This the the second book that I have enjoyed written by Lucy Foley, the first being The Guest List. I have to admit I enjoyed the surprise element of The Guest List slightly better. This is definitely a fast read (I was able to read it in a weekend). You will enjoy this book if you like suspenseful stories. I didn’t guess the ending at all. I would definitely recommend this book to readers who enjoy reading thrillers and suspense novels.

I can’t help but feel a bit disappointed by this book. Yes, the plot is good. Yes, there are moments of suspense. Yes, it is a good murder mystery that kept me guessing. But, it moved soooo slow!!! I much prefer a suspense story that is fast paced and keeps my quickly turning the pages. This definitely was not that for me. Thank you NetGalley and Killer Crime Club for this arc.

Thanks to NetGalley for the ARC of this book. I kept waiting for this one to turn supernatural, and thankfully, it did not. Though I enjoyed it enough, it never grabbed me and made me feel compelled to keep reading which to me is the mark of a good thriller. But definitely a solid effort.

Pub: 02/22/22 - out now!

Thank you @harpercollinsca for the gifted copy to read and review.

Jess needs a fresh start. She’s broke and alone so she decides to visit her half- brother Ben in Paris. But when she arrives, Ben is nowhere to be found and the more Jess digs his life, the more she realizes that things are not what they seem …

I loved this book! It drew me in right from the beginning. Foley is known for her locked room mysteries with rich casts of characters and The Paris Apartment delivers a fresh take on the format.

I’ve said it before, but I just can’t resist a story about rich people behaving badly. Add in Paris, a glamorous and creepy apartment and characters that are delightfully terrible and you have a winning combo for me!

The short chapters keep the pace moving, while the multiple POVs tease out secrets as the tension and story builds. Though we hear from many characters, the personalities are so distinct so it’s easy to keep track of the story.

If you’re a fan of locked room mysteries like me, make sure this one is on your TBR !

First book by Lucy Foley I've read. Normally I'm okay with multiple narrator stories, but this one seemed more... frantic than some of the others. Felt like the characters were interesting, if incompletely drawn. Some good twists at the end. Thanks to NetGalley for the ARC.

Lucy Foley writes outstanding mystery thrillers and she’s back with one that meets the expectations set by the previous books. Jess arrives in Paris to find her brother missing. He’s offered her a place to live while she gets her life together. She can get into her brother's apartment and finds there’s a creepy secret hidden by the family who lives there. The more she looks for the answer to her missing brother the more she finds herself in danger with no idea who to believe. And when she discovers the secret the wealthy family who lives in the apartment building is hiding, it becomes front page news in the Paris papers.

Lucy Foley does it again with a wonderful mystery set in a Paris apartment building. Like an onion, she peels back piece by piece each layer of the mystery leaving the reader surprised. One of my recent favorites to hand sell to my customers.

Lucy Foley has great ideas but execution is not her strongsuit. The characters were not as developed as I would have preferred and the motivations behind their actions at times didn't make sense. Atmosphere is wonderful as is most of her books and is where she shines.

I was between 3 and 4 stars for this one. It felt like more of a straight thriller with a bit less character development than I’ve particularly enjoyed about Foley’s other novels. But very twisty and intriguing as a whodunit (and a whatwasdoneit).

The Paris Apartment was a good read. I really got into the story and the characters as the story went along. I really like how each chapter is told from the point of view from each of the different characters. I thought I was able to figure out where Ben was as Jess was searching for him, but I was wrong on each of my guesses. This book has just enough mystery and suspense in it that I couldn't put it down until I was done reading it.

The Paris Apartment was such a great read. It had a large cast of very interesting and quirky characters, and was full of twists. I would definitely recommend this one, and have selected for our book club.

Jess flees England under mysterious circumstances to stay with her brother Ben in his apartment in Paris, but nothing is as it seems. As time goes on and Jess becomes more desperate to hunt down her brother she begins to dig deeper into the secrets of the Paris apartment. However, the inhabitants of the apartment will go to great lengths to keep their secrets hidden from the world. The Paris Apartment is a fast paced adventure that explores the seedy side of wealth. Some characters seemed underdeveloped, possibly because of the constant switch between character perspectives.

I was looking forward to reading Lucy Foley's new book, "The Paris Apartment." It sounded intriguing. Jess's half-brother Ben is the only family she has. Needing some time to get herself together, she invites herself to stay with Ben in his Paris apartment. When she gets there, she finds that Ben has disappeared. No one in the building can give her an answer about her missing step-brother. We are introduced to the other residents of the building, all of whom seem very strange, in different ways.
The chapter titles are named for the character telling a particular part of the story, so we get to see things from different perspectives. It sounds like the perfect set-up for moving the mysterious plot. But... After a while it gets very confusing. The "who done it" becomes a "who's talking and why is this or that happening?" I found I was concentrating more on keeping everything straight instead of how the mystery was moving toward a finale. I also found that some of the threads were tied together in a rather convenient and not that believable way. And to top it off, there was not one likeable character. By the time I go to the end of the book, I was relieved!
The general idea of the storytelling was a good idea, but I think the author just had too many things going on at once.
I would like to thank NetGalley and the publisher for allowing me access to this prepub.

I love how this book had it of lock every door by Riley Sager vibes and then took a big twist & I didn’t see coming. It was a great book to escape into and remember my travels to Paris. Thank you for an advance reader copy of this book.

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The Paris Apartment by Lucy Foley
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This was a pretty good thriller that pulled me out of a horrible reading slump! I loved the Paris/creepy building vibes. I definitely got hooked and wanted to keep reading. Foley is so creative in the way she connects the characters in her books. I loved the way this one unfolded.
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Some of the plot points weren't my favorite, but I still appreciated the creativity behind most of them. I would recommend this one if you want something that hooks you and keeps you guessing.

Another solid and interesting thriller from Lucy Foley. Readers definitely are going to enjoy it.

Jess needs a fresh start and runs to Paris, where her brother is renting an apartment in a grand house. Unfortunately, when Jess arrives, her brother has gone missing, and the neighbors in the building are less than helpful. There are so many reveals along the way in this book, that I don't want to say any more in fear of giving something away.

Here, just as in The Guest List, the story is told through multiple points of view. This could be a little jarring for me, since I am not a huge fan of multiple POV, which is the only reason I didn't give this 4 stars.

While I’m not much of a thriller fan, I’ll read anything set in Paris. I especially loved that it was in a former hôtel particulier made into apartments.

One of the biggest drawbacks was the author writing bits of speech in French and then writing the same phrase or sentence in English. It was distracting and redundant. Like the characters were repeating themselves. I was hooked on the plot and had to know how it ended!

Unfortunately, this mystery just didn't work for me. I absolutely loved Foley's first two mysteries, but this one just fell short for me. There were way too many characters from the beginning that I couldn't keep track of, and the mystery wasn't gripping enough to keep me engaged. I'm sure this will find its readership with many other readers, but I'm not that reader.

Lucy Foley's latest mystery is a good read, and a great listen! I highly recommend the audio version of this novel, as the variety of narrators helps solidify the characters' individual personalities and keeps the story flowing despite short chapters and shifting points of view. I felt that there was a loose end left open at the end, but maybe the author meant for a mystery to linger this way. Overall, the story kept me guessing and interested in the overall outcome. If you liked "The Guest List," you'll probably like this one as well, and for fans of audio-books, this will be a good listen!

Lucy Foley is the queen of the modern whodunnit. With each successive release the hype and the excitement surrounding her novels grows, and she continues to live up to those expectations. The Paris Apartment might be her best work yet. It provides a creepy, claustrophobic setting unmatched by even the foggy, remote landscape of The Guest List.

As the novel brig is we find ourselves on the cusp of a family reunion. Down on her luck bartender Jess is escaping to Paris and to her half brother Ben, hoping he can provide her with a place to land until she can get back on her feet. He leaves her a message with directions to his apartment and promises to be there waiting for her when she arrives. Instead she finds an empty apartment that appears way outside her journalist brother’s price range, his wallet and keys on the counter, and a suspiciously large stain in the middle of the floor. Jess instantly panics and reaches out to Ben’s neighbors for any information they can provide about his movements or potential whereabouts. Their lack of concern and hostility only continues to raise red flags for Jess.

On the first floor we have Antoine. Mean as a snake and just as slippery. The second floor gives us Nick, a university friend of Ben’s who invited him to stay in the building. On the fourth floor we find Mimi, a troubled young woman who provides different stories and timelines surrounding her last interactions with Ben each time she’s asked. Finally in the penthouse we have the austere and ice cold Madame Sophie. Instantly suspicious of Jess she does everything she can to get the woman out of the building.

The longer she stays the more Jess sees the apartment building not as the height of luxury living, but as a gilded cage, one that her brother might still be trapped in. Determined to unravel the truth behind his sudden disappearance, Jess seems unaware that she may be running headlong into her own nightmare ending.

Foley ratchets up the tension with each twist and new reveal and readers will be left careening toward the ending as they race to discover the secrets of the apartment building and all those who live inside. An absolute must read and an early contender for the best thriller of the year, The Paris Apartment delivers a reading experience you won’t want to miss.