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´A twisty and engrossing story of betrayal and redemption.´ IAN RANKIN

FROM THE #1 BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THEN SHE WAS GONE 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.
A compulsive new thriller from Lisa Jewell.
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´Rich, dark and intricately twisted, this enthralling whodunnit mixes family saga with domestic noir to brilliantly chilling effect.´ RUTH WARE

´You don´t read a Lisa Jewell book, you fall into it. It takes huge talent to establish a whole world in the turn of two pages.´ ERIN KELLY

´I had an unrelentingly pleasurable and thrilling for-God´s-sake-tell-me-what-happened sensation in my stomach for the entire read ... Stupendous!´ RUTH JONES

´Absolutely brilliant. Great characterisation, a fascinating and dark set up and a great conclusion. She´s always great but this is next level stuff.´ SARAH PINBOROUGH

´Few writers of psychological suspense devise such swift, slippery plots; fewer still people their stories with characters so human and complex. Lisa´s Jewell´s The Family Upstairs glitters like a blade and cuts even deeper.´ AJ FINN

´Whenever I pick up a Lisa Jewell novel I know I´m in for a compelling, immersive and unputdownable read and The Family Upstairs is one of her very best´ CL TAYLOR

´I had hoped to save The Family Upstairs for my holiday, but failed miserably ... I was hooked from the first page. I think it´s her best yet and hands down my favourite book so far this year.´ ALICE FEENEY

´Utterly compelling. Deliciously dark and twisty with characters who live on in your head. Lisa Jewell just keeps getting better and better.´ JANE CORRY

´The perfect poolside read. The perfect anywhere read, to be honest. This book is riveting, moving, and out in August. Highest possible level of recommendation.´ SOPHIE HANNAH

´This is my pick of the crop of thrillers out this month ... Lisa Jewell is brilliant at creating a menacing atmosphere and this is almost unbelievably tense at times.´ GOOD HOUSEKEEPING

´It´s absolutely bloody brilliant and I can´t tell you much I wish I´d written it.´ TAMMY COHEN

´It´s SO GOOD!´ INDIA KNIGHT
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Early readers are obsessed with The Family Upstairs:

´I read so many books in the crime/mystery genre that it becomes harder to find a book that stands out. This one succeeded!! Hooked from page one´
´I totally adored this book. All of Lisa Jewell´s books are fabulous, but something about this one is extra special.´
´Absolutely absorbing ... thoroughly enjoyed it´
´Kept me captivated from the very beginning ... Definitely worth reading - as long you like reading into the night!´
´Everything you could wish for in a book. I devoured it.´
´Every now and then - not often - you get a psychological drama that lives up to its promise. One that has you hooked from the outset and keeps you reading long after bedtime. The Family Upstairs in one such book.´
´Wow!!´
´What a book. Clever would be an understatement. And those last pages left me with chills. The concept had me intrigued and the execution had me captivated. I COULD NOT PUT THIS BOOK DOWN!´

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"I swear I didn´t breathe the whole time I was reading. Gripping, pacy, brilliantly twisty."

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