Beautiful Ugly by Alice Feeney — full book breakdown including genre, page count, audiobook length and narrator, publisher’s synopsis, content notes, author bio, and additional reader notes. Includes direct links to Goodreads, The Storygraph, and featured book lists. Everything you need to know before you read.
Beautiful Ugly
Alice Feeney
Overview: Beautiful Ugly by Alice Feeney
Beautiful Ugly by Alice Feeney is a standout read featured on Slay the Page. Discover the genre, page count, audiobook length, synopsis, content notes, publisher information, and author details before you dive in. Selected as a Book of the Month audiobook pick for January 2025.
Book Details: Beautiful Ugly by Alice Feeney
Genre: Thriller
Page Count: 306 Pages (Hardcover)
Audiobook Length: 9 Hours, 19 Minutes
Narrator: Richard Armitage, Tuppence Middleton
Publisher: Flatiron Books (Macmillan Publishers)
Publication Date: January 14, 2025
Featured In: Book of the Month – Audiobook Pick (January 2025)
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Publisher’s Description of Beautiful Ugly by Alice Feeney
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.
Beautiful Ugly by Alice Feeney is published by Flatiron Books (Macmillan Publishers).
Content Notes: Beautiful Ugly by Alice Feeney
Beautiful Ugly by Alice Feeney includes sensitive content flagged by Book of the Month, including scenes that depict sexual assault, mentions of the death of a child, and other related themes. For more details, view reader-submitted content notes on The StoryGraph.
Who Beautiful Ugly by Alice Feeney Is Perfect For
Beautiful Ugly by Alice Feeney is perfect for readers who crave tightly plotted psychological thrillers built on shifting truths and layered timelines. Beautiful Ugly will appeal to fans of Alice Feeney’s signature style—dual narratives, buried trauma, and twists that challenge everything you think you know. If you loved Rock Paper Scissors or Sometimes I Lie, this latest novel delivers the same emotional tension and narrative sleight of hand.
About the Author: Alice Feeney
Alice Feeney is a New York Times million-copy bestselling author of novels including His & Hers, Sometimes I Lie, Rock Paper Scissors and Daisy Darker. Her books have been translated into over thirty-five languages, and have been optioned for major screen adaptations, with His & Hers currently in production for Netflix, produced by Jessica Chastain, and starring Tessa Thompson and Jon Bernthal.
Alice was a BBC journalist for fifteen years. Her seventh novel, Beautiful Ugly, will be published around the world in January 2025 (Goodreads, 2025).
Learn more about Alice Feeney’s books, biography, and latest releases on her official website.
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