The Housemaid's Secret
Book Playlist

The Housemaid's Secret Playlist

by Freida McFadden

20 tracks
balanced
Nov 5, 2026
7 mixes for this book

The instrumental opening moves through the penthouse’s immaculate surfaces and Millie’s growing unease, with taut electronics and chamber music suggesting secrets kept behind closed doors. The vocal half shifts between suspicion, concealment, and the strain of Millie’s precarious position, while keeping a measured pace suited to reading.

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Track List

20 songs
1

Hand Covers Bruise

Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross · The Social Network

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2

Intriguing Possibilities

Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross · The Social Network

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3

Barbara Rose

Jonny Greenwood · Phantom Thread (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

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4

String Quartet No. 8 in C Minor, Op. 110: IV. Largo

Dmitri Shostakovich · Shostakovich: String Quartets Nos. 1, 8 & 14

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5

Reach For The Dead

Boards of Canada · Tomorrow's Harvest

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6

Alberto Balsalm

Aphex Twin · ...I Care Because You Do

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7

A Warm Place

Nine Inch Nails · The Downward Spiral (Deluxe Edition)

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8

La Mer

Nine Inch Nails · The Fragile

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9

The House of the Rising Sun

The Animals · The House of the Rising Sun: Best of The Animals

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10

Every Breath You Take

The Police · The Very Best Of Sting And The Police

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11

Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This) - 2005 Remaster

Eurythmics · Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This)

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12

Where Is My Mind? - 2007 Remaster

Pixies · Surfer Rosa (2007 Remaster)

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13

Criminal

Fiona Apple · Tidal

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14

Little Lies - 2017 Remaster

Fleetwood Mac · Tango in the Night (2017 Remaster)

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15

She's Not There

The Zombies · The Original Studio Recordings, Vol. 1

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16

Disturbia

Rihanna · Good Girl Gone Bad: Reloaded

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17

Don't Speak

No Doubt · Tragic Kingdom

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18

cellophane

FKA twigs · MAGDALENE

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19

Human

Sevdaliza · Ison

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20

Auto Rock

Mogwai · Mr. Beast

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Mood balanced
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Length medium
Instrumental request 50%
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