Lisa Jewell The Family Upstairs 2019 Arrow Books 2019

Synopsis

<b>'Really good, gripping. I couldn't bear for it to finish... I don't want to move onto the next book too soon as it feels like a betrayal.'</b> OLIVIA COLMAN<br> <b><br> 'I swear I didn't breathe the whole time I was reading it. Gripping, pacy, brilliantly twisty.'</b> CLARE MACKINTOSH<br> <br> <b>'A twisty and engrossing story of betrayal and redemption.'</b> IAN RANKIN<br> <b>____________________</b><b><b><br></b>FROM THE #1 BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF <i>INVISIBLE GIRL</i></b><br> <b><br></b>In a large house in London's fashionable Chelsea, a baby is awake in her cot. Well-fed and cared for, she is happily waiting for someone to pick her up.<br> <br> In the kitchen lie three decomposing corpses. Close to them is a hastily scrawled note.<br> <br> <b>They've been dead for several days.<br></b><br> Who has been looking after the baby?<br> <br> And where did they go?<br> <br> <b>Two entangled families.</b><br> <b>A house with the darkest of secrets.</b><br> <b>A compulsive thriller from Lisa Jewell.</b><br> <b>____________________</b><b><br> 'Rich, dark and intricately twisted</b><b>, this enthralling whodunnit mixes family saga with domestic noir to brilliantly chilling effect.'</b> RUTH WARE<br> <b><br></b><b>'</b><b>You don't read a Lisa Jewell book, you fall into it. It takes huge talent to establish a whole world in the turn of two pages.'</b> ERIN KELLY<br> <br> <b>'Creepy, intricate and utterly immersive- an excellent holiday read.'</b> <i>GUARDIAN</i><br> <br> <b>'I had an unrelentingly pleasurable and thrilling for-God's-sake-tell-me-what-happened sensation in my stomach for the entire read ... Stupendous!'</b> RUTH JONES<br> <br> <b>'Absolutely brilliant. Great characterisation, a fascinating and dark set up and a great conclusion. She's always great but this is next level stuff.'</b> SARAH PINBOROUGH<br> <br> <b>'</b><b>Few writers of psychological suspense devise such swift, slippery plots; fewer still people their stories with characters so human and complex. Lisa's Jewell's <i>The Family Upstairs</i> glitters like a blade and cuts even deeper.</b><b>'</b> AJ FINN<br> <br> <b>'Whenever I pick up a Lisa Jewell novel I know I'm in for a compelling, immersive and unputdownable read and <i>The Family Upstairs</i> is one of her very best'</b> CL TAYLOR<br> <br> <b>'I had hoped to save <i>The Family Upstairs</i> for my holiday, but failed miserably ... I was hooked from the first page. I think it's her best yet and hands down my favourite book so far this year.'</b> ALICE FEENEY<br> <b><br></b><b>'Utterly compelling. Deliciously dark and twisty with characters who live on in your head. Lisa Jewell just keeps getting better and better.'</b> JANE CORRY<br> <br> <b>'It's absolutely bloody brilliant and I can't tell you much I wish I'd written it.'</b> TAMMY COHEN<br> <br> <b>'It's SO GOOD!'</b> INDIA KNIGHT<br> <br> <b>'I loved <i>The Family Upstairs</i>!'</b> SARAH JESSICA PARKER<br> <b>____________________</b><br> Readers are obsessed with <i>The Family Upstairs-</i><br> <b><br></b>'I read so many books in the crime/mystery genre that it becomes harder to find a book that stands out. This one succeeded!! <b>Hooked from page one'</b><br> '<b>I totally adored this book</b>. All of Lisa Jewell's books are fabulous, but something about this one is extra special.'<br> '<b>Absolutely absorbing</b> ... thoroughly enjoyed it'<br> 'Kept me captivated from the very beginning ... <b>Definitely worth reading - as long you like reading into the night!</b>'<br> 'What a book. <b>Clever would be an understatement</b>. And those last pages left me with chills. The concept had me intrigued and the execution had me captivated. <b>I COULD NOT PUT THIS BOOK DOWN!'</b><br> <b><br></b><i>#1 Bestseller in the UK, Sunday Times, August 2019</i>