Beautiful Ugly by Alice Feeney

 Beautiful Ugly by Alice Feeney-306 pages

⭐⭐⭐⭐

Grady Green has been an author for a while and finally gets his breakthrough when his latest book opens as a New York Times Bestseller. However, the celebration is short lived as his wife, Abby, disappears in the middle of a phone call with him that same night. She appears to have totally disappeared. Was she kidnapped or did she leave without a trace? Grady is in a tailspin after her disappearance and is given the opportunity to travel to a remote island off the coast of Scotland for 3 months. There's a writer's cabin on the island that belonged to a former author who died and bequeathed it to Grady's agent. Grady sees Abby (or at least he thinks he sees her) upon arrival to the island. Is Abby on the island and/or what has happened to her?? 

I did not see the twist near the end coming. This is my second foray into an Alice Feeney book and I liked this one a bit better than the first (the first, Daisy Darker, was well written I simply didn't like part of the end reveal). I liked this one. My favorite thriller author is still Ruth Ware, but Alice Feeney is pretty good, also. 

Daisy Darker by Alice Feeney

Daisy Darker by Alice Feeney-9 discs Audiobook; 352 pages print

I listened to this on a recent road trip. I was intrigued by the plot synopsis and I'd wanted to read it for a little while. It starts out with a family gathering for Nana Darker's birthday at her secluded estate on a small island in England. Nana's body is discovered after she reads her will and events slowly unfold throughout the night and into the next morning. As more bodies are found and more family members die, a race is on to figure out what is happening before it's too late. The story goes back and forth between present day (2004) and flashbacks to Daisy Darker's childhood. Daisy Darker had a heart condition as a child and clinically died several times. There's a big twist at the end that I'm still not sure quite how I feel about it. It sort of makes sense, all things considered. I thought this was a pretty good read/listen and would give it 3 out of 5 stars.