Artist Eden Fox is content in her life. After buying a new home in a small town with her husband, Eden is now putting on her first art show. While her relationship with her husband is a bit strained, Eden believes she is doing well. But when she returns home from a run she discovers another woman is at her husband, claiming to be Eden. At the same time, a woman named Birdy discovers a mysterious company that claims to successfully predict the day a person will die, including Birdy’s. As the two women’s stories become intertwined dark secrets come to the surface and no one turns out to be who they claim to be.

Over the last two years I’ve become a fan of Alice Feeney. Her book Rock, Paper, Scissors is one of my favorite mystery books so when I heard this newest release had more twists and turns than that one I knew I had to pick it up.

And boy does Ms. Feeney deliver on the twists and turns. Most of them are not revealed until the last 50 pages of the book – which is fine since I like a good buildup – and when they are told they come one after another. I don’t have an issue with this but this book really does pull your sense of disbelief to the very edge. While the main twist in Rock, Paper, Scissors was twisty it also seemed realistic while some of those in My Husband’s Wife didn’t seem very realistic to me.

The story itself is engaging but I didn’t become attached/invested in any of the characters and Eden’s story felt a bit convoluted to me at times. Nonetheless I did have a good time reading this and I got through it pretty quickly. Essentially, if you join books packed with surprises and reveals, I would recommend this one.

4 out of 5 stars