And everyone knows something they’re not telling. The socialite – The nice guy – The alcoholic – The girl on the verge – The conciergeĮveryone’s a neighbor.

I also found it difficult to engage with some of the characters, and felt at best ambivalent towards them. It sometimes felt there were too many narrative switches and that began to jar with me. Jess may have come to Paris to escape her past, but it’s starting to look like it’s Ben’s future that’s in question. ‘The Paris Apartment’ is definitely a slow burner, and I really felt it took me a while to get into this. Ben’s neighbors are an eclectic bunch, and not particularly friendly. The longer Ben stays missing, the more Jess starts to dig into her brother’s situation, and the more questions she has. Only when she shows up-to find a very nice apartment, could Ben really have afforded this?-he’s not there. Her half-brother Ben didn’t sound thrilled when she asked if she could crash with him for a bit, but he didn’t say no, and surely everything will look better from Paris. She’s broke and alone, and she’s just left her job under less than ideal circumstances. “ clever, cliff-hanger-filled thriller.” - Peopleįrom the New York Times bestselling author of The Guest List comes a locked room mystery, set in a Paris apartment building in which every resident has something to hide… It’s an immensely enjoyable read for any fans of the mystery thriller genre, but there was something missing that did not match the immense standard of her previous thrillers – still a worthwhile read.“Told in rotating points of view, this Tilt-A-Whirl of a novel brims with jangly tension-an undeniably engrossing guessing game.” - Vogue What is the most compelling part of this mystery in particular is possibly the unique and distinctive cast of characters that Foley has created.

This novel is much more predictable than her previous thrillers (in our opinion) but no less enjoyable in the picture that it paints. Her writing flows and is layered, twisting and turning in such a way that you remain unsure of the plot and the ending of the novel, almost through to the bitter conclusion. Foley has a unique ability to build an utterly creepy atmosphere from the off, in an utterly cinematic way. The Paris Apartment is much slower moving than Foley’s previous novels, but no less chilling. When she arrives, there is no sign of Ben and the longer he stays missing, the more questions Jess has around Ben’s life in Paris and the apartment building in which he lives. The Paris Apartment centres around Jess who makes a spur of the moment decision to visit her brother Ben in his apartment in Paris. Lucy Foley’s The Hunting Party and The Guest List were two of the best mystery thrillers from the last decade, now Foley returns with her new novel The Paris Apartment, one of the most eagerly anticipated novels of 2022. Following the immensely successful release of her two thriller novels The Hunting Party and The Guest List, Lucy Foley returns this month with her brand-new mystery thriller The Paris Apartment, available here.

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