Ward D by Freida McFadden (Paperback)

Amy Brenner has dreaded this night for years. As a medical student, she knew the overnight rotation on Ward D—the hospital’s locked psychiatric unit—was unavoidable. Yet she has spent her entire training hoping she could somehow avoid setting foot inside. Ward D holds memories she has buried deep, and she intends to keep them hidden.

From the moment the heavy doors lock behind her, Amy feels the weight of the ward closing in. The patients watch her with sharp, assessing eyes. The staff seem tense and distracted. The atmosphere is thick with unease, and every sound echoes through the long, dim corridors.

As the night slowly drags on, Amy notices things that don’t add up. A patient vanishes from a room without anyone seeing them leave. A staff member who should be on shift is nowhere to be found. Whispered conversations end as she walks by, and security feels stretched thin.

The more Amy observes, the more certain she becomes that something dangerous is unfolding on the unit. Each disappearance adds to a growing sense of dread. The ward feels increasingly cut off from the rest of the hospital, as though the outside world is slipping away.

Amy came into Ward D fearing old memories. Now she fears she may not make it out at all. To survive the night, she must confront secrets long kept buried while navigating a ward where nothing is as it seems.