This is Alice Feeney’s seventh book, but the first I’ve read – and I’ve definitely been missing out!

Beautiful Ugly centres around writer Grady, whose wife disappeared a year ago under mysterious circumstances. Struggling with writer’s block, his agent offers him a lifeline: a free extended stay at a writer’s retreat cabin she inherited on the Isle of Amberley, off the Scottish Highlands.

The book features chapters from both Grady’s point of view and his wife Abby’s, before her disappearance. On the island, Grady is haunted by the image of Abby and the island setting adds an eerie atmosphere to the mystery.

This is a gripping thriller that kept me hooked throughout. The end in particular had a part that really made me smile! Genius.