Loved the Parisian setting – it was such a wild ride of a book! Great characters and tension was high throughout.

The Paris Apartment is yet again a winner from Lucy Foley. Jess is in search of her brother who rents an upmarket apartment in Paris but has gone missing. In search of clues she meets a suspicious, creepy cast of characters, anyone of whom could be guilty. Can she find out who and what happened to Ben?

Ben Daniels is a journalist who is invited to stay in an apartment within Nick’s family home. This home an old large hotel in Paris,now owned by Nick’s family who all live in separate apartments along with the elderly concierge who has her own separate accommodation within the grounds.
Ben’s sister Jess contacts him and asked to stay with him ,so making arrangement arrives in Paris ,only to discover that Ben is now missing. A search by Jess leaves her feeling frightened for his safety and feels that there is more to the house and those living in it than meets the eye. Secrets begin to emerge as Jess delves more deeply into the history of the family and their relationships. Perhaps that is what Ben has discovered?
The book moves quickly and parts are told by the different individuals as the story unfolds . Not until the end do we have a glimpse of the secrets they all share.
Really enjoyed the book ,certainly has a different and distinctive style.

Having read Lucy Foley's other two books and devoured them, I was thrilled to get my hands on her third!!
This novel is very different in style to her other two and I really struggled to get in to it initially but once I did..wow!!...,I couldn't put it down. Brilliant characters, interesting plot that keeps you turning the pages and guessing right until the end. All set in a mysterious apartment block with equally strange and mysterious occupants who all have their own secrets. Jess' journey to unearth the whereabouts of her brother Ben is a tale not to be missed

Another great book by Lucy Foley a real mysterious & twisted thriller. The story follows the events of what happened in a apartment in No.12 Rue des Amants. Full of twists keeps you wanting to get to the end to find out the truth.

The book starts off slow but picks up pace midway, you can’t put it down after that A classic whodunnit with fleshed our characters and a sinister plot. And, of course, like her other works, you can’t guess till the end who has committed the crime. A good read for a long winter day, do pick it up.

lucy foley’s other books ‘the guest list’ and ‘the hunting party’ are two of my favourite mystery thriller books, and this one did not disappoint.

although i found the setting to be rather cringey and did not understand this cast of characters as much as those in her other books, the twists were still great, and this is definitely worth a read.

Foley has again written a terrific novel that is full of brilliant characters who all are a part of the excellent plot. I really enjoyed this book and cannot wait for her next

Another exciting thriller from Lucy! She writes really well! Loved her other books and this one is definitely one to add to the collection. Love it’s set in Paris and the when Jess arrives things are not want they seem. You will enjoy the journey the narrative takes.

The plot centers around the exotic setting of a Parisian apartment block with a courtyard. The suspense slowly builds as Jess goes there to visit her brother Ben, a journalist, only to discover that he has disappeared. There are excellent descriptive scenes which evoke an impending sense of drama and doom. Something very mysterious is going on. The creepy occupants of the building all have their secrets, as does the sinister concierge who silently watches what's going on.
A very enjoyable and imaginative read, which I read in a couple of sittings.

Jess is broke & having left her job decides to travel to Paris to stay with her half brother Bento start a new life.
When she arrives Ben is missing & the other residents in the rather exclusive apartment block, are less than friendly & not keen to help. They all have secrets of their own including the apartment’s concierge.
Jess does some investigative work of her own to try to find what has happened to Ben & unearths some secrets along the way.

I have to admit thrillers are not usually top of my reading list, I find them contrived & predictable. However, I really enjoyed this book. I was looking for a page-turning easy read & found it. The characters are a little one-dimensional & the plot, at times, a little convenient (I mean who hacks a computer’s password on the second attempt?) but there are plenty of twists that I didn’t see coming!

This was a gripping read. I found it took a little time to get going and to become familiar with who's who, but once you get used to the cast of characters, it was hard to put down. It was so interesting to read about another side to Paris as a city and the house itself was like another character. Jess is very well drawn and I think she carries the story well. The other characters are all quirky and interesting in their own way and just when you think you have someone or something figured out, it turns out you're wrong! The story had many layers and a good twist. It kept me up far too late because I had to see what happens! I was delighted to get a chance to read it early and will definitely recommend it.

After having thoroughly enjoyed The Guest List by Lucy Foley I was thrilled that NetGalley accepted my request to read The Paris Apartment.

I found The Paris Apartment a slow burner to begin with, but once I was a quarter of the way through the pace of the story and my reading certainly picked up.

I finished the last three quarters of The Paris Apartment greedily as I was eager to find out just what had happened to Benjamin Daniels. 

Jess is running away from her life in England and seeking refuge with her half brother Ben in Paris.

After a less than smooth journey to the French capital, Jess is disappointed that Ben seems to have done a disappearing act on her when she finally manages to get into his apartment. 

Pretty soon, Jess begins to suspect foul play and starts to investigate what has happened to Ben. 

As she begins to search for Ben she wonders how on earth he could afford to stay in this luxurious apartment in Paris, do journalists earn enough from restaurant reviews?

The residents of the other apartments seem less than willing to help and some even seem to want her to leave - what are they hiding? 

Everyone is a suspect in The Paris Apartment, can Jess trust anyone to help her find Ben? 

The quest for answers keeps the reader turning the pages as the plot thickens and grows darker, the sense of foreboding intensifies. 

I didn't find any of the characters particularly likeable, they all have their flaws but I was really rooting for Jess and didn't want her to come to any harm. 

As a former journalist myself, I could understand Ben's quest for a scoop and why his "friend" Theo may have a vested interest in helping Jess.

The plot is told from different character's perspectives and we are taken back in time too as more secrets and lies are uncovered. 

There's enough twists and turns to keep you hooked - just stick with it for the first quarter!

This is a gripping read! The main character is Jess, escaping from relationship problems in England to join her half brother, Benjamin Daniels, in Paris. Ben is a lodger with a university friend Nick whom he has met up with again. The story evolves slowly as information is released bit by bit. Nick is not whom he seems. He is actually living with an extended family dominated by a bullying father. Ben is actually a journalist so as he, like the reader, uncovers further information, he realises that he is onto a story that could make his name. That spells danger for the family he is lodging with. They need to get rid of the danger. That means that when Jess arrives to live with her brother, he has disappeared. This is an engrossing, carefully conceived story. The context of Paris is used to advantage too. I recommend this book.

I must admit to having only read The Hunting Party by Lucy Foley, but was intrigued when I was able to request her upcoming book, The Paris Apartment, on Netgalley.

This is another seemingly "locked room" style book, which seems to be the theme for Foley's writing, and a plot I can get on board with. I do love having limited suspects to theorise over.

The Paris Apartment stars a cast of diverse and quirky characters, all with their own secrets. The multi narrative character really allows us to see each of them as an individual, to get an idea of what thwir secret may be.

I didn't love this book as much as I had hoped. The atmospheric descriptions of Paris certainly helped and made it feel more authentic, but I found the central plot a little stale. Am I over the "locked room" trope?

For me, this book, whilst written well, lacked a certain kick, drama and pace. I will however give The Guest List a go as this is still on my Netgalley shelf.

The Paris Apartment is due to be published 3rd March 2022.

Thank you to @netgalley for the advanced copy of this title.

One of the best books I've read this year!! I love Lucy Foley is this is her best yet!. An atmospheric mystery set in an old gothuc building deep in Paris. Taking you deep into the mind some truly dysfunctional but brilliant characters, this simply is a must read for any psychological thriller fan. If you loved Lock the Door by Riley Sager, you will love this too. A creepy, twisty, slightly crazy psychological thriller out 3rd March 2022. Thanks @netgalley @lucyfoleyauthor and @harpercollinsuk for my arc

** spoiler alert ** I love when a building becomes such a larger than life entity, it almost becomes a character itself. And 'The Paris Apartment' in this case, almost becomes the eponymous hero (or anti hero?!) - the apartment, or rather, the apartment block, is at times claustophobic, secretive and even menacing - holding it's secrets close to it's chest.

I feel the Guest List had a little of this peppered throughout, but rather than a building, it was an island with it's own mystery and power. But in this case, the Apartment Block, is protecting it's own at all costs, rather than trying to force the newcomers out, like in the Guest List.

I devoured this book in 2 days, and was swept along by the split narratives, the flash backs, the twists and the turns. I was just about one step ahead of the plot, but that just encouraged me onward - the red herrings are beautifully laid out, and not over used, just as the little flashes of French isn't over used - the idioms explained, the implications of a darker meaning behind 'blood is thicker than water' - 'the blood calls you back' - because at the heart of it, this is a book about relationships, but it also a book about how much you really know about someone - can you ever *know* a person? Even if that person is your brother?

As with The Guest List, this is also a book about class, about wealth, and about new wealth - because ultimately, old wealth equals power... or does it?

Thanks to NetGalley for an eARC of this novel - I can't wait to see if others agree with me when this is released!

This is a very atmospheric book set in contemporary Paris. It follows the life of Jess who is trying to track down her missing brother. The narrative is via the viewpoint of the other characters which helps to move the storyline along. As usual I found this novel of Lucy Foley's difficult to become immersed into at first. However, I know to persist and as I expected it was thoroughly worth it for the journey through the book and the exciting and unexpected end.

Lucy Foley has a format and she’s sticking to it: a small group of people, in a place, stuff happens. The Paris Apartment is no different to Foley’s previous work in this respect - if you’ve enjoyed her writing in the past, you’ll love this. I would have liked it to be a bit longer with more character history in parts, but on the whole, I enjoyed.

Having read and enjoyed The Hunting Party and The Guest List I was pleased to be given the opportunity to read and advanced copy of The Paris Apartment. Having read the book, I can’t help now having mixed feelings. The plot is revealed through a multi perspective narrative, much the same as Lucy Foley’s previous two books. Even though the story is set in Paris, the apartment block could be anywhere - I didn’t get a Parisian vibe from the setting at all. Many, in fact most, of the characters are down right dislikeable.. I was just left a bit cold by the whole plot. Had I not read the two previous books, I’m sure I would have enjoyed it more. For me, the whole structure of the book is too similar.