Beautiful Ugly
The Addictive Instant Sunday Times Bestselling Thriller – 'Her Best Book Yet!' (Harlan Coben)
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3.7 • 9 Ratings
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Publisher Description
'I was consumed by this book, it's her best ever, a work of genius' – Lisa Jewell, author of None of This is True
‘Her best book yet’ – Harlan Coben, author of Fool Me Once
The million-copy bestselling author of His and Hers, Alice Feeney, returns with a gripping and deliciously dark thriller about marriage . . . and revenge.
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Author Grady Green is having the worst best day of his life.
Grady calls his wife as she’s driving home to share some exciting news. He hears Abby slam on the brakes, get out of the car, then nothing. When he eventually finds her car by a cliff edge, the headlights are on, the driver door is open, her phone is still there . . . but his wife has disappeared.
A year later, Grady is still overcome with grief and desperate to know what happened to Abby. He can’t sleep, and he can’t write, so he travels to a tiny Scottish island to try to get his life back on track. Then he sees the impossible: a woman who looks exactly like his missing wife.
Wives think their husbands will change, but they don’t.
Husbands think their wives won’t change, but they do.
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Readers are gripped by Beautiful Ugly:
'Alice Feeney's best book to date'
'What a page turner!'
'A deliciously dark tale of love, marriage and revenge'
'Tension that kept me reading-on until late in the night'
'A beautifully written tale of an ugly situation'
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More love for Beautiful Ugly . . .
'Characters that jump off the page and twists to give you whiplash. I loved every word' – Claire Douglas, author of The Wrong Sister
‘Magnetic and jaw-dropping’ – Mary Kubica, bestselling author of Local Woman Missing
‘Unforgettable’ – Chris Whitaker, bestselling author of We Begin at the End
'A masterpiece, a riveting read, immaculately written' – Janice Hallett, author of The Twyford Code
Beautiful Ugly was a Sunday Times Bestseller w/c 27/01/2025
APPLE BOOKS REVIEW
Alice Feeney is known to her many fans as the “Queen of Twists” thanks to her skill at crafting revelations nobody sees coming—and her latest riveting psychological thriller is no exception. A year after the mysterious disappearance of his wife Abby, author Grady Green is still overcome with grief. When he travels to a remote Scottish island for a change of scenery, he starts seeing a woman who looks exactly like his missing wife. Could it be her, or is his mind playing tricks? An increasingly uneasy atmosphere hangs over the narrative as we learn both Grady and Abby’s sides of the story, and we realise that neither are entirely reliable narrators. We loved the relatable exploration of how relationships can go wrong, wrapped in a propulsive mystery that kept us hooked until the final, jaw-dropping reveal.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Feeney (Good Bad Girl) stumbles with this hackneyed tale of a grieving mystery author who seeks solace on a remote Scottish island. A year after bestseller Grady Green's wife, Abby, disappears, his life hits the skids—he hardly sleeps, he's late on delivering his new novel, and his financial troubles force him to move into "the worst hotel in London." Salvation comes via Grady's agent, Kitty, who offers him the use of her deceased client's cabin on the secluded Isle of Amberley. On the ferry over, Grady thinks he sees Abby; soon, his hallucinations worsen, and he grows wary of the frosty locals. With zero cell service, no car, and a variety of macabre surprises waiting in his cabin, it takes Grady a while to notice Amberley's conspicuous absence of birds—and men. Feeney assembles her plot from familiar parts: elements of The Wicker Man, Gone Girl, and Shutter Island jostle for space among flat descriptions ("The house... is enormous, by far the biggest I've seen on the island. It should have been called the Big House on the Hill") and flatter characters. Worse, her trademark twists are more far-fetched than ever. It's a letdown. Agents: Kari Stuart, CAA, and Johnny Gellar, Curtis Brown U.K.
