Rock Paper Scissors
INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER from the author of His & Hers, now a #1 Netflix show, and the hit bestseller My Husband's Wife!
“Feeney lives up to her reputation as the “queen of the twist”. . . This page-turner will keep you guessing.” —Real Simple
Think you know the person you married? Think again. . .
Things have been wrong with Mr and Mrs Wright for a long time. When Adam and Amelia win a weekend away to Scotland, it might be just what their marriage needs. Self-confessed workaholic and screenwriter Adam Wright has lived with face blindness his whole life. He can’t recognize friends or family, or even his own wife.
Every anniversary the couple exchange traditional gifts--paper, cotton, pottery, tin--and each year Adam’s wife writes him a letter that she never lets him read. Until now. They both know this weekend will make or break their marriage, but they didn’t randomly win this trip. One of them is lying, and someone doesn’t want them to live happily ever after.
Ten years of marriage. Ten years of secrets. And an anniversary they will never forget.
Rock Paper Scissors is an exciting domestic thriller from the queen of the killer twist, New York Times bestselling author Alice Feeney.
- Pages
- 294
- First published
- September 7, 2021
- Language
- English
- Edition
- Ebook
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Reviews
Finished January 6, 2025
Finished July 12, 2026
This book was an enjoyable psychological thriller with a wonderfully creepy setting, deeply questionable people, and enough dishonesty to keep several lawyers employed. The atmosphere was easily one of the strongest parts. The remote chapel, relentless snow, strange noises, and growing sense that something was VERY wrong created the perfect setting for secrets to start crawling out of the walls. Personally, I would have taken one look at that chapel and driven directly back to civilisation, marriage still broken but survival prospects significantly improved. I also liked the anniversary letters and how they slowly revealed the history of Adam’s marriage. The book very deliberately encourages us to assume Amelia wrote them, only to reveal that they belonged to Robin all along. Alice Feeney really watched me connect all the wrong dots and said nothing. Rude, but effective. That reveal cleverly changed the meaning of everything that came before it. However, the book became a little too enthusiastic about twists towards the end. Every time one secret was uncovered, another jumped out wearing a fake moustache and yelling, “BUT WAIT!” Eventually, I had to wonder whether the plot twists had unionised and demanded equal page time. Overall, I enjoyed the unsettling atmosphere, the unreliable perspectives, and the way the story played with my assumptions. Not every reveal completely worked for me, and I never became deeply invested in the characters or their Olympic-level lying, but it remained an entertaining read. A solid three stars: clever, creepy, and further proof that free holidays are sometimes free because nobody willingly wants to go there.
- darkmysterioustense
Started May 21, 2023 · Finished May 21, 2023