My Husband's Wife | Alice Feeney

My Husband's Wife: A Novel

Extended Synopsis

The New York Times bestselling “Queen of Twists” delivers a gripping domestic thriller with My Husband's Wife, a multi-layered narrative centering on identity, obsession, and deception. The plot follows Eden Fox, an artist on the verge of a major professional breakthrough, who goes for a routine run right before her premiere exhibition. Upon returning to Spyglass—the enchanting old home she recently occupied in the coastal village of Hope Falls—she finds her reality inverted. Her house key no longer fits the lock, a stranger who bears an uncanny resemblance to her answers the door, and her husband adamantly claims that this unknown woman is his actual wife.

Parallel to Eden's crisis, the story traces back six months earlier to Birdy, a reclusive London resident processing a life-altering medical diagnosis. After unexpectedly inheriting Spyglass from a long-lost grandmother, Birdy relocates to Hope Falls seeking a fresh start. Her path takes a dark turn when she discovers a secretive medical clinic in London that purports to calculate an individual's exact date of mortality. As Birdy seeks to correct past injustices, her trajectory collides with Eden's in a complex puzzle-box narrative where the boundaries between objective truth and carefully constructed lies are entirely erased.

Intended Audience

This psychological thriller is tailored for fans of intricate, non-linear mysteries and unreliable narrators. Readers who appreciate high-stakes domestic suspense, mind-bending plot twists, and dark atmospheric prose will find this novel highly compelling.

Author Biography

Alice Feeney is a New York Times and international million-copy bestselling author. Known widely as the “Queen of Twists,” her thrillers have been translated into over twenty-five languages and optioned for major television and film adaptations. Prior to launching her career as a novelist, she spent fifteen years working as a journalist, producer, and news editor for the BBC.

Accolades & Recognition

• An instant highly-anticipated release from an international bestselling authority in psychological fiction.
• Earned high praise from genre defining authors, with Freida McFadden calling it “Nonstop thrills! The best Feeney book yet!” and Lisa Jewell describing it as “Propulsive, compulsive, addictive.”

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