars 0
Today is supposed to be the happiest day of my lifeI'm engaged to the man of my dreams, and in a few short hours, I'm going to stand before a judge, who will declare us husband and wife, till death does us part. Despite some bumps in the road, this day is everything I dreamed it would be. There's only one problem: Someone out there doesn't want me to live long enough to say my vows. And if I'm not careful, they may very well get their wish.
By: Freida McFadden
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The Perfect Son
- By: Freida McFadden
- Narrated by: Suzie Althens, Daniel Thomas May
- Length: 7 hrs and 58 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 12,217
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 11,745
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 11,746
Erika Cass has a perfect family and a perfect life. Until the evening when two detectives show up at her front door. A high school girl has vanished from Erika's quiet suburban neighborhood. The police suspect the worst - murder. And Erika's teenage son, Liam, was the last person to see the girl alive. Erika has always sensed something dark and disturbed in her seemingly perfect older child. She wants to believe he's innocent, but as the evidence mounts, she can't deny the truth - Liam may have done the unthinkable.
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1 out of 5 stars
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If you love animals give this one a miss!
- By Rachel on 08-18-22
By: Freida McFadden
I loved it!
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what a clever captivating intriguing fun short story
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Funniest thing I have read in ages!
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Funny!!
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A few smiles but no LOLs
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This wasn’t my favorite
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Satire
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Cheesy
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Quick read
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Funny
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