A story that keeps me wondering, not just from the first chapter, but throughout, is my kind of story. A variety of twists and turns are introduced as the reader hears different versions of events from the many involved characters.

When the sister arrives from England to visit her brother in France, he’s missing and she finds evidence to expect the worst kind of news. You won’t know until the end of the story how that evolves.

Surprising, was the gradual realization that almost everyone in the building was a member of a close and yet distant family, but appear separate from each other. They were hiding secrets and the sister was on their trail as she stumbles around the apartment block and hidden rooms, trying to pull the clues together.

The reader will almost certainly feel they are is Paris; the descriptions are excellent and bring a reminder to those who have travelled through the city.

Although you may feel that you’re reading a whodunnit, there’s also a collection of secrets hiding inside each apartment in this building.

A free copy of this book arrived in my inbox and I’m very pleased it did. A delightful read and this novel kept me wondering until I turned the very last page. I sided with the sister, even though she gave me every reason to worry about her. Just how the watching concierge was involved, will take you a long time to work out.

Puzzling start to the book. Nearly gave up early on, but something grabbed me. As I continued to read an impressive drama, mystery with Agatha Christie direction to the culprit (s) becomes uncovered.
Paris makes a good setting for this book. Having spent time there I was easily able to visualise the different scenes and imagine th apartment complex.
As the story picked up and became more intriguing so did my interest, so that I was eagerly page turning by the end.
A very enjoyable read.

I enjoyed this book which gave us a mixture of characters based in a large apartment building in Paris which itself held as many twists, turns and secrets as its occupants. These characters, none of which are particularly nice people intertwine throughout the narrative extremely well. Do we have to like a character to enjoy a book? I don't personally understand that. For me a great read.
My thanks to NetGalley and Harper Collins for the opportunity to read this advance copy in return for an honest and unbiased review..

Have read this author before and couldn’t wait to read this one. Set in Paris at an apartment block with complex characters except Jess who had travelled there to stay with her brother! Off we went on an intriguing read with all these characters holding back secrets involving what her brother discovered and for Jess to find out after he has disappeared! A great read.

Once the pace picked up, I quite enjoyed this new offering from Lucy Foley. I have realised that I struggle with how much build up there is and how slow to start off this is. There were a couple of twists that I didn’t see coming so deffo points for that. If you’re a fan of her previous books, you will like this one too

Jess needs to leave the UK and arrives at her brother, Ben's, apartment in Paris to find him missing. This book is full of twists and turns and drew me straight in

What secrets does number 12, Rue des Amants hold? Oh, there are many and Jess will discover them all

Another corker of a mystery from Lucy Foley.

This is intelligent writing that doesn't feel the need to show off; a deceptively skilful weaving of threads to form a gripping story. There's always just enough information to keep the reader hungry for the next chapter and every character has a flaw or two which creates empathy and introduces human frailty.

Foley maintains the pace superbly throughout the narrative, making this a novel which is smart yet easy to read. This kind of claustrophobic, almost "locked-room" style of mystery can be hard to pull off, but Foley appears to be becoming rather a master of the genre.

Now I want a sequel! What happened after they went their separate ways? Or were they separate ways?

Full of suspense, this book had me gripped from the first page. Jess arrives unexpectedly in an atmospheric, late-night Paris, quickly suspecting the disappearance of her estranged brother, Ben. Jess is on the run from her own situation back in Brighton, and Ben’s neighbours are not who they immediately seem. Narrated in the first person from a handful of characters, the reader learns more about Jess, her relationship with her brother, and meets the mysterious inhabitants of No. 12 Rue des Amants.

I love how Foley writes her characters, not quite so archetypal as they first seem, vilified through accounts of others and rationalised through their own. I like how Foley plays with the French and English language and challenges what could be seen as a rather stereotypical take of Paris from the eyes of a Brit abroad. I would recommend for anyone who wants to devour a murder mystery set in a foreign and engimatic setting.

Reading this book was like peeling an onion. It had various layers to it and as a reader you just got down one layer and another would appear, each one enhancing the experience.. It was very well written with a vey believable story line which could never have been described as predictable. It kept me engaged and guessing all the way to the end with just enough suspense.

A second exciting thriller from Lucy Foley.
Again she favours the "locked room" idea, with the suspects based around the characters inhabiting an apartment block in Paris (clue's in the name). But... I say "suspects", and yet what exactly are they suspected of? True, there's a lot to be suspicious and disquieting behaviour ... but mostly it's just a sense of fear and anxiety, nicely conveyed through the eyes of Jess, who is (as in The Hunting Party) one of multiple narrators - and she is the one we most readily identify with. Right from the start, we are drawn into the mystery as the relatable Jess is stumbling around Paris, with little ability in the French language, trying to reach her brother's home - only to find, once there, that her brother seems to have taken off. Jess herself has done a moonlight flit from England (Brighton), so with no funds she has no choice but to stay in "The Paris Apartment".
As each character takes over the narrative, they each reveal their own individual nameless fears. Gradually the overall picture of the relationships between the apparently unconnected residents begins to emerge, making it a mystery thriller that is hard to put down.
There is a wonderful twist at the end - and the end itself, while not conventionally boy/girl/sunset, nonetheless provides a satisfying conclusion.

When Jess turns up at her brother Ben's apartment in Paris, he has mysteriously disappeared and everyone else in the building seems to have something to hide. Jess is out of her element in a world of wealth and privilege but she's determined to find her brother and uncover the mystery he was investigating, even if that puts her in danger as well.

What I enjoy about Lucy Foley's books is that she really engages with all of the characters and gives you someone to root for as well as a twisty puzzle to solve. The story is told from five different perspectives and though none of them are particularly likeable, they all have an ambiguous blend of light and shade to create an interesting ensemble cast. The first twist is slightly silly but the final revelation is masterfully drawn. An engaging and atmospheric mystery.

This book was filled with amazing characters. Each one so well developed and unique. They made me feel like a part of the story. And all were easy to relate to and empathize with.
Thank you NetGalley for the opportunity to read and review this book

I felt this was quite different to the previous novels from this author,.I felt a greater air of menace right from the start which I hadn’t before.The setting in Paris was realistically presented and credible as were the characters. The build up of tension as the story unfolded was heightened by the short chapters. Overall,I enjoyed this but not as much as her previous works.

This is the third Lucy Foley book I’ve read and one of the best. A psychological suspense, set against the Paris riots in 2019 that follows Jess Daniels to France after an invitation from her brother. But when she arrives at 12 Rue des Amants, he’s not there. Told mainly from Jess’ point of view there are other residents whose stories are interspersed with hers. The concierge, Mimi, Nick and Sophie, all with their shadowy pasts and all hiding secrets.

Not speaking French, Jess struggles to make herself understood, especially by the police and she begins to question how well does she really know Ben? The apartment is a character within the book, hiding many secrets within its layers and walls. I didn’t inhale this book as I did her others, it was one to sample, savour and delight in. There are too many flavours to get your teeth into and it took a lot longer for me to enjoy this thrilling read.

The book is saturated a sense of menace and fizzes with tension from the off. The plot points include complex characters and that essential locked-room feeling. The juxtaposition between the rioting outside, and the mystery within the very fabric of this grand old building is clever. Jess must filter through the deeply layered lives of each character to determine who knows what. By the three quarters mark, it was plain to see there were several who had motives. The journey Foley takes us on will decide who we can or can’t trust, but each character appears unreliable until the bitter end. The narrative is based on finding Ben, a man I found a little too seductive, and the focus not only of Jess’ investigation, but of many characters’ desires.

Foley is the master of page-turning thrillers and this one is no exception. Beautifully written and painstakingly researched, you will find yourself in France, visualising each landmarks, hearing each accent and enjoying the uniqueness of the setting. For those who enjoy atmospheric mysteries, this is definitely a book for you.

Thank you to the author, Lucy Foley, Netgalley and the publisher, HarperCollins UK, HarperFiction, HarperCollins for the privilege of reading an early copy of this book.

This was my first book by Lucy Foley and I assumed that it would be good based on the success of her previous novels. But I have mixed feelings. I liked the setting of the creepy old house divided into apartments with the plush penthouse at the top and the less well cared for apartments beneath. The premise and the storyline were good and moved at a fairly fast pace, which kept the pages turning.

But there were things I didn't like too. Much of the novel is told in first person narrative, dialogue and reflection. Very early on, the main character Jess is trying to access the building and thinks to herself something like 'come on Ben, I'm freezing my tits off here'. I was disappointed in the use of this expression in someone who was thinking to themselves. I found it unnecessarily coarse and it set the tone of the novel for me. I know if is popular fiction not great literature, but it's not for me. I also didn't like the french phrases dropped into the narrative - I thought it was a bit forced in an attempt to add some frenchness to the setting.

One of the characters I thought was particularly well thought out and interesting and that was the concierge. I especially liked her back story and the way her story was left at the end of the book.

In summary, I liked this book but didn't love it. It's a pretty easy read - but is full of dark themes, so perhaps shouldn't be an easy read.

Thank you to NetGalley for an early copy in exchange for an honest review.

An easy to read thriller with lots of twists and turns. Loved the Paris backdrop to all the messy going ons of a rich family who are visited by a couple of British amateur sleuths wanting to know the mystery behind all that wealth

It was a quick and easy read with some great twists. If you suspend all your disbelief. it was rather enjoyable. The Paris location was rather interesting, but the vibe wasn’t there.

I really wanted to love this having had mixed feelings about the author's previous book 'The Guest List' - but sadly was left feeling exactly the same. Once again Lucy Foley delivered a clever closed room who-dunnit with a big, unexpected twist at the end. But, once again it was the (small) cast of characters that disappointed. Whilst diverse, the residents of 'The Paris Apartment' were all more weird than flawed and as such I didn't like or connect with any of them which meant I didn't really care who'd dunnit it. I did want to know why though!

I really enjoyed this! It kept me engaged and, whilst I guessed the connection between Mimi and the concierge, I didn't guess the final twist at all! An enjoyable read.

Lucy Foley has done it again. This is a cracker of a book, and if you're anything like me then you will still be trying to work it all out right up to the last minute.
This is the story of a girl called Jess who goes to stay with her brother Ben in his Paris Apartment. But when she gets there he isn't there and no one will tell her anything.
It follows Jess' viewpoint as well as those of the other residents in the apartment building and the concierge.
This truly is a story of mystery and intrigue. You get the feeling that something has happened to Ben from the outset, but you never actually know what happened till the end. If you like a thriller and a read which has you guessing right up to the end then I highly recommend this.