Jess, a young unemployed waitress, travels to Paris to her half-brother Ben's apartment to hopefully start a new life. When she arrives, she finds Ben has mysteriously disappeared and the other residents offer no help and refuse to answer her questions. As Jess investigates on her own, the danger level increases as does the eerie feeling prevalent in the luxurious building. The characters are all complex and as their backgrounds are slowly revealed in short chapters you'll be riveted and unable to put this book now. Be prepared for a fast-paced, twisted thriller that will keep you up late into the night!

Arriving to her half-brother Ben's elegant and imposing Paris apartment building, Jess is annoyed he isn't picking up his phone to let her in. He had left a voicemail confirming her train was coming in; he may not have sounded thrilled at her visit but would he really just abandon her? Probably. But after maneuvering her way into his apartment and hours (then days) go by with no word, Jess begins to suspect that something has gone very wrong.

Finding Ben's journalist notebook only adds to her suspicisions; in the midst of restaurant reviews are some mysterious notes about the inhabitants of his building. None of whom have been particuarly helpful or friendly to Jess since her arrival. What has happened to Ben- and what do his neighbors know?

Lucy Foley once again creates an atmospheric mystery, with the backdrop of this old and glamorous Parisian apartment. The characters are layered and rich, with the reader not knowing who can be trusted and what secrets matter. This is what Foley does best and while The Paris Apartment is not one of my favorites of hers (The Guest List and The Hunting Party were better, in my opinion), it is still a gripping, suspensful read that will completely emerge the reader.

What sets Foley apart as a mystery/suspense writer is that her focus is on the relationships of her characters and how those relationships lead to a series of events ending in possible murder. The journey is not simply a whodunit; she is invested in the complexity of her charcters and their relationships. While not all of the secrets will directly impact the ending reveal, they aren't there just to be red herrings. Characters make decisions and take actions that each lead them on a path that has played some role in the final series of events. It's a complex character study within a suspenseful mystery.

The Paris Apartment is another solid novel from Foley.

Not quite as cozy as previous mysteries by the author, this fast paced book is set in Paris. I liked the change of scenery and the cast of characters. I still had some questions at the end though.

This is the first book I read by Lucy Foley. I heard about The Guest List and saw this book and requested it from NetGalley. It is pretty fast paste who-done-it book. There was quite the twist at the end which was unique. I enjoyed it and it kept me engaged. Thank you NetGalle and Harper Collins for the advance copy!

The Paris Apartment is the latest thriller by Lucy Foley. Jess arrives in Paris to stay with her half-brother Ben. However, Ben is nowhere to be found. As she searches for him, she discovers secrets about the building and it's inhabitants. The pacing is slow in the beginning, but picks up speed as the story unfolds. By the final third of the book, you won't be able to put it down. Foley's fans will not be disappointed.

Jess wondered what is up with her half-brother, Ben. Their phone conversation cut off right after he gave her his address in Paris. They hadn’t seen each other in quite a while yet Ben seemed distant. At any rate, Jess had no choice but to ask for shelter.

When Jess arrives, she looks up at her brother’s impressive apartment building. It looks way too nice. She wonders how her brother affords it. She tries his phone again. Still no answer. As she is thinking what to do, a man walks up and enters a code into the key panel on the gate. Although he tried to block her view, Jess saw the code he entered. She waits a bit, enters the code and she is in. She tries Ben’s phone again. No answer. Well she is going to go up to the third floor and knock on his door.

Growing up in foster care taught Jess a lot of useful things. When Ben does not answer her knock, Jess decides to pick the lock. She enters into quite a large open apartment. It is much bigger than she expected. Since her brother obviously isn’t home, Jess takes the opportunity to look around. By the next day, Jess is feeling worried. Ben’s wallet & keys are here in the apartment so where could he have gone.
She decides to begin by talking to the other residents. They are a strange bunch and she doesn’t find them very welcoming or helpful. She has the distinct feeling each knows something about her brother’s disappearance. But how to get them to talk?

This is the second book I’ve read by Lucy Foley. The first was The Guest List which I absolutely loved. I found this book very suspenseful. Foley did a good job ratcheting up the tension. I found the ending a surprise and quite satisfying. Readers who like Shari Lapena will flock to this book.

Robyn Heil, Buyer for Brodart Co.

I am a huge fan of thrillers are loved The Guest List by this author. The Paris Apartment was more mystery than thriller, and started out slowly, but I really enjoyed it. Everything came together in the end and the final 25% of the book was fast-paced and enthralling. Fantastic ending!

I am a fan of Lucy Foley and have enjoyed her Thrillers. The Paris Apartment is her latest addition and doesn't disappoint. Told from several Points of View it brings us into the minds of the tenants in this apartment building. Jess is out of work and flees England to go stay with her half brother Ben. Ben is a busy journalist but doesn't want to turn Jess away so agrees for her to come and gives her directions from the airport. Only Ben isn't in his apartment when Jess arrives later that evening. She is immediately suspicious and looks for clues and asks some of the other tenants of the building.

You really don't know who to trust other than Jess, everyone seems to have a problem with the missing Ben. Jess was by far my favorite character, a young woman who was hardened through the foster system. She is mostly unfazed by the encounters she has while looking for Ben, she knows how to handle herself and is rather fearless with all except the police.

I do wish I liked more of the characters, they don't seem to have many redeeming qualities. The twists keep coming but the best is saved for last. I really liked the final twist and made the whole book worth it.

Thanks to NetGalley for the advance copy in exchange for this honest review.

The Paris Apartment was a twisty thriller that I had a hard time putting down and continued to think about long after the pages ended. Lucy Foley has a knack for writing the most interesting unreliable characters, building trust with the reader and then flipping everything on its head with a shocking twist readers do not see coming. At multiple points during this story, I gasped or made an audible "oh!" sound because of the delightful crafting of this story. It's also neat that the story unfolds only over a few short days and mostly entirely inside of a rather posh apartment building in Paris. When an outisider arrives to visit her brother and realizes he is missing, she is determined to find out what happened to him, no matter the cost. Strong female lead chracter and intriguing missing persons case. Loved this story!

Oh it breaks my heart to say this, but I truly didn’t like this book. The plot had so many holes, everyone was having sex with each other, there was no plot twist that was strong enough to push through the weird parts, and the ending was.. not worth it. I truly tried tk love this one, but it just fell so flat.

This book was so good! Another really solid mystery from Lucy Foley, who has mastered the “locked room” mystery and managed to make it fresh with each new story.

The Paris Apartment is a little darker and grittier than her other books, but I loved all the twists and turns and all the secrets to be revealed. It was really well written with really good character development.

Lucy Foley is a master of her craft, and The Paris Apartment is a mystery you don’t want to miss!

Ben is a journalist trying to make a name for himself in the city of Paris. His sister, Jess, decides to come for a visit but when she arrives, Ben is no where to be found. Jess, having a gut feeling that something isn’t right, starts asking his neighbours questions and she’s met with a cold welcome, which tells her they know more than they’re letting on and to dig and find out what really happened to her brother.

My first 5/5 book of the year! I won’t lie, I went into this one with low expectations because of how much I didn’t like The Guest List. But I was very pleasantly surprised!

It was fast paced, I liked all the characters (which was one of my main problems with TGL) and felt they all had a purpose, and there was twist after twist which had me guessing until the very end.

The story is told in multiple POVs, but it didn’t feel like too much and it helped move the story along to hear from each person telling the story. I hate to keep comparing it to TGL, but it’s hard not to when it was one of the biggest books of the last year, but that was another thing from TGL that I didn’t like, too many voices and it felt messy at times. TPA is more honed in and everything felt purposeful.

I loved Jess and found myself rooting for her the entire way. Although unsure of herself and a little naive at the beginning, she was smart and always followed her gut. Ben was often described charming but also pompous and selfish, it was hard to know how to feel about it at times but I wanted him to be found because he was all Jess had left and I felt like she deserved that. And like I said before, I didn’t hate any of the other characters!

I mentioned fast paced, the entire story is told in a three day window, something I really liked. Also loved that it was set in Paris, one of my favorite places and it really helped set the tone of the book.

Really good book if you’re a fan of thrillers and this made me want to read more from Lucy Foley!

*Thank you to Harper Collins Canada & NetGalley for an advanced ARC in exchange for an honest review*

Thank you NetGalley for the opportunity to advance read The Paris Apartment by Lucy Foley. I was taken away right from the beginning of the book with the development of the characters and all of their connections to Benjamin Daniels. Ben is the half-brother of Jess who arrives to stay with him and discovers him missing. The suspense starts right at the beginning and builds throughout the story.

What I like the most about this book is the short chapters which makes for a fast paced read. The story is told through each one of the residents of the Paris Apartment building. Everyone is intriguing including the concierge who lives in a tiny cottage at the front gate. As you get to know the characters you discover more about them and their relationships to one another which I felt was very well done.

The Paris Apartment is a psychological thriller that touches on some very dark and dangerous issues. There are many twists that held my interest to the end.

Psychological Thriller is not a common genre for me yet I really enjoyed this book. It was a thrilling read and I had a hard time putting this book down.

Jess is on her way to visit her brother Ben in Paris, but when she arrives, he is no where to be found, with only a clipped off voicemail left in his wake. Told through multiple perspectives of Jess and the tenants at the apartment where Ben lived, Jess tries to make sense of what could have happened to her brother and the more she digs into the tenants, the deeper the mystery becomes.

This had an agonizingly slow start, but even so, I never found myself really caring about the characters set up in the exposition, including the missing Ben. Once it's revealed how the tenants are linked, the story becomes far more interesting and the pacing eventually began to pick up towards the end, but the tedious beginning really framed my enjoyment of this one.

I’m stingy with 5 star reviews, this is probably closer to 4.5 stars.
Mystery isn’t often my genre. This book may have helped convince me that I should try to read more mystery because it’s not as formulaic as I remember. Like Foley’s previous book (The Guest List), this book is told from the perspective of a number of narrators, so it is difficult to determine where the actual truth lies. Unlike her previous book however, I was much more interested in all of the characters, and unable to guess the different plot twists.
*I received a free copy of this book from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review*

I enjoyed Lucy Foley’s book The Guest List, so I was looking forward to reading The Paris Apartment. Thanks to William Morrow/Custom House and NetGalley I received a copy in exchange for this honest review.

So…I didn’t finish it. I may have missed something terrific, but TBH I didn’t care about any of the characters, the setting was not really Paris, it was basically just an apartment (which seemed like it could have been anywhere, and I just had too many other great prospects in my TBR pile.

So, there it is. Hard to award stars, but I’m giving it two for effort. And I will read Ms. Foley’s next book, hoping it was just me.

The concept of The Paris Apartment is intriguing, but for a thriller I found it to be pretty slow-placed and without much of a payoff in the end. I did love that it takes place in Paris. Some French is sprinkled throughout the book and I kinda impressed myself with how much I understood! In several places, the book mentions that there are widespread protests and rioting happening in the city. This isn't integral to the plot so I thought it was an interesting detail to include. It gave the story an additional layer of context.

My thanks to NetGalley and William Morrow for allowing me to read an advanced copy!

Wow, this one kept me turning the pages. I didn't see the end coming! Lucy Foley's distinct writing style - short chapters, lots of characters guessing whodunit, and beautiful Paris scenery added up to a great read. Very highly recommended!

The Paris Apartment transports readers to an elegant apartment that holds sinister secrets. Lucy Foley expertly weaves mystery and intrigue into the storylines of the apartment residents, having readers second guess what is really at play. Things aren't as they seem at 12 Rue des Amants.

POV: You’re a young, lost, woman on your way to your brothers apartment in a new country. It’s late. You’re tired. Life has been throwing you one punch after another. You need this. An escape. Some familiarity. Family. You don’t speak the language well, you try to understand. Your brother isn’t answering his door. You’re annoyed. You’re exhausted. But you managed to make it inside yourself. It’s late, really late. Everything is foreign to you. You feel like you’re being watched. Monitored. Something is there. Where is your brother? And why do you feel like you’ve just made a huge, terrible mistake.
Gahhh. Thank you NetGalley and williammorrowbooks for this eARC and the chance to read it in exchange for an honest review.