His & Hers

by Alice Feeney, Richard Armitage (Read by), Stephanie Racine (Read by)

Overview

FROM THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF Sometimes I Lie

"Richard Armitage and Stephanie Racine give an arresting performance of this dark psychological thriller...As secrets are uncovered and additional bodies are found, Armitage and Racine shine with impeccable pacing, building tension that adds to the suspense." — AudioFile Magazine

There are two sides to every story: yours and mine, ours and theirs, His & Hers. Which means someone is always lying.

When a woman is murdered in Blackdown, a quintessentially British village, newsreader Anna Andrews is reluctant to cover the case. Detective Jack Harper is suspicious of her involvement, until he becomes a suspect in his own murder investigation.

Someone isn’t telling the truth, and some secrets are worth killing to keep.

His & Hers is a twisty, smart, psychological thriller. A gripping tale of suspense, told by expertly-drawn narrators that will keep listeners guessing until the very end.

A Macmillan Audio production from Flatiron Books

"[A] cunningly constructed psychological thriller...This is a masterpiece of misdirection." — Publishers Weekly, starred review

"Feeney offers a brilliant cat-and-mouse game...[a] volatile, tension- and thought-provoking mix." — Booklist

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781250622198
Publisher:	Macmillan Audio
Publication date:	07/28/2020
Product dimensions:	5.01(w) x 6.03(h) x 1.04(d)

About the Author

ALICE FEENEY is a writer and journalist. She spent fifteen years with BBC News where she worked as a reporter, news editor, arts and entertainment producer, and One O'Clock news producer. Alice has lived in London and Sydney and has now settled in the Surrey countryside, where she lives with her husband and dog. His & Hers is her third novel.

Reading Group Guide

Welcome to the Reading Group Guide for His & Hers. Please note: In order to provide reading groups with the most informed and thought-provoking questions possible, it is necessary to reveal important aspects of the plot of this novel—as well as the ending. If you have not finished reading His & Hers, we respectfully suggest that you consider waiting before reviewing this guide.

1. “Sometimes I think I am the unreliable narrator of my own life. Sometimes I think we all are.” It’s hard to know who to trust in this novel. Who did you most want to believe, Anna or Jack?
2. What was your favorite twist in the book?
3. “In the future, I expect people will long for fifteen minutes of privacy, rather than fifteen minutes of fame.” Given that Anna is such a private person, why do you think she pursued a career as a TV journalist? Was it to please her mother on some level? (Who named her after the news anchor Anna Ford).
4. “Home is not always where the heart is. For people like me, home is where the hurt lives that made us into who we are.” The quintessential English village of Blackdown is a fictional setting, but places like it do exist. What makes some people desperate to escape tight-knit communities, while others never want to leave?
5. “Popularity can spoil a place just like it can spoil a person.” What do you think the killer meant by that?
6. “Wine is always the most reliable crutch when it feels like I might fall.” Several characters in the book could be described as functioning alcoholics. Attitudes about smoking have dramatically changed in recent years; is alcohol simply Anna’s generation’s drug of choice? Did you find any of the characters’ attitudes toward alcohol disturbing?
7. “Funny how often life seems to work in reverse. We were children masquerading as adults and now we are adults acting like children.” The changing roles we play in life, family, and work feature several times in the book. Why did it take Anna so long to start looking after her mother?
8. “It might be true that the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree, but sometimes the apple can roll down a hill, far, far away from where it landed.” How much do Anna and her mother really have in common?
9. “Youth fools us into thinking there are infinite paths to choose from in life; maturity tricks us into thinking there is only one.” Age discrimination is an interesting topic in this novel. Is society too quick to judge the elderly?
10. “Worry makes her world go round.” Several of the characters suffer from one or more forms of anxiety. Did that hinder them? Or did it somehow make them more determined to achieve their goals?
11. “Memories are shapeshifters. Some bend, some twist, and some shrivel and die over time.” Sometimes Anna’s and Jack’s memories don't quite match. Do two people ever really remember things the exact same way?
12. “The sting of loneliness is only ever temporary, like that of a nettle. If you don’t scratch at the solitude, it starts to feel normal again soon enough.” Loneliness is such a big theme in this book, and affects almost every character on some level, regardless of their age. Is life in 2020 more or less lonely than it used to be in?
13. “People rarely see themselves the way others do; we all carry broken mirrors.” Is anyone who they first seem to be in this novel?

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Editorial Reviews

Select Praise for New York Times Bestselling Author Alice Feeney's Previous Novels

“If you’re looking for a Gone Girl–esque fix, then this is the book for you.” —Cosmopolitan

“A spine-tingling psychological thriller…the joy (and the stress) of this thriller is separating fact from fiction. The creepy feeling at the back of your neck is 100 percent real.” —People

“[An] insanely twisty thriller.” —Entertainment Weekly

“The twists pile up…visceral and haunting.” —Oprah.com

“This brilliant psychological thriller kept me guessing until the very last page.” —Jessica Knoll, New York Times bestselling author of Luckiest Girl Alive and The Favorite Sister

“A gripping debut with a brilliant twist, I LOVED it!” —BA Paris, New York Times bestselling author of Behind Closed Doors

“Faster and more twisted than a roller coaster with an ending that’ll make your stomach drop, Alice Feeney’s Sometimes I Lie is not to be missed. I loved it!” —Mary Kubica, New York Times bestselling author of The Good Girl and Every Last Lie

“Stiletto-sharp writing, and characters so real you’ll be looking over your shoulder long after the final page. With I Know Who You Are, Alice Feeney has single-handedly made the bookmark obsolete.” —Christina Dalcher, author of Vox

“What a ride. I loved this book and the brilliant Hitchcockian twist!” —Sarah Michelle Gellar

From the Publisher

Richard Armitage and Stephanie Racine give an arresting performance of this dark psychological thriller. Many stories have multiple perspectives, but how do we know who is telling the truth? This multilayered work is told from three perspectives—his, hers, and the killer’s. "His" is Detective Jack Harper’s point of view, voiced by Armitage. "Hers" is newsreader Anna Andrews’s, voiced by Racine. The unknown killer is voiced by Armitage, and the creepy distortion added to it enhances the twisted plot. When a body is found in Blackdown, a British village, it kicks off an investigation with unexpected connections to the past. As secrets are uncovered and additional bodies are found, Armitage and Racine shine with impeccable pacing, building tension that adds to the suspense. K.S.M. © AudioFile 2020, Portland, Maine

OCTOBER 2020 - AudioFile