The Family Upstairs: The gripping thriller from the Sunday Times bestselling author
Aug 2019 · The Family Upstairs Book 1 · Random House
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Prepare to be hooked . . . A compulsive thriller from Lisa Jewell.
* #1 UK SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER *
* OVER A MILLION COPIES SOLD *
* HOLLY WILLOUGHBY'S SUMMER READING HIGHLIGHT *
*A RICHARD AND JUDY BOOK CLUB PICK*
'I read it all in one sitting.' Colleen Hoover
'I loved The Family Upstairs!' Sarah Jessica Parker
'Really good, gripping. I couldn't bear for it to finish...' Olivia Colman
'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.
_______________
More love for The Family Upstairs . . .
'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.' Guarian
'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 Cohen
'I genuinely struggled to put this one down.' The Unmumsy Mum
The Family Upstairs has sold over a million copies across all formats [Nielsen, May 2024]
Lisa Jewell, Number One Sunday Times bestseller, March 2024
* #1 UK SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER *
* OVER A MILLION COPIES SOLD *
* HOLLY WILLOUGHBY'S SUMMER READING HIGHLIGHT *
*A RICHARD AND JUDY BOOK CLUB PICK*
'I read it all in one sitting.' Colleen Hoover
'I loved The Family Upstairs!' Sarah Jessica Parker
'Really good, gripping. I couldn't bear for it to finish...' Olivia Colman
'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.
_______________
More love for The Family Upstairs . . .
'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.' Guarian
'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 Cohen
'I genuinely struggled to put this one down.' The Unmumsy Mum
The Family Upstairs has sold over a million copies across all formats [Nielsen, May 2024]
Lisa Jewell, Number One Sunday Times bestseller, March 2024
Ratings and reviews
4.4
297 reviews
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November 24, 2020
Probably the most abrupt and disappointing ending ever. I was expecting a dark psychological thriller from this book (I should have remembered the old adage, never to judge a book by it's cover) but got something akin to teen mystery instead. The novel displayed a naive writing style, and the bad guy sounds like a wingeing, self pitying teen throughout. Once I finished the book, I realised this had meant to make him sound dark and forbidding but it simply didn't. All in all, a waste of time for me as it simply didn't live up to the promise of its cover.
Menna Ahmad Azzam
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March 17, 2023
It is thw worst book I've read, it is dirty, immature, and gross, it lacks mystery and It is not recommended at all, please do not waste your money and do not read it I rate it as a star just to post my comment, it does not deserve any star
Anna Tanner
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April 29, 2023
On the whole I enjoyed this book. It mostly kept me intrigued, needing to know what happened next... I was disappointed with the ending. Knowing there's a sequel is a relief, I'm hoping for some closure.
About the author
Lisa Jewell's first novel, Ralph’s Party, was published in 1999 and was the best-selling debut novel of the year. Since then she has published another twenty-three novels, most lately a number of dark psychological thrillers, including Then She Was Gone, The Family Upstairs and None of This is True. Lisa is a number one New York Times and Sunday Times author who has sold over ten million books worldwide and been published in more than thirty languages. She lives in north London with her husband, two daughters, Daisy, a Romanian rescue dog, and a mad orange cat called Ivy. @lisajewelluk on Twitter @lisajewelluk on Instagram @lisajewellofficial on Facebook.
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