The Paris Apartment Blog Talk and Book Review
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The Paris Apartment
by Lucy Foley
At the adventure of sounding conceited, when you read as many thrillers as I practice, at some point it becomes easy to predict the twist. It's fairly uncommon for me to be completely surprised by the ending of a psychological thriller, but Lucy Foley does it every time. The Paris Apartment is no different.
The Paris Apartment is told from multiple points of view, with the heroine being Jess, a barmaid from England. Jess is broke and possibly in a tiny bit of problem with the law, so she goes to Paris to stay with her brother Ben. When she arrives at Ben's apartment she finds him missing. At start she assumes he simply stepped out and forgot her arrival, simply more than troubling clues begin to announced. Ben'due south true cat has bloodstains in its fur, stains that don't belong to the fauna. The floor in front of the door appears to accept been bleached, and she finds his St. Christopher medal left behind with a broken concatenation.
As Jess takes upwardly the search for her brother we encounter the eccentric bandage of characters that occupy his apartment building. In that location's Sophie the socialite; Mimi, a teenage girl struggling with her identity; Antoine, a rage-filled alcoholic; Nick, presumably ane of Ben's closest friends; and the concierge, a woman who appears and disappears like a wraith.
What I loved about this volume is that the apartment building was similar a character in itself. While this isn't a ghost story, the apartment building has gothic, haunted business firm elements to information technology. There are hidden staircases and dumbwaiters, an extensive wine cave in the basement, and the abandoned maid's quarters. Things motility and shift around the building as if a ghost is toying with Jess, although that isn't the case. There'south a spectral, haunted feeling to this book that is just then enjoyable.
Jess'south exploration of the flat edifice mirrors her exploration of Ben's mysterious life in a wonderfully clever narrative twist. It's like every hidden staircase reveals a subconscious element of his activities.
I don't want to go into too much detail and risk spoiling the novel, just this is a thriller with a delightfully spooky temper, gothic elements, and a fantastic ending that took me totally by surprise. It's besides light on violence so if that'due south non your thing, this book shouldn't carp y'all. It's a perfectly tense, perfectly executed read and I highly recommend it.
– Elyse
From theNew York Times bestselling author ofThe Invitee List comes a new locked room mystery, gear up in a Paris flat building in which every resident has something to hide… Jess needs a fresh start. She's bankrupt and alone, and she's but left her job under less than ideal circumstances. Her one-half-blood brother Ben didn't sound thrilled when she asked if she could crash with him for a bit, but he didn't say no, and surely everything will look better from Paris. Only when she shows upwards – to observe a very nice flat, could Ben really take afforded this? – he's not there. The longer Ben stays missing, the more Jess starts to dig into her blood brother'due south state of affairs, and the more questions she has. Ben's neighbors are an eclectic bunch, and not particularly friendly. Jess may accept come to Paris to escape her past, just it's starting to await like it's Ben'south hereafter that's in question. The socialite – The prissy guy – The alcoholic – The girl on the verge – The concierge Everyone'due south a neighbour. Everyone's a suspect. And anybody knows something they're not telling.
Mystery/Thriller
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