Beautiful Ugly by Alice Feeney

Beautiful Ugly is a psychological thriller novel by bestselling author Alice Feeney, published by Flatiron Books (Macmillan) in January 2025. The hardcover edition runs 306 pages and was a New York Times bestseller.

Author Grady Green has the best and worst day of his life simultaneously — he calls his wife Abby to share exciting career news, only to hear her stop the car and go silent. When he finds her car abandoned near a cliff, with the door open and her phone still inside, she has simply vanished. A year later, consumed by grief and unable to write, Grady retreats to a remote Scottish island to try to recover. There, he encounters a woman who looks exactly like his missing wife, setting off a gripping story of marriage, obsession, grief, and revenge told through dual perspectives and unreliable narration.

The novel was a Goodreads Choice Award nominee for Mystery & Thriller (2025) and won the Audie Award for Thriller/Suspense (2026). It received a rating of 3.61 out of 5 stars from over 355,000 Goodreads readers.