We’ve made it to my top 3 books of 2024. Have you been able to guess yet what my favorite book of the year is? Taking the bronze spot is another snowy thriller that spins martial problems on it’s head; Rock Paper Scissors by Alice Feeney.

What is it about? Adam and Amelia Wright are a married couple who should have separated a long time ago. But what will one more weekend together change? For Amelia, she’s hoping everything. For Adam, he thinks it is a waste of time in a marriage that has already passed its expiration date. They do love each other, but their relationship has seemingly desegrated under stress from work, their conflicting schedules, differing goals, and secrets they are both hiding from each other. So when Amelia wins a free weekend getaway to a remote chapel turned Airbnb in Scotland she can’t pass it up and drags Adam and their dog, Bob, along. But the romantic weekend Amelia has been hoping for vanishes when the couple realizes they aren’t alone.

Why did I love it? Martial problems in thrillers is not a new concept so it can be understandable while some people might skip Rock Paper Scissors. Yet I’m here to tell you that you would be cheating yourself out of a wild good time if you did. The setting for this story helps elevate it and the isolation Adam and Amelia begin to feel is palpable. Then, slowly, odd things begin to happen to them and it has you on the edge of your setting. But it is truly the ending of Rock Paper Scissors that got it to my #3 favorite book of the year. I’ve read a lot of thrillers in the past two years and yet I still had not anticipated how Ms. Feeney chose to end the story. For that reason alone, you should pick up this fast paced thriller during the wintery season.

Check out my full review at https://rachelrheil.com/blog/2024/01/rock-paper-scissors-by-alice-feeney-review/.