Beautiful Ugly, Alice Feeney
Beautiful Ugly, Alice Feeney
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Beautiful Ugly
A Novel

Bestseller

Author: Alice Feeney

Narrator: Richard Armitage, Tuppence Middleton

Unabridged: 9 hr 23 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 01/14/2025


Synopsis

This program is read by actor Richard Armitage, best known for his role in The Hobbit film trilogy, and actress Tuppence Middleton, best known for her role in Downton Abbey.

Beautiful Ugly features sound design and special effects to enhance your listening enjoyment. Listen out for the sounds of the ocean surrounding the island and the tick tock of the metronome!

“Her best book yet.” —Harlan Coben

“Get ready for a bit of whiplash in mega-bestselling Feeney’s seventh thriller, superbly read by British actors Armitage and Middleton.”—Booklist

The million-copy bestselling Queen of Twists Alice Feeney returns with a gripping and deliciously dark thriller about marriage. . .

. . . and revenge.

Author Grady Green is having the worst best day of his life.

Grady calls his wife to share some exciting news as she is driving home. He hears Abby slam on the brakes, get out of the car, then nothing. When he eventually finds her car by the 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.

“Magnetic and jaw-dropping.” —Mary Kubica, bestselling author

"Unforgettable." —Chris Whitaker, bestselling author

A Macmillan Audio production from Flatiron Books.

About Alice Feeney

Alice Feeney is the New York Times bestselling author of Beautiful Ugly, Good Bad Girl, Daisy Darker, Rock Paper Scissors, His & Hers, I Know Who You Are, and Sometimes I Lie. Her novels have been translated into over thirty languages, and have been optioned for major screen adaptations. Alice was a BBC journalist for fifteen years, and now lives in the Devon countryside with her family.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Nilufer on May 13, 2025

Final review after desperately waiting for ARC and buying my own😂📚: Oh boy! For the first time after finishing a book, I’m unsure how I truly feel about it. It started off as a five-star read, hooking me with the intriguing mystery of a wife’s eccentric disappearance and Grady, the grieving husband w......more

Goodreads review by Sara on January 17, 2025

Bit of a slow burn mystery - which I feel is hard to do since it doesn’t leave you on the edge of your seat the whole time. BUT Alice Feeney is the queen of plot twists (she always gets me) & I can say she did this time as well! The whole book felt like a build up for the surprise ending & the main......more

Goodreads review by Sydney Books on January 22, 2025

Wait WHAT just happened......more

Goodreads review by Emily May on November 18, 2024

It's been years since I read an Alice Feeney book because the last one I read-- I Know Who You Are --was so bad that it really put me off. But she's gained an impressive fan base since then; enough to make me want to try another. So here we are. And I can now feel confident in my decision to avoid th......more

Goodreads review by Ali on March 15, 2025

3.75 stars! I reallyyyy enjoyed this mystery! Great hook & great ending twist!! I never ever would've guessed the twist. Some parts in the middle felt a little repetitive and the twist was a tiny bit far fetched but I also mostly loved this book. Lots of weird wild things happening that I had no ide......more


Quotes

“I was consumed by this book. It’s her best ever, a work of genius.”
—Lisa Jewell, #1 bestselling author

“Alice Feeney is one of my favorite thriller writers and this is her best book yet. Highly addictive and beautifully written. Read Beautiful Ugly right now and thank me later.”
—Harlan Coben, #1 bestselling author

“Alice Feeney is back with another magnetic and jaw-dropping thriller. With a dreamlike quality and atmosphere that is off the charts, Beautiful Ugly takes readers into a world that is charming on the surface, but with danger, hatred and revenge lurking just beneath. Both witty and terrifying; I couldn't put it down!”
—Mary Kubica, bestselling author

“Wicked, wild, sinister and shocking. Alice Feeney rips up the rule book yet again. Beautiful Ugly is unpredictable and unforgettable.”
—Chris Whitaker, bestselling author

“A riveting, hypnotic thriller that begs to be read in one sitting. Beautiful Ugly is Alice Feeney at her twisty, unpredictable best!”
—Amy Tintera, bestselling author

“The book’s slow unfolding of dread, mystery, and then truth is both creative and well-paced. . . Deeply satisfying.”
Kirkus

“Alice Feeney’s thrillers are always such a fun time, filled with well-earned twists and surprises. And Beautiful Ugly might just be her best one yet.”
—BookRiot

“Be prepared to put your life on hold when you start this novel because there is a new twist on pretty much every page. Will you believe the husband or the wife’s story? As with every marriage, the truth is pretty murky right up to the very end. This is immersive and addictive storytelling.”
—Araminta Hall, bestselling author of One of the Good Guys

“When I started reading Beautiful Ugly I was not prepared to feel such joy in the writing, yet such terror in the story. A missing wife, a tortured couple and a lonely writer banished to a mysterious Scottish island, this exquisite novel is a relationship drama, a darkly twisting thriller and an examination of the fine line between isolation and loneliness. Alice Feeney has created a masterpiece, a riveting read, immaculately written.”
—Janice Hallett, bestselling author

“I’m a huge fan of Alice Feeney and Beautiful Ugly is an atmospheric gem of a thriller, weaving an unpredictable and clever plot that will keep you guessing until the very end. 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, bestselling author