Family Upstairs – serie

Prepare to be hooked by Lisa Jewell’s compulsive psychological thriller about two families, one Chelsea house and the darkest of secrets.*THE #1 UK SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER**OVER ONE MILLION COPIES SOLD**A RICHARD & JUDY BOOK CLUB PICK*'I read it all in one sitting.' Colleen Hoover'A twisty and engrossing story of betrayal and redemption.' Ian Rankin'Rich, dark and intricately twisted' Ruth Ware_______________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.In the kitchen lie three decomposing corpses. Close to them is a hastily scrawled note.They've been dead for several days.Who has been looking after the baby?And where did they go?Two entangled families.A house with the darkest of secrets._______________Praise for The Family Upstairs . . .'I loved The Family Upstairs!' Sarah Jessica Parker'Really good, gripping. I couldn't bear for it to finish...' Olivia Colman'My eyes were glued to this book!' Hayley Morris'You don't read a Lisa Jewell book, you fall into it.' Erin Kelly'I swear I didn't breathe the whole time I was reading it.' Clare Mackintosh'Creepy, intricate and utterly immersive.' Guardian'I had a thrilling for-God's-sake-tell-me-what-happened sensation in my stomach for the entire read' Ruth Jones'Absolutely brilliant.' Sarah Pinborough'Glitters like a blade and cuts even deeper.' AJ Finn'I was hooked from the first page.' Alice Feeney'Utterly compelling. Deliciously dark and twisty.' Jane Corry'It's absolutely bloody brilliant.' Tammy CohenThe Family Upstairs has sold over a million copies across all formats [Nielsen, May 2024]Lisa Jewell, Number One Sunday Times bestseller, March 2024

Prepare to be hooked by the gripping thriller that returns to the dark secrets of Lisa Jewell’s million-copy bestseller The Family Upstairs.* #1 UK SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER ** A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER *'I was ENTHRALLED' Gillian McAllister'A GRIPPING read' Shari Lapena'A sheer PLEASURE to read' Harriet Tyce___________LONDON. Early morning, June 2019: on the foreshore of the river Thames, a bag of bones is discovered. Human bones.DCI Samuel Owusu is called to the scene and quickly sends the bag for forensic examination. The bones are those of a young woman, killed by a blow to the head many years ago.Also inside the bag is a trail of clues, in particular the seeds of a rare tree which lead DCI Owusu back to a mansion in Chelsea where, nearly thirty years previously, three people lay dead in a kitchen, and a baby waited upstairs for someone to pick her up.The clues point forward too to a brother and sister in Chicago searching for the only person who can make sense of their pasts.Four deaths. An unsolved mystery. A family whose secrets can't stay buried for ever . . .___________More praise for The Family Remains:'Grips from first page to last' Paula Hawkins'Artful, slippery, HUGELY SATISFYING' Louise Candlish'Compulsive, gripping and immersive' CL Taylor'Twisty and strange and surprising' Emily Henry'Perfection on a page' Alice Feeney'The story EVERYONE has been waiting for' Adele Parks'Guaranteed to send your blood pressure soaring' Red Magazine'It's a triumph. Brava!' Erin Kelly'Lisa Jewell is, simply, outstanding' Alex Marwood'Compelling, ingenious, breath-stopping' Tammy Cohen'A witty and propulsive stunner of a novel' Katherine Heiny'This is Lisa Jewell at her absolute best.' Paul Burston'A compulsive, dark, satisfying tale' Catherine Steadman'The writing is outstanding from start to finish and it's an engrossing read' 5-star reader review'I could not put it down and loved the surprises and twists' 5-star reader review'Lisa Jewell can write one hell of a thriller!!' 5-star reader reviewThe Family Remains, Number 1 Sunday Times bestseller, May 2023New York Times bestseller, August 2023