Alice Feeney's His & Hers picked up by Netflix

Alice Feeney’s His & Hers (HQ) is set to be a Netflix thriller produced by Hollywood actress Jessica Chastain, the first of the author’s novels to make it to studio production.

The streaming company has confirmed details of the forthcoming six-episode adaptation of the 2020 psychological thriller. The series will star Tessa Thompson (of "Creed" and "Thor" fame) and will be written by "Ozark" co-creator Bill Dubuque and William Oldroyd. Chastain, an Academy Award nominee, is one of the executive producers along with Thompson.

The novel is set in the sweltering heat of Atlanta, where Anna (played by Thompson) lives as a recluse, fading away from her friends and career as a journalist. But when she hears about a murder in Dahlonega — the sleepy town where she grew up — she is snapped back to life, pouncing on the case and searching for answers. “Detective Jack Harper is strangely suspicious of her involvement, chasing her into the crosshairs of his own investigation,” the publisher said. “There are two sides to every story, his and hers, which means someone is always lying.”

Feeney worked as a BBC journalist for 15 years before turning her hand to fiction. Her novels have been translated into over 35 languages and several have been optioned for major screen adaptations, His & Hers being the first to make it into the studio. Her next novel Beautiful Ugly will be published by Macmillan in January 2025.

Feeney said: “I’m so grateful to all the brilliant and talented people who made this dream come true. I feel incredibly lucky that so many wonderful people are involved in making this show, and I can’t wait to see Anna Andrews and Jack Harper come to life on screen.”