I loved this book and read it in very little time. Jess has fled her latest job and boyfriend and is coming to Paris to stay with her brother. He texts her the address but just a few hours later when she arrives, he is nowhere to be seen and there seems to be blood on the floor.
I liked the way the story was told from the perspectives of different characters. I particularly liked Jess who becomes fearless and determined in her search. A satisfying ending too.

The book started a bit slow but as you read on, the story does get engaging. I did not fall in love with any of the characters but I still wanted to find out what happens in the end!

I have always loved Foley's books and was keen to get stuck into this latest offering. However, this was not for me. I just could not connect to the plot and was not particularly interested in what was happening. I do not know why but it just was not thrilling or exciting and I hate to say it but I was bored.
Foley writes this from different character perspectives, a style I usually love, however, again, for some reason it did not work for this book. I was confused who was who and how they were connected and it did not help me gain a better understanding of them.
It pains me to say it but this just was not for me.

A real page turner of a thriller with twists right up to the end. I really liked how the story is told and unfolds via the different characters perspectives.
Jess arrives in Paris to stay with her brother only to discover he has disappeared and that the other tenants in the apartment are not what they first seem and may be implicated in her brothers disappearance.
Entertaining thriller with plenty of suspense and intrigue to keep you hooked.

I love Lucy Foley. Her books are always so gripping, and this one is a real page turner.
Jess arrives in Paris to stay with her brother. He's not there though. There are strange circumstances and a cast of people who all seem to have something to hide.
The way the narrative switches between characters is a great way to tell the story. Filling in bits and pieces of the puzzle.
Jess as the main character is determined and fearless too.

My favourite Lucy Foley yet. Vivid, atmospheric and compelling, The Paris Apartment is full of genuinely shocking twists and turns that will have you turning pages as fast as you can!

'The Paris Apartment' is being compared to books by Agatha Christie, but this is grossly misleading. Agatha Christie wrote carefully constructed detective mysteries in which the clues were made available to the reader and much of the satisfaction the books gave came from working out whodunnit. 'The Paris Apartment' is more of a thriller. Four people share a luxurious apartment building with a conciergerie who lives in a little shed in the courtyard. Ben has been invited by an old friend to take the only empty apartment for a peppercorn rent. (We never discover why the apartment is empty, which is a minor, but real, irritation for any Agatha Christie style detective fans who want all the loose ends neatly tied off.)

Ben’s sister has invited herself to come and stay with him, but when she arrives he is missing. She sets out to solve the mystery of his having vanished.

The story is told in the first person by each of the people living in the flat (including, for a while, the apparently deceased Ben). The place obviously harbours an evil secret. We are even told that the basement used to be used by the Gestapo for torturing prisoners, which adds an appropriately macabre undertone to the story. As the story goes on, layer after layer of mystery is revealed. I’m not going to say anything else about the plot as there are many twists and turns before the denouement. I didn’t see most of them coming, but somehow they did not seem that surprising after they had happened. Possibly it’s because the whole thing is written like a jigsaw puzzle and the pieces do definitely fit neatly together, but credibility and characterisation are sacrificed to making the mechanics of the plot work.

Did I care about the people or their ultimate fate? Absolutely not. But was I curious enough keep reading? Yes. So this is a book which will pass away a wintry afternoon over the Christmas holidays and I’m sure it will make a more than acceptable gift for mystery thriller fans. Just don’t give it to anybody who really likes Agatha Christie.

(This review is based on an ARC supplied through NetGalley. 'The Paris Apartment' will be published in the UK in March).

I really enjoyed two previous thrillers by Lucy Foley but this was just a big miss for me. It felt rushed, I didn't like any of the characters including the protagonist, and it was not well-written. Huge disappointment. I did it make it the end though but it's the a title I will be recommending.

Jess arrives in Paris to stay with her half brother Ben. She’s made a hurried exit from London after leaving her job in a bar and called Ben to ask if she can stay. She arrives at his apartment to find him missing. The old Parisian house is divided into apartments and it has many secrets amongst the various flats. We discover that all the occupants, apart from Ben are related to the owner and have many secrets. In her quest to find out what has happened to Ben Jess slowly uncovers what the family is trying to hide.
It is a good book that keeps the reader guessing until the end but the twist is rather far fetched and disappointing.

Another nail-biting and addictive Lucy Foley! I loved both of her previous thrillers and this one is no different. Twists galore and brilliant characterisation.

Jess is broke and her life is unravelling. A trip to Paris to see her brother only adds to her despair. He has disappeared and everyone who knows him is keeping their counsel.

The Paris Apartment is a thrilling rollercoaster of unexpected twists and turns. The grand Parisien apartment block creates a dark, clandestine setting where the occupants begin to reveal their secrets one by one.

Lucy Foley spins a captivating yarn, which is full of mystery and suspense. Suddenly when you think you’ve worked everything out, the events take a surprising turn.

The story is told from the perspective of each of the characters and this only adds to the mystery, as it throws up a multitude of questions. The ending is well worth the wait.

A highly recommended read – a real page turner.

My thanks to Netgalley and Harper Collins for an advance to copy in return for an honest review

Reading the Paris Apartment is like entering an escape room whereby clues have to be solved to secure your release. Jess, escaping life in England , travels to Paris to stay with her brother Ben; but upon arrival discovers her is missing and so begins Jess’ journey into discovering what has happened Ed to her missing brother. This means encountering the residents of the building and gradually unpicking the dark secrets and connections between them. The challenge with a whodunnit/ whydunnit that is Lucy Foley’s genre is that your sympathy for many of the characters is limited as they are portrayed in such a dark and often disturbingly nasty way. The claustrophobic atmosphere within the apartment block and the interaction between the residents is deftly told . No spoilers but the twist at the end did giving a sense of coming up for air after a dark read.

After reading, and enjoying, The Guest List and The Hunting Party, I was excited to read The Paris Apartment. Overall, it was a good storyline and it kept me reading to the end with a couple of good twists I didn’t see coming. The only negatives I have are that it was a little slow in places and I don’t really get why it was set in France, as apart from a few French lines of speech, it could’ve been set anywhere. As I said, great read overall and I look forward to Foley’s next.

A new Lucy Foley book is always a bit of an event, so I was excited to get my hands on a copy of The Paris Apartment. It sounded intriguing, and it was. The story is told from various viewpoints, but mainly that of Jess, in need of a hasty escape from the UK, who arrives in Paris to stay with her brother Ben.

Jess and Ben's family background hasn't been the easiest, and nor is the situation Jess finds when she arrives at 12 Rue des Amants (that's Lovers' Street, in English). The apartment block and the apartment itself are luxurious - far more so than Jess expected - but Ben is nowhere to be found, and the other residents - aloof Sophie, obsessive Mimi, obnoxious Antoine and relatively-normal-seeming-Nick, along with an unnamed concierge - aren't exactly keen to help and are, in some cases, outright hostile.

Clearly, there's something dark at the heart of this Paris apartment building...

It was a well written and enjoyable read, although it never totally grabbed me to the point where I couldn't bear to put it down. Jess is a likeable and resourceful protagonist and the other characters are believably drawn.

Ultimately, though, I think my favourite character may have been the never-named concierge.

Many thanks for the opportunity to read and review!

I was really excited to read this new book by Lucy Foley, and I was very lucky to receive an ARC from Netgalley and Harper Collins UK.

Jess has just left her job and needs to leave the UK quickly, so she goes to visit her half-brother, who is working as a journalist in France. When Jess arrives at Ben's apartments complex, though, he is NOWHERE to be found. And it looks way too fancy for him. How does he afford it?

The neighbours in the apartment block are all very strange and seem to be doing everything they can to block Jess from finding her brother. Who are they and why are they so secretive?

This book was good, but I did lose interest a little halfway through. There was a lot of mystery, intrigued, red herrings and that me for an overall good read.

Fantastic premise! Excellent hook and brilliant follow-through. I adored this book and loved the twist towards the middle - it truly changed the game and I did not catch it! Excellent

I absolutely loved this book, it was enthralling from the start and I was dissapointed when it finished, I would definitely recommend this book, one of the best thrillers I have read this year

When Jess decides to leave her dead end job to join her brother in Paris. She thinks it will be the fresh start she needs.
Only, when she arrives at the Paris apartment her brother is residing in he is nowhere to be found.
The neighbours all seem very suspicious and Jess sets out to find out what happened to her brother.
I loved the Agatha Christie vibe of this book. An easy to read whodunnit thriller set in Paris with some very interesting characters. This book has so many twists and turns throughout and I absolutely loved the ending

I enjoyed The Hunting Party and The Guest List so was really pleased to receive an advance copy of The Paris Apartment to review.

The cover is a clever design and I thought it fitted quite well with the title. I would pick it up if I saw it in a book shop.

Straight away I was gripped by this story. Ben is a journalist, living in a grand apartment in Paris. His half sister, Jess, is coming to visit to escape from her problems back home. Just before Jess visits, there’s a mysterious intruder in Ben’s flat, and Jess can’t get a hold of him when she arrives. What’s happened to the attractive, charming Ben?

This story has a very different feel to Lucy Foley’s previous novels, but this is no bad thing.

After a strong start, I thought the pace slowed a bit as the chapters alternated between the characters. I felt like I was reading for ages but not making much progress with the story.

I would have liked some more description of Paris and the setting, this has been great in the author’s previous books. It felt like there were token mentions of some typical Paris landmarks but most of the book is set within the apartment building.

Each chapter alternates between the point of view of a different character. Many residents in the building seem to have a connection to Ben, but they’re all very secretive and definitely hiding something.

I didn’t really warm to any of the characters but I don’t think they were meant to be likeable. I found most of them a bit flat and lacking in depth.

About halfway through, the story picked up again and was a better pace. The last 20% or so was much faster paced and more gripping.

Of course there were a few twists, and although I didn’t guess them all, they weren’t as shocking as they could have been.

I had expected to really fly through this book and enjoy it as much as I enjoyed her previous novels.
Unfortunately, this missed the mark for me and the slow pace for a large part of the book let it down.

It’s still worth a read and I give it 3.5 stars, rounded to 3.

Thanks to Harper Fiction and NetGalley for an advance copy to review.

This book is a bit of a slow burn and it took me a long time to really get into it, but once I did I enjoyed it. It's well-written with plenty of atmosphere and suspense.