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Beautiful Ugly

By: Alice Feeney
Narrated by: Richard Armitage, Tuppence Middleton
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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 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.

©2024 Alice Feeney (P)2024 Macmillan Australia Audio
Domestic Thrillers Editors Select Genre Fiction Psychological Thriller & Suspense Exciting Scary

Critic Reviews

‘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

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Wasn’t too ugly

Fast paced and really kept me entertained , glad I went with the audible version or I may have found it less enjoyable, pretty tame for a thriller

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I rolled my eyes too many times

I sighed, eye rolled and scoffed so many times during this. Several times I nearly just gave in.
It’s fine to listen to but the story is rather far fetched.

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The narration was A1 along with the accents and subtle background sounds

Final act leaves perhaps a little up to interpretation which could also be seen as a good thing. I’ll definitely be doing some deep diving into it to get some further clarity between what was and wasn’t the protagonists’s own imagination / reality

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Not my favourite

Good performance but the storyline I found myself getting a bit bored and then at the end the plot was so far fetched and I was just over it by then. Usually like this authors books but this was a no for me.

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Couldn’t put it down

Fantastic twists and turns! Had me guessing until the very end. Beautifully written and narrated! I couldn’t put it down!

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Wow - ending with a difference

Always enjoy Richard Armitage narrations. Story was quite different, a little confusing at times, and the ending, most unexpected.

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Enjoyable Suspense

Loved the deep interaction between main characters and their emotional interplay. well written with a strong plot that drives the story.

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Unexpected twists and turns

My first by this author and I was captivated from the beginning. Richard Armitage narrates and becomes this character so well.

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Beautiful Ugly

What a great book… twists and turns I definitely wasn’t expecting. Brilliantly read to me with a real feeling for the book.

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Got me hooked but rubbish ending

Wicker Man springs to mind…. Not the same but reminded me. Narrator fabulous as usual

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