Rock Paper Scissors

Rock Paper Scissors is a fast paced thriller with an excellent twist, and is for sure one of my favorite thrillers of 2021!

After reading a string of thrillers that were just okay, I was excited to dive into Alice Feeney's latest. Her previous book, His & Hers, was one of my favorites from last year. I'm happy to say that the "meh" streak has been broken and Feeney has delivered a clever, gripping novel.

It's best to go into this book without knowing too much about it--just know that married couple Adam and Amelia Wright travel to remote Scotland because Amelia has won a trip in a raffle. Adam suffers from prosopagnosia, or face blindness. He's a screenwriter who adapts the work of others and longs to write something of his own. Once they arrive in Scotland, mysterious things begin to happen and secrets that both are hiding threaten to come to the surface.

Like I mentioned, this book has a few great twists. I didn't really like any of the characters, but overall this didn't actually matter.

I loved how the book was laid out and how the various secrets were revealed--the characters to each other and then to the reader. Rock, Paper, Scissors comes into play in more ways than one in this creepy, atmospheric, and surprising tale.

I learned a great deal about face blindness and did some research into this intriguing phenomenon. The way it is used in this book is clever and does add to the suspense.

If you're looking for a good psychological thriller, Rock Paper Scissors is an excellent choice.