Suzie Arlington lives quietly in the downstairs flat in London. She knows her upstairs neighbour, Emily, only by the noises she hears and smells that drift down. Emily is noisy, late night music and tv. Suzie compulsively listend to her neighbour, following below as she moves around. But then the noises stop. Where is Emily? And why does no one seem to care?

This was an interesting take on a thriller, for the majority of the book Suzie is our narrator. Through her we hear how inconsiderate Emily is. But Suzie herself is struggling with a loss. It’s this that explains her, sometimes obsessive, actions regarding Emily’s possible disappearance. Later in the novel we get Emily’s story. Overall I enjoyed this book, it was well written and kept me hooked until the end.

This book was too short. A way to short.

I like the idea. The neighbors who doesn’t get along. Emily is loud while Susie prefer peace and quiet. Emily full of life while Susie is stack in her memories and walls. And when Emily disappeared, surprisingly Susie seems to be only one to care.

The beginning is promising. I feel the emotions even though we don’t know so much about these women. In the middle, I was so desperate to know what happened to Emily that I was reading in the night (what really is extraordinary in my case) and then the final. The final drives me crazy.

That was... hard to describe. I like the plot twist, but I expected more feelings in this. I found a description- not anger, not fear, not surprise. Just words, sentences without a sign of the thrill that I experienced earlier.

The idea, the plot - excellent. But I found that the Autor focused herself much more on a introduction, on the atmosphere than the great final. I prefer the other way around.

Still, I think that The Girl Upstairs is a great debut. I’m loooking forward to her next stories and I hope she found a courage to show some more in her books. To let us see through, immerse in this world.

An intriguing and suspenseful/phycological read. This was a quick paced novel. From start to finish, it kept my attention. The novel starts with Suzie’s narrative and we also get not hear Emily’s. I enjoy the different perspectives.
Thank you NetGalley!

This book is so similar to the girl in the window! This book follows a widow named Suzie who is obsessed with the upstairs apartment, where the tenants come and go very frequently. The latest tenant was Emily who is a young college student. Suzie is not very fond of Emily, but when Emily does not come home one night Suzie becomes obsessed with trying to figure out what happened to her! I loved the different twists and turns that this book had! The ending was something I was definitely not expecting and that made the book that much better!

Overall a solid thriller, just very cheesy and has you screaming at the main characters who just make every wrong decision!

I have lived in a ground floor flat with a herd of selfish and uncaring elephants above me and so could immediately empathise with Suzie, barely coping with her own tragedy and imposed on every minute of every day by the loud music, shrieking friends and clumping heels of Emily upstairs.
However, when all goes quiet Suzie discovers that there was more the Emily than she could have imagined andshe inserts herself into the police missing persons investigation when she feels they are failing the girl she once despised.
There are so many suspects revealed throught glimpses into Emily's life that you chase down dead ends several times before the absolutely unexpected reveal!

A gripping read, packed full of twists and turns, I thoroughly enjoyed this book. I was hooked almost instantly, intrigued by the characters as well as the events.

This was a new author for me, and I look forward to reading more of her work in the future.

This was an interesting premise and I did enjoy the story. It was a relatively easy read and I read it in one session as I really wanted to know why the main character was like she was.

I was given an advance copy by netgalley and the publishers but the review is entirely my own.

Amazing story with twist and turns that grip you in, i really love this authors style of writing. The character development was really nice to read along too. So very well written, kept me engrossed and have the feeling which i love like i'm sitting on the edge of my seat. I would highly recommend, great work. I am writing my honest review for an arc, thank you netgalley, Harper Collins, One More Chapter for this.

Highly recommend thank you 5*

This was a unique play on the "something weird is going on with my neighbor" genre and I greatly enjoyed it. The story centers on Suzie, a young widow who is having trouble getting out there again and fixates on her upstairs neighbors, who come and go every 6 months. The newest one is a recent college grad named Emily,. who immediately gets on Suzie's nerves from being loud and inconsiderate. You also get alternating chapters from Emily's point of view, which is a clever way of garnering empathy for her when at first you only see her from Suzie's perspective.

One day, Emily doesn't come home and Suzie gets herself overly involved in trying to figure out what happened. These characters are real and likeable- they made mistakes and did silly things, but felt relatable. Even when Suzie went way above and beyond what I would do to investigate the disappearance on her own, I felt that I could empathize with her and didn't really have to suspend my disbelief.

The twist at the end is great- the villain literally turned out to be the one person I was sure it wasn't- I love when that happens! The book remained fast-paced throughout and left me turning pages well into the night.

Overall, this was a great read and I'd definitely recommend to those who like psychological thrillers. I am looking forward to more books by this author. Thanks to Netgalley for providing me a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.

I heard Emily before I saw her. The harsh smack of heels against cheap wooden floorboards. The loud phone calls. The incessant music.
I knew Emily before I met her. Discarded receipts in our communal hallway. Sticky leftovers in the shared food waste bin. Wine shop vouchers in the letterbox.
Now she’s gone missing, and I’m the only one who can find her. The only one who can save her.
Because I know her best, and I heard everything
I struggled with the first few chapters of this book, although not sure why as it is written in the same style throughout. However, it got to the point that I didn't want to put it down. What happened to Ben? What about Noah? Why is there always a grumpy copper? Was Emily as selfish as she is being portrayed???? Throughout the book there are twists and turns that the writer expertly manoeuvres, just when you think "Aha I know how this is going to go" Bam! another turn. I definitely had my money on the wrong person!
Would definitely recommend and wouldn't hesitate to pick up another by this author either.

A very enjoyable book!

Suzie lives in a small ground floor flat in Islington. She is very much a loner, doesn’t interact and hates London, especially the crowds and noise. It is evident from the start that there has been a major tragedy in her life and, despite their best efforts, she pushes her family away and won’t discuss it.

Emily is a young girl who moves into the upstairs flat. The walls are thin and the floorboards are bare, so every noise penetrates down to Suzie. Plus, Emily likes her music loud.

The start of the book gives the story from Suzie’s point of view, then as the story progresses, Emily’s side of the story is told, continuing with chapters from both sides.

I really like the style in which this book is written, it is definitely an attention grabber, would highly recommend.

Thank you NetGalley.

Atmospheric and creepy, compelling and with a wonderful sense of place. Exquisitely written, what a talent! All the right elements for an edge-of-your-seat domestic thriller!

The Girl Upstairs by Georgina Lees is a really good book - surprising, a bit twisted, and will keep readers up at night. Suzie has had a hard couple of years, her husband is gone (no spoilers), she can't bring herself to go back home to her parents' home, her job is mundane and her upstairs flat neighbor is a young woman, Emily, who is a bit loud. Suzie and Emily don't speak or interact, but Suzie hears her crying, knows what she likes to eat, hears her pacing and cooking. Knows Emily intimately in a strange way.

When Emily disappears, no one seems as upset about it as Suzie is. Her parents write it off as she has done this before, her job had let her go, the detectives think she's hiding out with friends but Suzie absolutely believes something is wrong and won't let it go. But she soon figures out that by looking for Emily she has put herself in real danger. Can she help Emily or is Suzie just a woman with too many problems who needs real help herself?

Missing…?
Big cities can be the most lonely of places and London is no exception. Perhaps it’s our immediate neighbours that know us best of all, the people who live right next to us, on top of us, below us. When Emily goes missing it’s her neighbour that seems to know her best of all, that seems to know her movements, her comings and goings and who seems to have heard all aspects of her life. What has happened to Emily? Spine tingling psychological suspense told with tension mounting prose, a pacy storyline and credible characters. Engaging reading from start to finish.

A clever, well written novel that is ultimately about loneliness. The story of Emily and Suzie is a complicated one in which a neighbour who is a stranger refuses to give up

Thanks Netgalley for allowing me to read this book. Susie lives in London on the first floor of a flat. She hears her neighbor Emily who lives one floor above her quite a bit. When she hears that she has gone missing she tries to piece together the noises she heard. This book was engaging.

New author for me and really enjoyed her writing. The storyline was nicely laid out with unexpected twists and surprising character reveals. Fraught with human emotion. And wow what an eye opener when it comes to family love and trust! Filled and brimming over with the rawest of human emotions. Highly recommend.
Thank you NetGalley for the opportunity to read and review this book.

Loved it!
The only disappointment was to find out this was the author’s first novel, because I was planning on reading all of her other books.
Suzie has a tragic past, but what was so refreshing was the way the author slowly introduced the tragedy. Many authors try to create mystery of character’s past by pretty much stating “there’s something no one knows” or “but she couldn’t do that because of her tragic past”. This was very subtle, which is more entertaining AND less Scooby Doo “let me explain this for the people who don’t understand”.

The Girl Upstairs is an easy, well written read.. The story’s narrative flips back and fort( between Susie and the new tenant, Emily, who lives upstairs. The story intrigue builds as you learn more about each character. How much do we ever really know about our neighbours, to whom we might’ve given a key to for our own home?
Thank you to HarperCollins UK, One More Chapter and NetGalley for the opportunity to read this ARC..

Depressed and lonely Suzie develops an intense dislike and interest of her upstairs neighbor. Yet, when the neighbor Emiiy goes missing, Suzie seems to be the only one interested. Using amateur detective skills she begins to search for answers out of a sense of guilt. Told from the perspectives of both women, this book keeps one on the edge of their seat. As the story unravels, you will learn more about why Suzie can't let go of Emily's disappearance even though her family and police to tell her to do so. You will love this novel if you liked The Girl on the Train or books by Ruth Ware. This book may not be your cup of tea if you don't like suspense. I would recommend this book for adults and high school juniors/seniors.