Alice Feeney is at it again, delivering a masterclass in twisty thrillers with My Husband’s Wife. A simple concept of Eden Fox going out for a run only to return to find her husband and another woman claiming to be her. But that is only the beginning.
Eden Fox, an artist on the brink of her big break, sets off for a run before her first exhibition. When she returns to the home she recently moved into, Spyglass, an enchanting old house in Hope Falls, nothing is as it should be. Her key doesn’t fit. A woman, eerily similar to her, answers the door. And her husband insists that the stranger is his wife.
One house. One husband. Two women. Someone is lying.
Six months earlier, a reclusive Londoner called Birdy, reeling from a life-changing diagnosis, inherits Spyglass. This unexpected gift from a long-lost grandmother brings her to the pretty seaside village of Hope Falls. But then Birdy stumbles upon a shadowy London clinic that claims to be able to predict a person’s date of death, including her own. Secrets start to unravel, and as the line between truth and lies blurs, Birdy feels compelled to right some old wrongs.
Alice Feeney truly has a knack for telling compelling and twisty tales are impossible to put down and My Husband’s Wife is no exception. With short chapters, ightning fast pacing, and nonstop twists made for a fantastic and thrilling read. The novel is a maze of deception and obsession that kept me guessing right up until the very end and was shocked by the conclusion.
The book begins with a gripping premise, Eden Fox going for a jog only to return to her husband with a different wife claiming to be her, this book is so much more. It’s about life, death, grief, family, community, and most of all, deception. Nothing is ever quite what it seems, and you never know when the story will shift. Feeney leads you down one path, only to pull the rug out from underneath you and send you another direction, making for a book that is hard to pause.
Feeney’s signature style is clear in this novel, multiple points of view and a fast pace, which in some novels can be hard for me to follow along. However, the characters featured in the novel are different enough to make them easy to follow along. Plus, I always find Feeney’s shorter chapters easier to follow and allows my brain to take a few seconds to comprehend what the heck just happened before heading into the next part of the story. This is truly brilliant storytelling from Feeney.
My Husband’s Wife is a thrilling mystery steeped in lies and deception with more twists than a roller coaster. Alice Feeney has crafted yet another stellar novel that’s hard to put down. With characters you care about, even though you might also hate them, and a plot full of original, unpredictable turns, this book makes for an unforgettable must-read.
My Husband’s Wife hits bookstores everywhere on January 20, 2025 from Pine & Cedar. The audiobook is available for preorder via Libro.fm!
