(77)The Family Upstairs by Lisa Jewell

Sunday, December 1, 2019



Libby had been waiting for her twenty-fifth birthday for as long as she could remember.  For that was the day that she hoped that she would get some answers. As an adopted child, there has been a lot of unknowns in her life.  But instead of getting information about her parents, she gets a letter she is inheriting a mansion in one of the most desirable areas of London.  That starts her down a path of trying to figure out the truth about her family.  The mansion has a dark history when Libby was just an infant the police were called to the mansion where they found three dead adults and the crying baby in her crib. There had been other children in the home, but they were nowhere to be foundA suicide note was found near the bodies and there was a talk of the home being the location of a cult.  So what really happened at 16 Cheyne Walk?

The Family Upstairs was such a good book!  There are a lot of different narrators, but you are unsure of who is who in some situations and not every narrator.  The timeline also jumps around, so you have to be careful to not get lost.  I really liked Libby as the main character. She is an innocent person in this story because not all the characters are innocent. She teams up with a local reporter, Miller, to try to piece together the story of what happened at the house.   Lucy is one narrator and her life since leaving the house has been anything but easy.  She has one goal in mind, getting back to England and her baby, and she will let nothing stop her.  The story builds to a pretty strong and somewhat shocking conclusion,  both in the past and in the present. - CLICK HERE FOR SPOILERS

Bottom Line - Lisa Jewell is making quite the name for herself as an author of psychological thrillers. The Family Upstairs, her latest effort is one of her best yet.


Details:

  • The Family Upstairs by Lisa Jewell
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  • Pages: 352
  • Publisher: Atria Books
  • Publication Date: November 5, 2019
  • Buy it Here!
  • Thank you to NetGalley for the free book in exchange for a review. 





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