The Paris Apartment: A Novel

Amazon.com Review\nAn Amazon Best Book of February 2022: Lucy Foley follows up 2020’s excellent The Guest List by transporting readers to Paris for another unsettling tale. Out of a job and broke, Jess opts for free bed and board at her half-brother Ben’s Paris apartment. Except when she arrives, Ben is nowhere to be found though he doesn’t appear to have left the building. Able to get into his (suspiciously) upscale apartment, Jess is keenly aware that the building’s other residents aren’t exactly thrilled by her presence. Foley specializes in clever takes on closed circle mysteries and in The Paris Apartment, the list of suspects in Ben’s disappearance is confined to the residents of the building—from the concierge to an elderly woman—though the building itself may be guarding secrets, too. A slow-burn thriller with a dark, glowering plot, The Paris Apartment is another serving of escapism which takes a turn that will leave readers breathless. —Vannessa Cronin, Amazon Editor\nTHE #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
“Told in rotating points of view, this Tilt-A-Whirl of a novel brims with jangly tension – an undeniably engrossing guessing game.” — Vogue
"[A] clever, cliff-hanger-filled thriller." — People
From the New York Times bestselling author of The Guest List comes a new locked room mystery, set in a Paris apartment building in which every resident has something to hide…
Jess needs a fresh start. She’s broke and alone, and she’s just left her job under less than ideal circumstances. Her half-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 up – to find a very nice apartment, could Ben really have afforded this? – he’s not there.
The longer Ben stays missing, the more Jess starts to dig into her brother’s situation, and the more questions she has. Ben’s neighbors are an eclectic bunch, and not particularly friendly. Jess may have come to Paris to escape her past, but it’s starting to look like it’s Ben’s future that’s in question.
The socialite – The nice guy – The alcoholic – The girl on the verge – The concierge
Everyone's a neighbor. Everyone's a suspect. And everyone knows something they’re not telling.