rock paper scissors by alice feeney summary

Overall, I do think this one lived up to my expectations. I’m a big fan of the remote winter getaway as a setting, especially in a closed-room or semi-closed-room situation. The story is told through three POVs: Adam, his wife Amelia, and Robin, as well as through letters to Adam from his wife. I’ve loved ⅔ of Alice Feeney’s backlist ( His and Hers and Sometimes I Lie), so I was extremely excited to receive an early review copy of Rock Paper Scissors. (This felt unresolved…wouldn’t he report both deaths?). He finds Amelia’s severed finger on top of Henry’s grave. When he gets concerned because he hasn’t heard from Henry in a long time, he goes to Scotland to talk to Henry himself.

Henry had hired a PI to follow Robin, and the PI was never made aware of Henry’s death. She talked him into a joy ride, he hit his mother, and Amelia took the blame. He was angry with her for entertaining gentleman guests, and met Amelia. The twists aren’t over yet: we find out that Adam was actually the one driving and that ran over his mother. Robin and Adam continue to publish books under Henry Winter’s name. Bob was Robin’s dog from before their divorce (I’m shocked she left him behind when she left Adam…I absolutely would take my dog!). Robin, Adam, and Bob live happily ever after. They fight and Amelia tries to kill him, but Robin appears and kills her with her mother’s scissors. Adam is understandably upset that Amelia never told him who she was. Robin locks Adam and Amelia inside and gives Adam the last letter. Robin gives Adam the option to return to their life together if he walks away from Amelia, but threatens Amelia if he doesn’t. Amelia was a child delinquent who was arrested in the car that killed Adam’s mother. Robin writes one more letter to Adam that she intends for him to read, in which she outs Amelia’s past.

Robin wrote his last book and arranged for Adam and Amelia to come stay at the chapel. He passed away two years ago, unbeknownst to anyone except Robin. The chapel they are staying in is Henry’s old house. Robin is Henry Winter’s daughter, which Adam never knew. She changed her appearance to look like Robin to steal Adam from her. In the letters, Amelia is the woman that Adam cheated with. The letters were just signed “your wife”, which I immediately picked up on. Amelia is not the one writing the letters.

Rock paper scissors by alice feeney summary