WHEW.
Hold on to your f@#*ing hat folks. His and Hers is great, but you will have whiplash when you are done reading/listening.
I was lucky enough to get an early copy this summer from NetGalley and McMillan Audio at the start of NetGalley’s audio book offerings. This was the perfect first pick.
There are two sides to every story: yours and mine, ours and theirs, His & Hers. Which means someone is always lying.
Anna Andrews finally has what she wants. Almost. She's worked hard to become the main TV presenter of the BBC's lunchtime news, putting work before friends, family, and her now ex-husband. So, when someone threatens to take her dream job away, she'll do almost anything to keep it.
When asked to cover a murder in Blackdown--the sleepy countryside village where she grew up--Anna is reluctant to go. But when the victim turns out to be one of her childhood friends, she can't leave. It soon becomes clear that Anna isn't just covering the story, she's at the heart of it.
DCI Jack Harper left London for a reason, but never thought he'd end up working in a place like Blackdown. When the body of a young woman is discovered, Jack decides not to tell anyone that he knew the victim, until he begins to realize he is a suspect in his own murder investigation.
One of them knows more than they are letting on. Someone isn't telling the truth. Alternating between Anna's and Jack's points of view, His & Hers is a fast-paced, complex, and dark puzzle that will keep listeners guessing until the very end.
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I had never encountered Alice Feeny’s writing before, and maybe I should have dug a little deeper before I decided to hop right on in and give His & Hers a listen.
The breakneck pace, red herring palooza, and outright wild ending had me literally gasping aloud once I finally pieced together whodunit. Mind you throughout the book I had 5 suspects. No joke I had a running notebook with suspects (clearly why I’m an actor and not an actual detective I suppose…)
And let me tell you I was dead wrong every time! Ms. Feeny should be crowned queen of the misdirect. She had me so convinced in the end I knew who did it, that I kid you not I sat at my kitchen table (now office given the current Pandemic situation) and intently listening with my mouth hanging open and missing not one but two conference calls.
Wildly well written, I am considering reading the physical book next and checking out her other books.
Now in terms of listening, we all know narrators make or break the audiobook experience. I honestly picked this book at first because I love Richard Armitage. He’s spectacular in this and I could honestly listen to him read the phone book not to mention Stephanie Racine, is also wonderful and a delight to listen to!
I will say, I would have appreciated at content /trigger warning for grooming (re: sexual relationships) and animal cruelty.
Overall though fantastic audiobook, and I am looking forward to Alice Feeny’s next title!
5/6 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️