In a beautiful old apartment block, deep in the backstreets of Paris, secrets are stirring behind every resident’s door.
The lonely wife
The party animal
The curtain-twitcher
The secret lover
The watchful caretaker
The unwanted guest
One resident is missing. Only the killer holds the key to the mystery…
What did I think?
Yowzers! Reviewing this book without giving anything away is going to be tricky so this may be a short review, but it’s no reflection on how completely brilliant the book is.
I love Lucy Foley books and The Paris Apartment is no exception. I absolutely raced through it and couldn’t put it down, greedily devouring every single word until I had discovered all of the skeletons in its closet. The residents of these luxury apartments have more skeletons in their closets than Halloween, that's for sure.
Jess is visiting her brother in Paris but when she gets there he has disappeared. Jess seems to be the only one worried about Ben, despite his friend being one of his neighbours. Told from various points of view, Jess begins her search for Ben whilst the reader peeks through the keyhole of each apartment.
The characters are drawn brilliantly; I was suspicious of all of them and I thought I had worked out what had happened to Ben (and where he was) but of course it's a Lucy Foley book so I was completely wrong. I love being wrong like this though and there are so many jawdropping moments in the book that I'm surprised I didn't have jaw ache.
Brilliantly written, The Paris Apartment is a twisty, addictive and entertaining mystery. It's reminiscent of Agatha Christie and I'd love to see this on the big screen. C'est magnifique!
I received a gifted paperback for the Tandem Collective readalong and this is my honest and unbiased opinion.
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