Brain Damage by Freida McFadden

Category:Mystery/Suspense/Thriller

Rating:3.72/5 

Pages:384 

About the Book:

Brain Damage is a psychological thriller by #1 bestselling author Freida McFadden, a physician specializing in brain injury. The novel combines McFadden’s medical knowledge with her trademark suspenseful storytelling, exploring fractured memory, buried secrets, trauma, trust, and the frightening ways the mind can protect itself from painful truths. The story was originally published in 2016 and received a new Poisoned Pen Press paperback edition in 2026.

The story follows Dr. Charly McKenna, a successful dermatologist whose life changes when a bullet tears through her skull in an attempted murder. She wakes in a rehabilitation hospital unable to walk, speak, or remember her own name, knowing only that someone tried to kill her and may still be nearby. As fragments of her memory return, Charly begins questioning the people around her, including her husband and an attentive man who keeps appearing at her bedside. She must piece together what happened before the person who wants her dead gets another chance.