Rock Paper Scissors

Rock Paper Scissors is a psychological thriller and domestic-noir novel by Alice Feeney about Adam and Amelia Wright, a married couple approaching their tenth anniversary. Their relationship has deteriorated under the pressure of secrets, resentment, infidelity, and Adam’s demanding career as a screenwriter. Adam also has prosopagnosia, commonly known as face blindness, and cannot reliably recognize even people close to him, including his wife. When Amelia wins a competition, the couple travel with their Labrador to a remote, converted chapel in the Scottish Highlands, hoping the isolated weekend will repair their marriage. Instead, the snowbound retreat becomes increasingly threatening. The building appears deserted, supplies and instructions are mysterious, power failures heighten the sense of danger, and unsettling signs suggest that the couple may not be alone. The present-day narrative is interwoven with anniversary letters written to Adam over the years. These letters gradually expose the history of the relationship and reveal that the couple’s apparently familiar story is built on omissions and deception. Feeney uses alternating viewpoints, an isolated setting, an unreliable emotional landscape, and repeated questions about identity and trust to create a tense, twist-driven mystery. The title refers to the game the couple use to make decisions, but it also reflects the novel’s larger concern with chance, manipulation, and the dangerous choices people make when they believe they know one another. The book was first published in the United Kingdom by HarperCollins in 2021 and is presented here as the international paperback edition. The exact ISBN-13, 9780008370985, matches the Amazon listing and bibliographic record. [web:1][web:2][web:4][web:5][web:9]