Beautiful Ugly is a gripping psychological thriller set on a remote Scottish island. The story follows Grady, a novelist struggling to write his second book after the mysterious disappearance of his wife a year earlier.
Haunted by her absence, he begins to see her everywhere, but are these visions real, or just fragments of his unravelling mind? As the lines between reality and hallucination blur, both Grady - and the reader - are drawn into a haunting, atmospheric mystery that keeps you questioning until the very last page.
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.
'I was consumed by this book, it's her best ever, a work of genius' - Lisa Jewell
'Brilliant and chilling, with an inspired setting, characters that jump off the page and twists to give you whiplash. I loved every word' - Claire Douglas
'Her best book yet' - Harlan Coben, author of Fool Me Once
'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
Author
About Alice Feeney
Alice Feeney is a writer and journalist. She has spent 15 years with BBC News where she worked as a Reporter, News Editor, Arts and Entertainment Producer and One O'Clock News Producer. Alice is a recent graduate of the Faber Academy Writing a Novel course. Alice has lived in London and Sydney and has now settled in the Surrey countryside, where she lives with her husband and dog.
