Paris, sinister goings on, a disappearance or two, blood stains and a motley collection of characters in a swanky Paris apartment - the perfect setting for a whodunnit, who dun what and what was dun anyway?

None of the characters are particularly likeable so any peril is satisfying. Just when you think you are getting up to speed with the players and the plot another log of intrigue is thrown onto the plot fire. A most enjoyable thriller with twist and turns galore.

I enjoyed this one more than I thought I would, having not been the biggest fan of ‘The Guest List’. Lucy Foley continues to write some rather unsavoury characters as well as the heroine who works it all out to save the day. Each chapter reveals a little more of the family dynamics within the Paris apartment and the goings on are cleverly designed to keep you guessing until then end. Sadly the end lets this book down as it just feels ‘stupid’ Three and a half stars from me but thank you to NetGalley for the advance reader copy.

Wow! This is one of the best books I've read this year and I've read alot!

I must admit I didn't love Lucy Foley's previous two books, but, thought this was amazing.

The premise, an apartment in Paris, the characters, the assumptions we make about the characters at first, and the way the story unfold was genius. A stand out thriller which had me hooked from the start.

Highly recommend

The Paris Apartment is Foley’s best ‘whodunnit’ to date.

Jess has gone to Paris to see her brother Ben but is met with a mystery when he turns out to be missing instead. Jess needs to quickly find out who is involved before she faces danger herself. Enter an electric mix of characters who are all sharing an apartment block. All are suspicious characters and with means and cause to do Ben harm.

Like in Foleys style, each chapter is telling the story from a different characters perspective which I find keeps the pace going as well helps with character development. The plot itself was good with plenty of twists and turns.

A five star read!

This book was quite slow paced to begin with, there was a lot of tension, but it was slow building, and made me feel uncomfortable when the main character, Jess, first arrived at her brother’s apartment in Paris. The whole apartment had a very eerie feeling to it and was written really well, every description given was easy to visualise, and I liked that each room had its own mystery.

The story was told through alternating povs, as there were a lot of characters in the book, all of them living in the same apartment building as the main character, it sometimes got confusing, and I would have to go back to which character’s pov I was reading, but I did really like that every character was mysterious in some way, and they all had their involvement in the story, with very distinct voices.

Once the plot picked up, it was more enjoyable, there were a lot twists that were unexpected, but I don’t think it was my favourite book I have read by the author.

This book is told from 7 different peoples point of views so you need to remember who it is that is talking.
I enjoyed the book, one minute I would be thinking one person had done something, the next someone else but I wouldn’t have guessed the ending.
I thought it was very well written and the characters you can really see a difference to them, they are not one person that have been given various names, each have their own personalities, be that good or bad.
I would certainly recommend this book.

This thriller is told from multiple character perspectives, which are pretty distinct voices and helped by the headings of the characters names so it’s not confusing. The action also starts pretty quickly and it’s definitely pacy, quite a lot of information is held back so I was keen to find out more. However, I found some of the characters less convincing or nuanced than others, particularly Sophie and Mimi, and there’s some British vocabulary from non-British characters that really jumped out and made it more difficult to get into. Overall this was an OK holiday read!

I was so psyched you get the latest Lucy Foley novel, having read her previous books and e joyed them. Unfortunately I really did not like The Paris Apartment. I wanted to give up several times and o ly pushed on because it was an ARC and I felt like I should read it wholly.

There wasn't a single likeable character in the whole book, and so no one that I could support or champion. Despite the changing POV and narrative voices all of the characters sounded the same, flat and shallow. I'm nit sure if it was just the format in the ARC but the narratives skipped from present to past with little designation between so I would be reading away and suddenly realise I'm back in a memory and not present day.

The plot was buried in the last 25% or so, meaning the first 75% was so slow burning that it was barely alight. I was bored and uninterested for the most part. The ending did feel more tense but ended rather neatly and nicely which ruined it for me.

Maybe the slow burn works for some people but that and the lifeless characters just fell flat for me.

A story that keeps me wondering, not just from the first chapter, but throughout, is my kind of story. A variety of twists and turns are introduced as the reader hears different versions of events from the many involved characters.

When the sister arrives from England to visit her brother in France, he’s missing and she finds evidence to expect the worst kind of news. You won’t know until the end of the story how that evolves.

Surprising, was the gradual realization that almost everyone in the building was a member of a close and yet distant family, but appear separate from each other. They were hiding secrets and the sister was on their trail as she stumbles around the apartment block and hidden rooms, trying to pull the clues together.

The reader will almost certainly feel they are is Paris; the descriptions are excellent and bring a reminder to those who have travelled through the city.

Although you may feel that you’re reading a whodunnit, there’s also a collection of secrets hiding inside each apartment in this building.

A free copy of this book arrived in my inbox and I’m very pleased it did. A delightful read and this novel kept me wondering until I turned the very last page. I sided with the sister, even though she gave me every reason to worry about her. Just how the watching concierge was involved, will take you a long time to work out.

Puzzling start to the book. Nearly gave up early on, but something grabbed me. As I continued to read an impressive drama, mystery with Agatha Christie direction to the culprit (s) becomes uncovered.
Paris makes a good setting for this book. Having spent time there I was easily able to visualise the different scenes and imagine th apartment complex.
As the story picked up and became more intriguing so did my interest, so that I was eagerly page turning by the end.
A very enjoyable read.

I enjoyed this book which gave us a mixture of characters based in a large apartment building in Paris which itself held as many twists, turns and secrets as its occupants. These characters, none of which are particularly nice people intertwine throughout the narrative extremely well. Do we have to like a character to enjoy a book? I don't personally understand that. For me a great read.
My thanks to NetGalley and Harper Collins for the opportunity to read this advance copy in return for an honest and unbiased review..

Have read this author before and couldn’t wait to read this one. Set in Paris at an apartment block with complex characters except Jess who had travelled there to stay with her brother! Off we went on an intriguing read with all these characters holding back secrets involving what her brother discovered and for Jess to find out after he has disappeared! A great read.

Once the pace picked up, I quite enjoyed this new offering from Lucy Foley. I have realised that I struggle with how much build up there is and how slow to start off this is. There were a couple of twists that I didn’t see coming so deffo points for that. If you’re a fan of her previous books, you will like this one too

Jess needs to leave the UK and arrives at her brother, Ben's, apartment in Paris to find him missing. This book is full of twists and turns and drew me straight in

What secrets does number 12, Rue des Amants hold? Oh, there are many and Jess will discover them all

Another corker of a mystery from Lucy Foley.

This is intelligent writing that doesn't feel the need to show off; a deceptively skilful weaving of threads to form a gripping story. There's always just enough information to keep the reader hungry for the next chapter and every character has a flaw or two which creates empathy and introduces human frailty.

Foley maintains the pace superbly throughout the narrative, making this a novel which is smart yet easy to read. This kind of claustrophobic, almost "locked-room" style of mystery can be hard to pull off, but Foley appears to be becoming rather a master of the genre.

Now I want a sequel! What happened after they went their separate ways? Or were they separate ways?

Full of suspense, this book had me gripped from the first page. Jess arrives unexpectedly in an atmospheric, late-night Paris, quickly suspecting the disappearance of her estranged brother, Ben. Jess is on the run from her own situation back in Brighton, and Ben’s neighbours are not who they immediately seem. Narrated in the first person from a handful of characters, the reader learns more about Jess, her relationship with her brother, and meets the mysterious inhabitants of No. 12 Rue des Amants.

I love how Foley writes her characters, not quite so archetypal as they first seem, vilified through accounts of others and rationalised through their own. I like how Foley plays with the French and English language and challenges what could be seen as a rather stereotypical take of Paris from the eyes of a Brit abroad. I would recommend for anyone who wants to devour a murder mystery set in a foreign and engimatic setting.

Reading this book was like peeling an onion. It had various layers to it and as a reader you just got down one layer and another would appear, each one enhancing the experience.. It was very well written with a vey believable story line which could never have been described as predictable. It kept me engaged and guessing all the way to the end with just enough suspense.

A second exciting thriller from Lucy Foley.
Again she favours the "locked room" idea, with the suspects based around the characters inhabiting an apartment block in Paris (clue's in the name). But... I say "suspects", and yet what exactly are they suspected of? True, there's a lot to be suspicious and disquieting behaviour ... but mostly it's just a sense of fear and anxiety, nicely conveyed through the eyes of Jess, who is (as in The Hunting Party) one of multiple narrators - and she is the one we most readily identify with. Right from the start, we are drawn into the mystery as the relatable Jess is stumbling around Paris, with little ability in the French language, trying to reach her brother's home - only to find, once there, that her brother seems to have taken off. Jess herself has done a moonlight flit from England (Brighton), so with no funds she has no choice but to stay in "The Paris Apartment".
As each character takes over the narrative, they each reveal their own individual nameless fears. Gradually the overall picture of the relationships between the apparently unconnected residents begins to emerge, making it a mystery thriller that is hard to put down.
There is a wonderful twist at the end - and the end itself, while not conventionally boy/girl/sunset, nonetheless provides a satisfying conclusion.

When Jess turns up at her brother Ben's apartment in Paris, he has mysteriously disappeared and everyone else in the building seems to have something to hide. Jess is out of her element in a world of wealth and privilege but she's determined to find her brother and uncover the mystery he was investigating, even if that puts her in danger as well.

What I enjoy about Lucy Foley's books is that she really engages with all of the characters and gives you someone to root for as well as a twisty puzzle to solve. The story is told from five different perspectives and though none of them are particularly likeable, they all have an ambiguous blend of light and shade to create an interesting ensemble cast. The first twist is slightly silly but the final revelation is masterfully drawn. An engaging and atmospheric mystery.

This book was filled with amazing characters. Each one so well developed and unique. They made me feel like a part of the story. And all were easy to relate to and empathize with.
Thank you NetGalley for the opportunity to read and review this book