My Husband's Wife: Alice Feeney and the Mystery of Spyglass in Hope Falls
A psychological thriller about Birdy, Eden Fox, and the deadly clinic in London
What is the book about?
My Husband's Wife by Alice Feeney is a complex psychological thriller set between the fictional coastal town of Hope Falls and central London. The story centers around Birdy, a woman living an isolated life until she inherits the property Spyglass. This inheritance becomes the catalyst for a series of events that pull threads back to a mysterious clinic in London. This institution claims to have the ability to predict the time of a person's death, creating an atmosphere of paranoia and inevitability throughout the narrative. Parallel to Birdy's story, we follow the artist Eden Fox, whose life and secrets slowly intertwine with Birdy's in a web of deception and hidden agendas.
The real case
It is important to clarify that My Husband's Wife is not based on a real criminal case or true events. Although the book employs elements often seen in true crime, such as the investigation of dark family secrets and psychological profiles, both characters Birdy and Eden Fox as well as the locations Hope Falls and the specific London clinic are purely fictional constructs created by author Alice Feeney. The book firmly places itself within the domestic noir genre, where the focus is on the dangerous dynamics of close relationships and the lies that spouses and neighbors tell each other to protect their own interests.
About the author
Alice Feeney is an international bestselling author known for her sharp plot twists and unreliable narrators. Her background as a journalist at the BBC has given her a keen eye for detail and human psychology, which she fully exploits in My Husband's Wife. The audiobook version of this release is notable for its multicast production, where actors such as Richard Armitage, Bel Powley, and Henry Rowley lend their voices to the central characters, enhancing the dramatic experience of the shifting perspectives.
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