When Jess needs a quick exit, she literally has no one to turn to but her half-brother Ben, a journalist. Once she arrives at his remarkably posh apartment late at night, though, there's no sign of him. Just a bleach stain on the floor and a smear of blood on his cat. She searches desperately for answers, but is thwarted by the language barrier and stonewalled by the building's other residents: angry drunk Antoine, sheltered Mimi, haughty Sophie. Even Ben's pal Nick has secrets. Did Ben's latest story pull him in too deep? The cast of unreliable narrators slowly unveil the twisted truth.

I couldn’t put down this down. This is one of the best books I’ve read in quite awhile. There were plot twists that were well thought out and executed. I especially liked the ending.

Jess flees her crappy job in England to visit her half-brother, Ben, in his swanky Paris apartment. When she arrives, he’s nowhere to be found, but Jess picks up on a few strange clues–blood on his cat's paws, a secret passageway that connects to other apartments in the building, his abandoned St. Christopher medal. She starts asking after him around the building and the mystery only deepens as every neighbor acts suspiciously.

This is the first Lucy Foley book I’ve read and it was entertaining enough. A fast-paced mystery full of enough twists and turns for you not to fully figure everything out until the end. Layers start to peel away and the ending is satisfying and interesting enough. I enjoyed the multiple first-person POV chapters because you weren’t sure at first which characters to root for and it created multiple unreliable narrators in one book. Saying anything more would give away the plot and intrigue of this book but if you like locked-room mysteries, complicated family dynamics, and a quick read this one’s worth a shot. Solid 3.0/5 stars

ARC was provided by the publisher via Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.

Lucy Foley does it again. I loved this book!! The slow burn anticipation with lots of twists and turns while set in Paris made a very enjoyable read. This is one that I will be recommending to everyone!

Jess needs to get out of town and get a fresh start. She decides to go visit her half-brother who is in Paris. When she makes it to his lavish apartment building, she finds that he is not there. Strange, since he knew she was coming. Days go on and he has not been heard from or seen, and everyone in the apartment building seems to have something to hide. The more she tries to find answers to her brother's disappearance, the stranger things get.

While I loved the surprise twist in the end, I didn't find any of the characters in the story likable. Not even Jess.

This mystery of a missing person is told from multple points of view by the residents of a big, fancy apartment building, and the young woman who comes to visit her brother there but cannot find him. Jess is, by her own admission, a bit reckless, and her persistence in the face of other residents' coldness and even hostility towards her adds to the suspense. Plot twists and reveals should please the reader who can always guess what happened-- you may be surprised!

Jess show up to her half brother’s apartment in the heart of Paris. Jess soon finds out that Ben is missing and is the only one who lives in the apartment building concerned about finding what happened. The people that live in the building are not who they seem to be. Everyone has their own secrets surrounding Ben. The only that is keeping her own secrets is Phoebe. With Jess’s snooping gets her closer to finding out the truth she puts herself in danger with the other occupants of the building. I love Lucy Foley’s books and this one didn’t disappoint. I felt like I was in the heart of Paris eating the delicious pastries.

I enjoy Foley's books but couldn't get in too far with this one. Too many narrators/POV perhaps?
I will read future books by the author and maybe try this one again.

I really enjoy Lucy Foleys books, this is my third one. They’re always so layered and with each layer comes a different twist. I really enjoy multiple POV in books and those that keep me guessing until the end.

This just may be my favorite Lucy Foley to date! I could not put it down because I had to know what was going to happen next. It was a locked room mystery with a highly dysfunctional family (which means lots of drama) and an abundance of unreliable narrators, what's not to love!? The further I delved into this book the more I began to realize everyone (and I mean everyone) had secrets they didn't want brought into the light. Much like Jess, I didn't know who I could trust. This book was quite the ride and I can't wait to see what Lucy Foley comes up with next!

A big thanks to NetGalley, the publisher, and the author for letting me get my hands on this book early.

** Thank you to NetGalley and William Morrow for an advanced copy of this book in exchange for a fair and honest review **

Jess arrives in Paris late at night to spend a few days with her brother Ben. Only, Ben isn't answering his phone, won't answer the door when she buzzes his apartment, and left a weird voicemail on her phone just a few hours before. So begins Lucy Foley's "The Paris Apartment."

"The Paris Apartment" is a tale full of twists and turns that kept me reading late into the night. Though I had the major twists figured out about halfway through, the ride to get there was no less entertaining.

Foley has created a cast of unreliable narrators with unique voices and agendas. Definitely worth picking up!

If you enjoy thrillers and/or you liked The Guest List, don't miss this one!

I really enjoyed The Guest List so I wasn't suprised that I also enjoyed this book. I think Foley does a great job of slow-building tension. Allowing us to have multiple perspectives allows us to know more than the 'protagonist' throughout the book and also removes the potential for one dimensional villians. I also enjoy that she peppers the latter half of the book with small to moderate revelations. Thrillers that hinge on the shock factor of one big surprise at the end often fail because there's too much pressure on that one moment.

The Paris apartment by Lucy Foley
This is a mystery genre. The premise is based on the female protagonist Jess who has arrived from England to Paris in hopes to reconnect with her half brother Ben and start fresh in another country. She arrives at the iron gates of a massive looking apartment complex. Eerie things begin to happen to her as she tries to contact her brother Ben. She cannot get a hold of him at the main gate and decides to slip through after someone else has entered the building. She then hast to use her past to help her with her present in picking the lot lock to Ben’s apartment. Something seems quite off as she enters the building and his apartment she doesn’t really know how to put her finger on it but there has not been any contact after Ben had left her a message on her phone. The twist terms were far and few between of this Lucy Foley novel unfortunately we’re not enough for me. I really wanted to love this book. I feel like Jess was a strong female character but there was not enough information or action with Ben and the characters were not as well developed as I would’ve liked them to have been. There also was not much of a love interest or spice throughout the story which I found was more prevalent in The Hunting Party by Lucy Foley. I would rate this book 3 stars out of 5 stars.

I received an ARC of this book in exchange for my honest opinion.

While I enjoyed "The Guest List" by Lucy Foley, something about it was lacking. However, with "The Paris Apartment" I think Foley absolutely delivers. It had a bit of a slow start and at first I wasn't very intrigued, but as I kept reading I realized I had to find out what exactly was going on in this apartment.

Jess is a bit of a mess and she's not exactly likable-in fact, I would go so far as to say all of these characters are morally gray in some sense or another. Despite how cringe and unlikable Jess can be at times, I found myself on her side and rooting for her to figure out what happened to her brother.

The rest of the characters fall a little short in build-the only ones I felt like I had a clear sense of other than Jess were Sophie and Mimi, possibly even Camille and she was only a side character. For example, Theo turns out to be a pretty massive part of the story, but we hardly spend any time with him. Antoine's only character traits are drunk and asshole. There was no depth to most of them. And I do feel like in a thriller/mystery, the more complex the characters are and the more depth they have, the more thrilling and exciting the novel is.

As for the plot, some moments were a bit predictable and I didn't feel like the reveals were as shocking as I wanted them to be. However, the FINAL reveal when Jess makes it up to the maid's chambers did actually take me by surprise and I couldn't believe I hadn't picked up on the clues the entire time.

Overall, I think the book was very well done and the only reason it isn't receiving five stars is because a lot of the characters were lacking (something extremely important to me in a book).

I really wanted to like The Paris Apartment. I love Lucy Foley, the setting is wonderfully atmospheric, and the synopsis was intriguing. But the novel drags, and it is hard to get attached to any of the characters. If you like a slow burn, pick it up (just know the burn is realllllly slow in multiple places).

The Paris Apartment was another very good atmospheric suspense novel from Lucy Foley. I enjoyed her earlier book: The Guest List and this a a great follow up. Unreliable narrators, vague backstories, questionable decisions and a creepy building- all together kept me interested. Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for the ARC.

Another great book by Lucy Foley, who is becoming a favorite author of mine.
I have loved everything I have read by this author, so when I saw this book I was hopeful for the opportunity to read it.
I was not disappointed. This book was fast paced with a solid twist. I got swept away for hours.
Thank you to the author, publisher and NetGalley for an advanced opportunity to read this amazing book

I'm rounding to 3.5 stars because I'm still not really sure if I liked this or not. It was a decent thriller, it kept me intrigued until the very end, but it also seemed to drag in some places. And I felt a little disappointed in the anticlimactic ending. Maybe that's just me, I'm not sure. However, as far as thrillers go, it wasn't bad. I just wish the story would have dug deeper into some of the background stories a little more

“La voix du sang est la plus forte” - The voice of blood is the strongest

Bribery, secrets, murder?!

Jess wants to stay with her half-brother Ben in Paris while until she gets herself sorted. He is reluctant to comply, but ultimately gives her permission to come to his new apartment. However, when she arrives he is missing. As she meets his wealthy neighbors, she begins to question what they are hiding. What happened to Ben?

Lucy Foley’s latest locked room mystery is fantastic. I have read and enjoyed all of her thrillers, but have found it difficult to keep all of the characters straight. This time she got the formula just right. The Paris Apartment contains a handful of unsavory characters with plenty of secrets. Everyone has motive, means, and opportunity.

The Paris setting feels authentic and the dialogue is peppered with French sayings. The plot is very clever and kept me intrigued all the way until the end. You might think you have the twists figured out, but Foley demonstrates that she is a master at misdirection.

However, I would have liked to have seen less swearing (in both English and French)!
And why doesn’t anyone ever feed the cat? 🙀

Overall, I highly recommend this book to those who enjoy Agatha Christie, Shari Lapena, and Ruth Ware.

4.5/5 stars rounded down

Expected publication date 2/22/22

Thank you to NetGalley and William Morrow publishing for the ARC of The Paris Apartment in exchange for an honest review.

I really enjoyed The Guest List and have been very excited to read this book. But I am struggling with even forcing myself to finish it. It is the story of Jess, who has abruptly decided to go visit her half-brother, Ben, in Paris. When she arrives at his apartment, he has vanished into thin air, and none of the other residents of the building seem to know anything about what might have happened to him. Not to mention the fact that they are all a bit off-putting at best and downright unwelcoming at worst. Jess doesn't know who can help her or who she can trust and is convinced something terrible has happened to Ben.
The characters in this book are all unlikeable, flat, and unsympathetic. Jess is the best of the bunch, but she comes across as naive, terribly impulsive, and not that bright--how else can you explain continuously sneaking around other people's apartments, extensively going through their things, and not seeming to realize that she can get caught at any moment? The rest of the residents feel like cartoons or caricatures: the lonely aging wife who traded her youth and beauty for money, the isolated young daughter who yearns to break free of her introverted exterior and live out her fantasies, the repressed son who could never please his demanding father... I just found it boring and trite. The pacing also was too slow. "Where is Ben?" is really the biggest question or mystery, and there seems to be no real sense of urgency about finding the answer to that question. The biggest feelings of tension come when Jess is snooping through other people's apartments because she always takes forever to do it when someone could walk in on her--that's not tension, that's frustration at Jess being dumb. And the setting is odd. For making such a big deal about this being in Paris, it doesn't really feel like Paris plays that big of a role in the story. Although Jess feels isolated and alone, the setting could be anywhere in the world. It is the apartment BUILDING that is the big factor in the book.
At about half-way through I just really got fed up with the characters, and then they began to commit some really despicable actions with no real explanations. Instead of being intrigued I was repelled. I began skimming, trying to find some action and something interesting. I am now about 3/4 through and am really trying to decide if I want to finish it or not, because I really don't care what happened to Ben, what will happen to the rest of the inhabitants of the building, and although I do care a bit about Jess, she also makes terrible decisions, so she might deserve whatever happens to her.
I suppose if I do end up finishing the book I will update this, but at this point, I would not recommend this book at all. The Guest List was great. This one is not.