My Husband's Wife

What a fast, fun, and totally twisted mystery thriller.

I thought I knew where this was going despite all the author’s attempts to divert me, but I was wrong! I love it when I’m surprised even if I have to suspend a lot of disbelief to get the payoff. If you’re looking for quick entertainment, this is the book for you.

Eden Fox is an artist on the verge of her big break. Before her first gallery exhibition, she goes for a quick sunset run to clear her head. When she returns to her secluded house, Spyglass, her key no longer fits the lock. A woman answers the door, and she looks eerily like Eden. The woman is wearing her clothes and is dressed for the art show. Even worse, her husband, Harrison, claims he has no idea who she is. Of show more course Eden doesn’t have her phone or ID and so I thought, yeah, whatever, here we go with the frustrating “prove who you are while everyone thinks your crazy” trope. Well, that’s not where this went and I loved it all.

Told in alternating points of view, this story brings in some real surprising truths to offset all that gaslighting but it turns out that the reader is the one who is shocked. I thought I had whiplash with all the turns. Just when I thought I had it all figured out, wham! It was so much fun to read and I loved the way the author dangled the story and where it led. No spoilers, just leap in.

Definitely an overhaul of the typical domestic psychological thriller, the plot shifts were handled very well and I just couldn’t put it down. Highly recommend.

I was able to listen to the audio book while also following along in the e-book ARC, both provided by the publishers. This was a full case narration by Richard Armitage, Bel Powley, and Henry Rowley. It was extra good because of those side effects that really put the reader there in the moment. The narrators did a great job of voicing the main characters and making them sound authentic and real. It definitely reminded me more of a radio drama that provided a wonderful immersive experience that enhanced my enjoyment of the book. Not to be missed! show less

Alice Feeney is a master at the sleight of hand. Although no one in this book gets shot, there is a metaphoric loaded gun at the kitchen table, see if you can find it when you read the book.

Wife One (WO) goes out for a run, leaving her home of three months, Spyglass, in the town of Hope Falls (there’s an oxymoron if I ever saw one). When she comes home, her key will not open the front door. After knocking at the door so her husband, Harrison Wolf, can let her in, a woman looking exactly like her, Wife Two (WT), opens the door and claims that she is the owner of the house, and their alleged common husband claims that the WT beside him is his wife and that he does not know WO, who is claiming the title as the true Eden Fox. WO and WT show more are look-alikes, WT is wearing WO’s clothing (we are assuming that WO is the real Eden Fox). After WO kicks up a ruckus, husband calls the police. Enter extremely handsome, extremely young, extremely sexy police officer (PO). Because WO is anti-social and never fraternizes with neighbors or community, and the impersonating WT has behaved in the opposite, everyone in town, including PO, believes WT is Eden Fox and WT is an imposter. Sound confusing?

WO flees but is eventually picked up by PO who is going to take her to the looney bin in the next town. After some subterfuge WO manages to flee, yet again, stealing police car and pitching keys into the ocean to slow down PO pursuing her. She does know one person who can conclusively identify her. Her estranged daughter (ED) of three years has been living in London in a five-star institution, after having suffered severe brain damage from a terrible accident at the age of eight. WO claims she was incapable of caring for her daughter. Lo and behold, daughter who has not spoken in ten years, whispers that (drum roll, please) WO is NOT her mother.

A body washes up on the shore below Hope Falls’ acclaimed suicide peak; the body could be that of Eden Fox. What do you know (?), her face has been completely destroyed. Now how are we going to figure out who’s who? It’s a mystery whether she jumped or was pushed….Well it’s always the philandering husband, isn’t it?

Enter Birdy, orphaned at the age of ten and now a recluse in her London apartment above a book shop. Her only companion is her dog. One night six months earlier, Birdy learns two things: She has terminal cancer with only a few months to live, and a Grandmother who she does not remember has died and left her a house in the town of Hope Falls, called Spyglass. When she goes to see the house, she meets and ****s PO who has popped up to Spyglass to see who has broken into the house. She gets PO up to speed, telling that she has no intention of moving into Spyglass and that she is going to sell it. Six months later, and three months after selling Spyglass, she is back in town and serving as Police Chief in Hope Falls – a position that PO has coveted and failed to secure. She has come to town to solve the mystery of the unnamed victim washed up on the shore of Hope Falls.

There are a ton of intricate and delectable details that I will not go into here but now that the stage is set, ”Let the Games Begin”….there is a wink or two at Agatha Christie, but mostly this is all Feeney magic. I will say that aside from a few major jaw-drops, some of the end was OTT, but I had already seen my five stars and nothing could change my rating.

Thank you Amazon Music Unlimited for my monthly audible benefit. show less

Eden Fox leaves her new home in Hope Falls one evening to go on a run as she is known to do. When she arrives back at her house, her key won't turn in the lock. Then another woman answers the door claiming to be Eden. With no one able to corroborate her identity, things begin spiraling.

Meanwhile, six months earlier Olivia "Birdy" Bird gets a terminal diagnosis on the same day she learned she inherited her grandmother's home in Hope Falls. When she arrives at the home to clear out her grandmother's things, she comes across a fancy envelope from a company claiming to be able to predict your death date.

How these two women and timelines converge slowly unfolds in one of my favorite recent books from Alice Feeney.

Feeney is a true master show more at the unreliable narrator, whomever that might be. If you have read any of her books in the past you know to come into this book side-eyeing everyone. And if you're new to Feeney's books, well....you've now been warned.

I, once more, listened to the audiobook version of this one, and really it's the way to go. Richard Armitage makes a return as one of the narrators. He always does such a fine job, I don't know that I can trust him in anything! This time he's joined by Bel Powley and Henry Rowley. Another male narrator - in both book and audio form - was a new one for me in a Feeney book and a nice change of pace from the norm which, in the past, has either been one female & one male, or just female. The audiobook also has some lovely sound effect additions which enhance the listening. For example, when Eden goes out on her run at the very beginning you can hear the gravel crunching under her feet as she goes. It just helps the immersive experience and I liked it a lot.

It's difficult to talk about these books because so much hinges on readers going into the unknown and keeping the surprise. Suffice it to say, I think this one unfolded a lot cleaner than I've experienced in some of her books in the past. Sometimes, even though I've listened to read each word, I'm still confused about where we end up. But this time around, I was with the story through all the twists and turns, and while we sometimes have to suspend the disbelief in order to fully buy into what a story is selling us, in this case I was willing.

Also, really good twist. Didn't see it coming it's still a standout even weeks after finishing the book. show less

My Husband’s Wife is one of those addictive, “just one more chapter” thrillers that messes with your head in the best way. Eden comes home to find a lookalike living her life, her husband acting like she’s a stranger, and a house full of secrets. Then we jump back to Birdy—lonely, scared, and newly inheriting the same creepy house—whose story slowly pulls the rug out from everything we think we know.

It’s twisty, eerie, and full of “wait… what?!” moments. If you love domestic thrillers where nobody is telling the full truth, this one’s a super fun, page-turny ride.

What did I just read???? Holy moley, it's not often a book can surprise me, but this one did over and over again!!! From the book jacket, "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 the stranger is his wife." And, that is the most normal part of this book! It takes a little time to get into the groove of this book, but once in, it's impossible to stop reading and impossible to stop exclaiming, "what" multiple times until you finish the book! Highly recommended!!!

One house. One husband. Two women. Someone is lying.

My Husband’s Wife is absolutely amazing. I’ve enjoyed many of Feeney’s books, but this one is going to linger in the back of my mind for a long time. It’s the kind of twist-filled, mind-blowing story I’d love to see as a limited series.

Thanks to the author and Macmillan Audio for the gifted audiobook via Netgalley.

Eden Fox returns from her run and steps into a nightmare. Her house key doesn’t work. A woman who looks eerily similar to her greets her at the door. And when her husband appears, he insists he has no idea who she is.

This book is deeply unsettling and utterly magnetic. This psychological thriller is so addictive, it reminds me why I’m addicted to this show more genre!

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This was a twisted psychological thriller that really twisted my brain. A woman named Eden returns home from a run and finds that she cannot open her front door with her key. Her husband claims not to know who she is and her daughter says that she is not her mother. The tension and suspense escalates when she realizes that there is a woman who looks just like her who is impersonating her. Or is she?

The ending blew me away.