unlikeable characters and a painfully slow start. I pushed through but the 'twist' felt anticlimactic. It was a lot of words for a book in which very little happened.

Great twists to the book. Characters were interesting. The plot was a great approach kept me wanting more I felt invested I couldn't stop reading!

3-3.25 stars - It’s an okay read. Starts off really well. It’s exciting then it feels like a road to nowhere. Maybe because the characters were too flawed that you don’t care about them? Quick read. Love the cover art.

Lucy Foley is an incredible storyteller, and any chance to read her novels, I'll take! The Paris Apartment wasn't her best, but I enjoyed it nonetheless!

Perfectly fine read, but I am not the audience for this -- I think I've simply lost my love of suspense and thrillers. Well written, but did not capture my attention.

Jess Hadley arrives in Paris, at her brother Ben's apartment building, only to find he is missing. She starts a search with the help of Ben's old friend, Nick, who also lives in the building. As Jess investigates the residents of the building, she grows suspicious. These people aren't as innocent as they try to be. As more information is revealed. Jess isn't sure who to trust in finding out what happened to her missing brother.

I thought the writing of this book was engaging and quick. I liked the alternating points of view and thought that the twists were very well executed by Lucy Foley. I was rooting fir Hess to figure out the mystery.

Another really enjoyable mystery from Lucy Foley. I don't want to give away important details, but I can easily say that I enjoyed the characters in this book. It took several twists along the way that I wasn't expecting - yet many of the characters had stories that left you wondering if they could be the one that did it.

I enjoyed The Guest List and definitely recommend it.

Thank you NetGalley for allowing me to read this title., Unfortunately this book was not for me, and despite trying to push through it I kept getting confused. With that said, I think this book would definitely be perfect for someone else.

Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for my digital copy in exchange for an honest review. This was my first book by this author and I requested it because I will read almost anything having to do with Paris...before I finally got around to reading this one, it seems like every time I saw someone reading a book in public, it was this book...naturally that made me want to read it even more. I really liked this one and I will definitely be reading more by this author...I was literally interested the entire time I was reading and every now and then I would even get upset I had to stop reading it...you know for things like work lol. I liked the story line, I liked the characters and of course, I loved the setting.

I absolutely loved this book. It drew me in right from page one and kept me guessing throughout. You will enjoy the different characters that are woven into the story which keeps you hooked.

I keep giving thrillers a chance and keep ending up disappointed. There were a couple of small surprises but overall the pacing was just unbearably slow.

Lucy Foley is so good at keeping the reader glued to the page, in a frenzy to find out they truth behind whatever mystery is at the center of the story. In The Paris Apartment, her main character Jess wants to start over after leaving her job. She has no money and no prospects, and this makes her turn to her half-brother Ben for help , asking if she can stay with him until she manages to sort out her life. After a grudging yes from Ben, Lucy finds herself in an empty apartment...her brother is nowhere to be found.
Jess begins to ask questions, to look more closely at Ben's neighbors all the while feeling that something isn't right. She has a feeling they all know what happened to Ben, but nobody is talking.
When the truth is revealed, the reader will never see it coming.

I couldn't get into this one, although I've loved Lucy's other books. The plot just didn't pull me in this time.

Thank you to NetGalley for this ARC.
3.5🌟
I was eager to read The Paris Apartment after I read and loved The Guest List. Unfortunately for me, this one was just ok and not as good as The Guest List. I think it's because it took a while for it to get going, the plot was long and twisty and just a lot to keep up with.

This book was pretty middle of the road for me. It felt very overly cryptic and mysterious in the first half, like trying so hard to let me know ~bad things happen here~. It got annoying but I did really want to learn what had happened to Ben and what was up with the family in the apartment building. The pace picked up quite a bit in the final fourth of the book, and it had a very satisfying twisty payoff.

This was the first novel by Lucy Foley that I have had the opportunity to read. While I thought it was a bit slow throughout, I did enjoy it. I listened to the audiobook also, and loved the accents used for the various characters. I think that added something to the story. The story was slow and there were very exaggerated descriptions. I found some of the characters to be quite annoying (okay, most of them). with their rich people problems. But I did end up enjoying the twists.

Jess arrives in Paris at the apartment of her half-brother, Ben. She needs a place to stay and he graciously offers her some time to stay at his place until she can get on her feet. But when she arrives in town, Ben isn't answering any of her texts and is nowhere to be found. The other tenants in the apartment are less than helpful as Jess tries to gain access to the apartment and as she is searching for her brother. Will Jess be able to find out what happened to Ben and figure out why the tenants are all acting so strangely?

The book switches POVs often, with chapters from Ben and Jess, along with apartment tenants Sophie, Mimi, and Nick, and the apartment Concierge, As Jess searches for information we find out little by little what the tenants are hiding and why Ben was at that apartment to begin with.

Not all secrets can remain hidden forever!

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for an advanced copy of this book in exchange for my honest review.

Jess is in need of a new start. She's flat broke and alone, so she decides to seek out her half-brother Ben. When Jess shows up in Paris at Ben's apartment, he's not there. Strange things begin to happen and Ben remains missing. The neighbors are very secretive and not exactly friendly. Jess begins to search for Ben and discovers there's much more to the people living in the apartment building and much more danger behind every closed door. Ben’s future now rests on Lucy finding out what happened to him and where he went. Lucy Foley delivers another story full of tension, anticipation, and great plot twists.

The Paris Apartment by Lucy Foley is a another great book by this author. I loved and have recommended it to several people. #readabook

Lucy Foley continues her reliance on classic mystery scaffolding with her latest, The Paris Apartment. As usual, the cast of characters are familiar tropes that fulfill their roles in their typical ways. This time, Foley’s “locked room” is a Paris apartment building, and its obtuse inhabitants provide the necessary drama and challenges for the prickly narrator. Jess is supposed to be visiting her journalist brother, but when she arrives, she finds that he has vanished—leaving behind only a cryptic voicemail. Jess searches the building and attempts to interview the tenants, but she is met with suspicion and hostility from almost all. Only one young man shows her any consideration, even though he says he has no useful information for her. When Jess probes a bit too deeply and reveals the building’s secrets, she finds herself isolated and in danger. The current trend of “eat the rich” fiction is in play here, with some variation, but the plot is not particularly suspenseful or urgent. This novel, like others that Foley has released recently are like a comfortable sweater that you find yourself putting on over and over, despite its well-worn condition. It fits perfectly fine and serves its purpose, but has nothing to either offend or astound.

Thanks to the author, William Morrow and NetGalley for an ARC in exchange for an unbiased review.

Obviously I had to preorder this one!

This reminded me of Lock Every Door.

This was a bit different compared to Lucy Foley’s previous thrillers, the others were playing hide and seek while this one is playing sardines. What I mean is in the other two books there’s one person who knows what’s going on and everyone else is trying to figure it out but in this one many people know what’s going on and one person is trying to figure it out.

I loved how it was set in Paris. The apartment gave me creepy vibes. I read this in 24 hours, the first half was hard to put down but there was a part in the second half where nothing seemed to be happening. I loved the last 50 pages and was pretty surprised!

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