Synopsis via Goodreads:

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 realise 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 readers guessing until the very end.

Review

Thank you NetGalley, LibroFm, and MacMillan Audio for ALC audiobook version of this book. All thoughts are my own. 

Rating: 4 Stars

TW located below review in case you need them. 

Overall Rating: 4.5 stars
Audio performance: 3.5 stars
Resulting in the 4 star rating

This is the first novel that I’ve read by Alice Feeney and I will definitely be open to reading her other thrillers. 

His & Hers is a twisty, psychological thriller that is perfect to listen to on audio and get lost in the plot twists while going about your day. 

What kept it from being 5 stars for me:

I am getting tired of the main character being an alcoholic. It seems that many thrillers these days are using this trope – can’t you use some other kind of trope?? The narrator for Anna was a bit boring and I found that all characters that she narrated were a bit one dimensional. 

Also: Why do authors villainize the only Queer characters in their thrillers?? It’s becoming apparent that it is still a big trope of thriller authors. 

What I liked:

I liked that the Alice wrote from three perspectives: Anna (the reporter), Jack (a DI in Blackdown), and a mystery third person that you learn more from throughout the plot. Alice seamlessly blended in flashbacks into the plot of the story and it helped develop the plot. I would say that His & Hers is a mix of plot driven and character driven as flashbacks helped drive the plot and the development of the characters through connections with the flashbacks helped drive the characters forward in how they could be connected with the crime. 

This may be one of the only UK set thrillers that has kept me interested in the plot right until the very end. I usually find UK thrillers hard to get through or I’m not surprised by the ending. 

I truly believed that someone else was the murderer up until the very end, and that is what I love about thrillers. I highly recommend that you pick this one up. I will definitely pick up another one of her books.

TW: rape, animal abuse, drugging, dementia, and child death