The Paris Apartment

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title The Paris Apartment
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Lucy Foley
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:416
Dimensions(mm): Height 198,Width 129
Category/GenreClassic crime
Thriller/suspense
ISBN/Barcode 9780008385071
ClassificationsDewey:823.92
Audience
General

Publishing Details

Publisher HarperCollins Publishers
Imprint HarperCollins Publishers Ltd
Publication Date 29 September 2022
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

*The No.1 New York Times and Sunday Times bestseller* Discover the electric new thriller from the No.1, million-copy bestseller, Lucy Foley There was a murder here last night. Who holds the key to the mystery of apartment three? 'Dazzling' The Times 'Up-all-night reading' Erin Kelly 'Gloriously twisty' Ruth Ware 'Combines edge-of-your-seat tension with out-and-out Parisian chic' Adele Parks _________________________________________________________________ In a beautiful old apartment block, deep in the backstreets of Paris, secrets are stirring behind every resident's door. The lonely wife The party animal The curtain-twitcher The secret lover The watchful caretaker The unwanted guest One resident is missing. Only the killer holds the key to the mystery... _________________________________________________________________ What readers are saying about The Paris Apartment: 'One to devour entirely in one delicious sitting. Stupendous' 'Twisty and mysterious and surprising' 'Had me gripped right from the beginning' 'Has "book of the year" written all over it' 'A page-turner with an amazing setting' 'A fabulously tense and mysterious read!' The Paris Apartment was a New York Times No.1 bestseller for w/e 06/03/2022 The Guest List was a Sunday Times No.1 bestseller for w/c 14/09/2022 The Guest List was the Goodreads Choice Awards winner for Crime & Mystery 2020

Author Biography

Lucy Foley studied English Literature at Durham and UCL universities and worked for several years as a fiction editor in the publishing industry, before leaving to write full-time. Lucy's debut thriller, The Hunting Party, was an instant Sunday Times and Irish Times bestseller, and was inspired by a particularly remote spot in Scotland that fired her imagination. Lucy is also the author of three historical novels, which have been translated into sixteen languages. Her journalism has appeared in ES Magazine, Sunday Times Style, Grazia and more.

Reviews

'A dazzling combination of suspense, misdirection and unexpected twists' The Times, Crime Book of the Month 'Extremely evocative, with a richly-drawn atmosphere you can cut with a knife . . . Lucy Foley just keeps getting better and better' Alex Michaelides 'Lucy Foley leads the reader down the dark Paris side streets . . . Compelling, claustrophobic, up-all-night reading' Erin Kelly 'What happened behind the door of apartment number three? The creepy, twisty The Paris Apartment will keep you guessing all the way to the end' Daily Mail 'The streets of Paris have never looked darker, more opulent, or more sinister than in Lucy Foley's gloriously twisty new novel' Ruth Ware 'The Paris Apartment has the atmospheric feel and slow-burning suspense of a Hitchcock movie' Daily Mirror 'Cunningly constructed, elegantly atmospheric, and with a vipers' nest of fascinating, flawed characters, The Paris Apartment just might be my favourite Lucy Foley to date' Louise Candlish 'Creepy and compelling, I was immediately drawn into this dark depiction of Parisian life' Sarah Pearse 'An intricate, atmospheric mystery set among the luxury and lies of the Parisian elite - fans of The Guest List are going to love it' T M Logan 'A sinister, seductive, twisting masterclass. Lucy Foley is a born storyteller, and The Paris Apartment is her best yet' Chris Whitaker 'Atmospheric, tense, and suspenseful . . . Lucy Foley has proven herself to be the modern day Agatha Christie' Louise O'Neill 'A slick, dark, and utterly compelling murder mystery. The richly atmospheric Parisian setting, coupled with a cast of intriguing characters, sets the perfect scene for murder!' Lucy Clarke 'A fast paced, twisty thriller . . . The Paris Apartment is multi stranded and crackles with menace' Jane Shemilt 'Foley proves once more that she is a thriller writer par excellence' Cara Hunter