lisa jewell books in order the family upstairs

There’s something to appreciate here for readers with differing tastes. Jewell does an amazing job incorporating these classic Gothic elements into the more modern family drama. For centuries now authors have been delighting audiences with the tingling sensations brought by the creepy and weird. I just love stories about dark and drafty houses full of haunting secrets. Part of this appeal and excitement of this book is the ambience. There’s no chance of getting bored or losing interest when there are so many questions to answer! The fact that it’s so well written and the characters are rich and compelling is just icing on the cake. The result is superb and methodical story-telling. The three separate stories unfold slowly with Lucy and Libby providing details of the present and Henry providing details of the past to fill in the gaps. As Libby attempts to unravel the mysteries held by the house, she’s unaware that her long-lost siblings are closing in. The Family Upstairs is told in alternating points of view and follows Libby, Lucy, one of the surviving four children who lived at Cheyne Walk 25 years prior, and first person correspondence from Lucy’s brother, Henry. The can’t-look-away story of three entangled families living in a house with the darkest of secrets. And the four other children reported to live at Cheyne Walk were gone.

Downstairs in the kitchen lay three dead bodies, all dressed in black, next to a hastily scrawled note. When they arrived, they found a healthy ten-month-old happily cooing in her crib in the bedroom. Twenty-five years ago, police were called to 16 Cheyne Walk with reports of a baby crying. But what she can’t possibly know is that others have been waiting for this day as well-and she is on a collision course to meet them. Everything in Libby’s life is about to change. She soon learns not only the identity of her birth parents, but also that she is the sole inheritor of their abandoned mansion on the banks of the Thames in London’s fashionable Chelsea neighborhood, worth millions. She rips it open with one driving thought: I am finally going to know who I am. I’ve already jotted it into my 2022 Most Anticipated New Release slot for my reading challenge.įrom Goodreads: Soon after her twenty-fifth birthday, Libby Jones returns home from work to find the letter she’s been waiting for her entire life. There is a followup to this book to be released on August 9, 2022, so you can bet I’ll be reading it ASAP.

There are always plenty of twists and turns and mysteries to keep you reading.

Each of her books is unique, plots and characters independent and easily distinguishable from one another. In the past couple of years, I think I’ve read more Lisa Jewell books than any other single author.

Lisa jewell books in order the family upstairs