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The Intruder

By Freida McFadden Narrated by Joe Hempel ⏱ 8 hrs 19 mins 📅 2025 ★★★★½4.5 · 11,056 ratings

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Narrated by Joe Hempel and Patricia Santomasso and Tina Wolstencroft, The Intruder by Freida McFadden has a runtime of 8 hrs 19 mins on Audible.

Publisher’s Summary

There’s someone at your front door—should you let them in? Find out in a riveting new thriller from global sensation and #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Housemaid, Freida McFadden!

Who knows what the storm will blow in…

Casey’s cabin in the wilderness is not built for a hurricane. Her roof shakes, the lights flicker, and the tree outside her front door sways ominously in the wind. But she’s a lot more worried about the girl she discovers lurking outside her kitchen window.

She’s young. She’s alone. And she’s covered in blood.

The girl won’t explain where she came from, or loosen her grip on the knife in her right hand. And when Casey makes a disturbing discovery in the middle of the night, things take a turn for the worse.

The girl has a dark secret. One she’ll kill to keep. And if Casey gets too close to the truth, she may not live to see the morning.

In this taut, deadly tale of survival and desperation, #1 New York Times bestselling author Freida McFadden explores how far one girl will go to save herself.

Audiobook Details

  • Narrated by: Joe Hempel and Patricia Santomasso and Tina Wolstencroft
  • Length: 8 hrs 19 mins
  • Publisher: Dreamscape Media
  • Release year: 2025
  • Audible category: Mystery, Thriller & Suspense / Thriller & Suspense / Domestic Thrillers

Listener Ratings

The Intruder holds an average listener rating of 4.5/5 from 11056 Audible ratings.

On Audible, ratings for this title break down into narration performance and story separately:

  • Performance (narration): 4.6/5
  • Story: 4.4/5
  • 5-star ratings: 65% of all ratings

What Audible Listeners Are Saying

4/5 stars — “Least Favorite”
I have read every one of her books but i have to say this was my least favorite one. The story was losely connected and i really dislike books that jump back and forth. I really hope that she is not rushing her stories out to take advantage of her immense popularity

— PeggyB, Audible listener

5/5 stars — “Gobsmacked! “
Absolutely her best thus far with more twists and turns than her usual! Could not have seen any of it coming and the very end was absolutely brilliant! The entire story was brilliant! We got a twist in the middle and a shocker in the end! Well done McFadden! Narration was excellent as well! 10 stars!

— Book Stalker , Audible listener

5/5 stars — “Freida McFadden does it again!”
Okay, listen. The Intruder is Freida at her absolute best — dark, twisted, and totally unhinged in all the right ways. I liked The Housemaid, sure, but this one? It’s smarter, creepier, and way more unpredictable.

From the first chapter, I was suspicious of everyone — and I still managed to get blindsided. Every time I thought, “yep, I’ve cracked it,” Freida basically said, “sit down, sweetheart.” The pacing is ruthless. The characters are messy in that perfect psychological-thriller way. And the ending…a classic mic drop.

This book is chaos and tension wrapped in Freida’s signature “what the hell just happened” bow — and I loved every second. If you need a thriller that will mess with your head in the best way possible — The Intruder is it.

— Karen M Shields, Audible listener

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