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Beautiful Ugly
- Author
- Alice Feeney
- Publisher
- Pan Macmillan
- Publish Date
- 30 January 2025
- Run Time
- 9 hours 24 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
- Rating
- 5.0 (7 reviews)
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What to expect
PREPARE TO BE HOOKED BY THE GRIPPING THRILLER FROM SUNDAY TIMES AND MULTI-MILLION-COPY BESTSELLER ALICE FEENEY. NARRATED BY RICHARD ARMITAGE (THE HOBBIT, FOOL ME ONCE) AND TUPPENCE MIDDLETON (DOWNTON ABBEY).
*AN INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER*
Wives think their husbands will change, but they don’t.
Husbands think their wives won’t change, but they do.
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.
EVERYONE LOVES BEAUTIFUL UGLY:
'I was consumed by this book, it's her best ever, a work of genius' – LISA JEWELL
'Her best book yet' – HARLAN COBEN
'I loved every word' – CLAIRE DOUGLAS
‘Unforgettable’ – CHRIS WHITAKER
'A masterpiece' – JANICE HALLETT
READERS ARE ALSO HOOKED BY BEAUTIFUL UGLY:
'Alice Feeney's best book to date'
'A deliciously dark tale of love, marriage and revenge'
'A beautifully written tale of an ugly situation'
Beautiful Ugly was a Sunday Times Bestseller w/c 27/01/2025
Critics Review
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Alice Feeney is one of my absolute favourites
Samantha Downing, bestselling author of For Your Own Good
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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, author of The Twyford Code
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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, author of Local Woman Missing
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Wicked, wild, sinister and shocking. Alice Feeney rips up the rule book yet again. Beautiful Ugly is unpredictable and unforgettable
Chris Whitaker, author of We Begin at the End
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Alice Feeney is one of my favourite 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, author of Fool Me Once
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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, author of The Sisters
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Sharp, devious and so clever. The ending blindsided me completely!
Natalie Chandler, author of What We Did
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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, author of One of the Good Guys
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I was consumed by this book, it's her best ever, a work of genius.
Lisa Jewell, author of None of This is True
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This is dazzling and clever, and builds to a brilliant finale with an audacious pay off. I loved it!
Chris Ewan, author of The House Hunt
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Dark, clever, unusual and so beautifully written. A rare book were I truly had no idea where it was going, but that rewarded me with a surprise ending that worked perfectly.
Louise Swanson, author of End of Story
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Feeney is firmly established as psycho thriller royalty, so expectations are high with each new title . . . Her cleverly titled latest book does not disappoint . . . a brilliant study of marriage and revenge
The Daily Mail
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Packed with twists that I didn’t even guess at . . . an enjoyable ride to a brilliantly dark ending
The Observer
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Wonderfully atmospheric, buckle up - this has more twists than a roller coaster
Crime Monthly
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As riveting as it is probing, Feeney just gets better and better
The i
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This is a captivating read full of the twists and turns we’d expect from Alice’s work but are no less brilliant when you witness them
Belfast Telegraph
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A gripping psychological drama of seeming impossibilities
Irish Independent
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Feeney is the mistress of creating an ominous atmosphere and a multi-layered plot. With an enticing title and her track record it’s sure to be a winner
Mail on Sunday
User Reviews
Book 5.0
Narration 5.0
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5.0 5.0
Good fun read.
I admit I'll listen to anything narrated by Richard Armitage, and like a good thriller, so dived in. Tuppence Middleton is also an excellent narrator and they were both faultless.
My experience was overall enjoyable - I found it unputdownable and thought the twists were clever, even if a little far fetched. But sometimes we have to suspend our cynicism to make way for a satisfying read.
Recommended.GardensofPaper 2025-11-14 -
5.0 5.0
Wow! What a story with an ending we never expected.
Rocketman 2025-11-12 -
5.0 5.0
What a brilliant book! Absolute page turner. One of the best books I’ve ever read
julie whitehead 2025-02-21
Details
- Author
- Alice Feeney
- Narrator
- Richard Armitage, Tuppence Middleton
- Duration
- 9 hours 24 minutes
- Release Date
- 30 January 2025
- ISBN
- 9781035053889
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Pan Macmillan
- Genre
- Crime and / or mystery fiction, Psychological thriller, Narrative theme: love / relationships
- Rating
- 5.0(7 reviews)
- Narration
- 5.0(7 reviews)
Synopsis
PREPARE TO BE HOOKED BY THE GRIPPING THRILLER FROM SUNDAY TIMES AND MULTI-MILLION-COPY BESTSELLER ALICE FEENEY. NARRATED BY RICHARD ARMITAGE (THE HOBBIT, FOOL ME ONCE) AND TUPPENCE MIDDLETON (DOWNTON ABBEY).*AN INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER*Wives think their husbands will change, but they don’t.Husbands think their wives won’t change, but they do.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.EVERYONE LOVES BEAUTIFUL UGLY:'I was consumed by this book, it's her best ever, a work of genius' – LISA JEWELL'Her best book yet' – HARLAN COBEN'I loved every word' – CLAIRE DOUGLAS‘Unforgettable’ – CHRIS WHITAKER'A masterpiece' – JANICE HALLETTREADERS ARE ALSO HOOKED BY BEAUTIFUL UGLY:'Alice Feeney's best book to date''A deliciously dark tale of love, marriage and revenge''A beautifully written tale of an ugly situation'Beautiful Ugly was a Sunday Times Bestseller w/c 27/01/2025
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