Published: January 20, 2026
Publisher: Flatiron Books: Pine & Cedar
Series: N/A
Genre: Thriller
Pages: 310 (Hardcover)
My Rating: 3 Stars
Synopsis:
The New York Times bestselling Queen of Twists is back with a psychological masterpiece that will leave you questioning everything you know about love, identity, and revenge.
Eden Fox, an artist on the brink of her big break, sets off for a run before her first exhibition. When she returns to the home she recently moved into, Spyglass, an enchanting old house in Hope Falls, nothing is as it should be. Her key doesn’t fit. A woman, eerily similar to her, answers the door. And her husband insists that the stranger is his wife.
One house. One husband. Two women. Someone is lying.
Six months earlier, a reclusive Londoner called Birdy, reeling from a life-changing diagnosis, inherits Spyglass. This unexpected gift from a long-lost grandmother brings her to the pretty seaside village of Hope Falls. But then Birdy stumbles upon a shadowy London clinic that claims to be able to predict a person’s date of death, including her own. Secrets start to unravel, and as the line between truth and lies blurs, Birdy feels compelled to right some old wrongs.
My Husband’s Wife is a tangled web of deception, obsession, and mystery that will keep you guessing until the last page. Prepare yourself for the ultimate mind-bending marriage thriller and step inside Spyglass – if you dare – to experience a story where nothing is as it seems.
I couldn’t resist Alice Feeney’s latest thriller, especially after I saw such widely varying reviews from people I trust! I also read this directly after watching His & Hers on Netflix (amazing, btw) so I was in thriller mode. My Husband’s Wife is a mind bending, frustrating journey through what seems to be either the most heinous case of gaslighting to have ever existed or a mad woman’s delusions.
This book starts off by introducing us to Eden Fox, a woman who has been remodeling her wonderful new house and is now going out for a quick run. She returns only to find the locks changed and a new woman in her place who looks very much like her. Even more disturbing is that her husband claims this other woman is his wife and all the townspeople seem to agree as well. We also follow the perspective of a woman named Birdy who seems to have no one except for her dog and just after she gets a horrible diagnosis, she is also told that her estranged grandmother has died and she’s inherited the house, Spyglass. Mysteriously, her grandmother (also called Birdy) was apparently told exactly when she would die by a company called Thanatos. Though they seem only loosely linked at first, Birdy and Eden’s stories soon come together and quite frankly, an already wild story gets more and more implausible.
Alice Feeney has written a twisting, turning tale that left me baffled at every turn. Though the story started off promisingly, I quickly came to realize there was no hope of piecing things together because every character was a bundle of secrets and half-truths. The story eventually lost my interest, but I pushed through since it was a shorter book and I did want to see how everything would come together.
Overall, My Husband’s Wife was a fever dream of a book that I can respect for what it is, though it wasn’t the book for me. I did struggle quite a bit with what to rate it because I didn’t hate the book but I also felt disengaged from it. I think this is more of a me problem than anything, so settled on a 3 star rating. It seems other people are really loving this so if you think it sounds interesting, do check it out! The audiobook narration was also very well done.
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