As Jess meets Ben’s dysfunctional neighbors one by one, she begins to suspect that nobody in the apartment is as innocent as they want her to believe…Ī treat to devour-especially those last revealing chapters!- The Paris Apartment is yet another entertaining and escapist mystery from the talented Lucy Foley. Like the cast of distinctive characters led by down-and-out heroine Jess, determined to find out what’s happened to her journalist-brother Ben, who is nowhere to be found when she shows up to visit from London. This time, Foleys locked room is a Paris apartment building, and its obtuse inhabitants provide the necessary drama and challenges for the prickly narrator. The Paris Foley gives us in this novel isn’t one of charm and romance it’s dark and menacing.

In The Paris Apartment, a deliciously creepy and clever whodunit told in alternating points of view, we’re treated to yet another atmospheric page-turner and writing that feels simply effortless, perfect for fans of Lisa Jewell and Ruth Ware.Īs you might imagine, the eerie Paris apartment where this mystery unfolds is its own wonderfully drawn character, a swanky but unsettling old building with walls that seem to know something we don’t. The Paris Apartment: A Novel Paperback Large Print, Maby Lucy Foley (Author) 42,150 ratings Editors' pick Best Books of the Year So Far 2023 See all formats and editions Kindle 12.99 Read with Our Free App Audiobook 0.00 Free with your Audible trial Hardcover 15.80 139 Used from 1.98 72 New from 10.99 5 Collectible from 15. Lucy Foleys last two novels did that, so I pre-ordered The Paris Apartment and started it the day it appeared in my library. Months later I dont remember the specific plots and characters, only whether or not the books held my attention. There’s something so wonderfully satisfying about settling in with a new book you know won’t disappoint-and Lucy Foley has established herself as that kind of trusted author. I buy about 100 audiobooks a year, a solid number of them being pop mysteries.

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