I also liked how we got to see more of Henry’s true personality, and discover how obsessive he really is. Despite him not being massively likeable, I still really felt for him because his childhood and adolescence must have been utter hell, so is it any wonder he has turned into the complex person he is today? I loved the journey that the plot took. I thought it was very clever, and I especially liked seeing Rachel’s relationship with Michael being portrayed, and us being able to see how that linked into Lucy’s story. Both Rachel and Lucy are very strong female characters who I enjoyed reading about. A fiendishly well plotted, compulsively readable novel, teeming with secrets and lies' DECLAN HUGHES, THE IRISH TIMES

Another brilliantly plotted and paced book from the much love psychological suspense novelist' PRIMA The Family Upstairs, by Lisa Jewell, ends with a solid resolution and then a dramatic cliffhanger at the very last second. The new sequel, The Family Remains, promises to unravel that cliffhanger ending. The clues point forward too to a brother and sister in Chicago searching for the only person who can make sense of their pasts. Upon sending the evidence for forensic testing he discovers the bones belong to a young woman who was killed by a blow to the head many years ago. The bag also contains clues connecting to a cold case that left three people dead on a kitchen floor in a Chelsea mansion thirty years ago.

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Once again, Lisa Jewell has written a clever and twisty tale of many characters. Multiple timelines and plots all work together to get a better understanding of what happened in the house in Chelsea and to these characters. The sequel to The Family Upstairs has the same propulsive plot but you don't need to have read the first to enjoy this' GOOD HOUSEKEEPING The Last Tigers of Hong Kong: True Stories of Big Cats that Stalked Britain’s Chinese Colony • John Saeki The Family Upstairs has gripped audiences around the world, becoming a smash hit with readers everywhere. In 2022 no. 1 bestselling author Lisa Jewell will publish a sequel. It's early morning on the river Thames and DI Samuel Owusu is called to the scene of a brutal discovery. A bag of bones has been discovered. Human bones.

LONDON. Early morning, June 2019: on the foreshore of the river Thames, a bag of bones is discovered. Human bones. A very slow burn of a book, that carries on the story of what happened to the children in the 1st book ‘The Family Upstairs’. Lisa Jewell is an automatic read for me, so I knew I had read the first book but I all honesty I had a really hard time remembering.This was a great thriller where I was able to jump into the action almost immediately because I’d already met the characters in the first one. The book’s atmosphere was entirely different from the first, but the author’s also good at investigation thrillers, so while I was surprised to find such a different feel, I still enjoyed it. Small note for other American readers: I absolutely bought all of the cult, the house of horrors, the remains found, the reversals, etc., but then a character eats an In-n-Out burger in Chicago? No way. That is false. There is no In-n-Out in Chicago. There is no In-n-Out in Illinois. There is no In-n-Out in the Midwest, or on the East Coast, while we’re at it. Apparently my suspension of disbelief in fiction accepts two ex-wives in the same place on their separate murderous revenge plans, but does not accept a Californian burger in Chicago. Me ha gustado mucho. Es la segunda parte de 'The family upstairs' que sí está en castellano. Esta segunda parte no está aún en castellano y la he leído en Kindle en inglés. Another masterclass in thriller writing from the current queen of psychological suspense.' MARK EDWARDS