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Beautiful Ugly

The Addictive Instant Sunday Times Bestselling Thriller – 'Her Best Book Yet!' (Harlan Coben)

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Beautiful Ugly

Von: Alice Feeney
Gesprochen von: Richard Armitage, Tuppence Middleton
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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

 Auswahl der Redakteure Belletristik Domestic Thriller Familienleben Psychologie Psychothriller Thriller

Kritikerstimmen

Alice Feeney is one of my absolute favourites (Samantha Downing, bestselling author of For Your Own Good)
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)
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 )
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 )
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 )
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 )
Sharp, devious and so clever. The ending blindsided me completely! (Natalie Chandler, author of What We Did )
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)
I was consumed by this book, it's her best ever, a work of genius. (Lisa Jewell, author of None of This is True )
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 )
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 )
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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A really compelling and intriguing story. Initially I found it a little difficult to come to terms with the whining male protagonist and his constant self-pity. But once I accepted him for what he is I couldn't stop listening.
Unnecessary to comment on Armitage, he is supreme as usual. I actually don't know many male actors who can deliver female voices in such a natural way. And the Scottish accent is just perfect!
The atmosphere on the island and it's inhabitants is created in a very clever and subtle way, and you get the sense that "something's just not right" with these people. But there's suspense and in no hurry is the storyline developed.
Very good audiobook which I can recommend to everyone who loves suspense and being kept on the edge without bloodthirsty violence.

Brilliant and with a shot of darkness

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The punch is twisted and makes no sense; it’s a feminist book and I have enough of it.

Ordinary

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Wow, another book where the main plot device is that two married people can't talk to one another like adults.
plot twists are great but they need to be at least somewhat coherent and believable.
The culmination of events and explanations towards the end turned from ill fitting to downright ridiculous pretty quickly.
Richard Armitage is an awesome reader though.

Much noise about nothing

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Very clever and surprising. I couldn`t stop listening. And as always; Richard Armitage reads so well. Tuppence Middleton too.... Warmly recommended.

Great!

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Sehr spannender, geschickt aufgebauter neuer Thriller der Autorin, die ihrer Geschichte hier eine Karte von "the isle of Amberly" voranstellt.
Auf diese winzige Insel in Schottland wird der Autor Grady Green von seiner Agentin Kitty Goldman geschickt. Er ist ein Jahr nach dem rätselhaften Verschwinden seiner Frau Abby, einer Journalistin, nicht mehr in der Lage zu schreiben. Mit seinem Hund Columbo lebt er sich in seinem abgelegenen Haus, "the Edge" ein und lernt einige seltsame Bewohnerinnen der abgelegenen Insel kennen. Alice Feeney beschreibt hier das Meer, die Mammutbäume und Bewohner sehr poetisch, fast wie in einem Reiseprospekt. Sehr subtil wird von ihr aber auch eine bedrohliche Atmosphäre geschaffen, dicker Nebel, keine Vögel, kein Telefon, keine Fähre.
Trotzdem soll Grady in der Einsamkeit von Amberly ein weiteres Buch schreiben, da er auch finanziell am Ende ist. Tatsächlich meint er, seine verschwundene Frau immer wieder auf der Insel zu sehen, schreibt dies aber seiner Schlaflosigkeit und dem Whiskey-Konsum zu. Bis zum Ende des Krimis rätselt der Leser mit der Hauptperson.
Der Beste aller Sprecher, Richard Armitage, liest hier mit sehr tiefer Stimme und angenehmer Geschwindigkeit, bei den Frauen variabel wie immer.
Er beherrscht ja viele Akzente und Dialekte, hier kann er aber oft schottisch angehaucht lesen, das ist nicht mehr zu toppen! Vor allem bei Cora und Sandy wird man direkt nach Schottland versetzt.
Dass audible bei diesem Hörbuch wiederholt Geräusche einbaut wie Meeresrauschen, "crackle of the walkie-talkies" sowie Kirchenglocken passt ausgezeichnet. Weiter so!
Thanks to a giftet author and a wonderful narrator, great book!

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