Rock, Paper, Scissors

by Alice Feeney

SYNOPSIS

Ten years of marriage.

Ten years of secrets.

An anniversary they’ll never forget.

Adam and Amelia are spending the weekend in the Scottish Highlands. The remote location is perfect for what they have planned.

But when their romantic trip takes a dark turn, they both start to wonder – can they trust the one they’re with?

Because every couple tells little white lies. Only for Adam and Amelia, the truth is far more dangerous.

MY REVIEW

I’m very happy to be part of the blog tour for this gripping, edge of your seat, psychological thriller.

The book is written from the points of view of both Adam and Amelia in alternating chapters. I very much enjoy this way of writing as we get to know what the characters are thinking.

Dotted throughout the book there is an annual anniversary letter written to Adam from his wife, giving an insight into the state of their marriage. It is becoming more obvious they are beginning to grow apart as the years pass. These letters are written but will probably never be read by Adam.

We also have a third narrator, Robin, and we find out where she fits in to their lives towards the end of the book. I did not see that coming at all! 

Adam is a screenwriter and has been trying to get his own novel, Rock, Paper, Scissors, made into a film for years. He has a little known condition called prosopagnosia, or face blindness, which means he is unable to recognise anyone‘s face not even his own face in the mirror. We join Adam, Amelia and Bob their Labrador as they are driving through heavy snow to get to a chapel in Scotland having ignored the weather warning. Amelia won a weekend away in a raffle where she works, Battersea dogs home, and they are both hoping a weekend away will help save their marriage. They are running out of petrol and it is like driving in a white out with the windscreen wipers on Amelia’s old Morris Minor struggling to cope. The chapel is locked when they eventually find it but having walked around it to try to find another entrance they return to find the doors unlocked. The description of the chapel is just as spooky as I’d hoped with locked doors hiding who knows what and a creepy damp dark crypt. Everywhere is covered in dust so it appears no one has stayed there in a long time. There is no mobile phone signal so they are stranded without being able to call for help. There is that little cottage down the road with smoke coming out of the chimney…

I will not go into the storyline any further but hope that little taster of my review makes you want to buy the book immediately.

Find out more about the author at:

alicefeeney.com