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The bag of bones that has been found leads DI Owusu to a mansion in Chelsea where, as we know, very disturbing things happened to a forever bonded group of people. We at Penguin Random House Australia acknowledge that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples are the Traditional Custodians and the first storytellers of the lands on which we live and work.
She lives in north London with her husband, two daughters, two cats, two guinea pigs and the best dog in the world. Lisa is a top ten New York Times and number one Sunday Times bestselling author who has been published worldwide in over twenty-five languages. Even though the author does a great job of recapping the events of Cheyne Walk, to really understand the characters, especially Henry, you need the full background. Me gusta mucho como escribe y comunica Lisa Jewell y este libro te mantiene en tensión e intriga contínua y el libro pasa volando.Despite him not being massively likeable, I still really felt for him because his childhood and adolescence must have been utter hell, so is it any wonder he has turned into the complex person he is today? At first I wasn’t sure if the characters were really likeable but they grew on me and I got so caught up in why Henry was in Chicago looking for Finn and then why Lucy was there looking for Henry…. There was a second storyline between Rachel and Michael, I’m not sure it was really necessary but I do understand how it worked in. Lisa Jewell is an automatic read for me, so I knew I had read the first book but I all honesty I had a really hard time remembering.
Small note for other American readers: I absolutely bought all of the cult, the house of horrors, the remains found, the reversals, etc. Apparently my suspension of disbelief in fiction accepts two ex-wives in the same place on their separate murderous revenge plans, but does not accept a Californian burger in Chicago.
This book was a story of adults scarred by childhood trauma, seeking closure, family, extortion, and historical crimes. The book’s atmosphere was entirely different from the first, but the author’s also good at investigation thrillers, so while I was surprised to find such a different feel, I still enjoyed it. But with millions of pounds in inheritance, missing people, and now the reappearance of a certain body from the first novel, nothing is really normal in this book. This is an unusual sequel, because the story revisits the characters (and Henry’s shocking revelation! I thought it was very clever, and I especially liked seeing Rachel’s relationship with Michael being portrayed, and us being able to see how that linked into Lucy’s story.
Prepare to be hooked by the much-anticipated stand-alone sequel to The Family Upstairs from multi-million bestselling author Lisa Jewel. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. This is a used book - there is no escaping the fact it has been read by someone else and it will show signs of wear and previous use. The Family Upstairs, by Lisa Jewell, ends with a solid resolution and then a dramatic cliffhanger at the very last second. The Family Remains will give readers closure on what happens next and lets us see how the survivors are coping.The bag also contains clues connecting to a cold case that left three people dead on a kitchen floor in a Chelsea mansion thirty years ago. I read The Family Upstairs in February and I loved it, it was probably one of my favourites from Lisa Jewell so far, so it’s safe to say I was excited about this sequel, and it definitely did not disappoint. Also inside the bag is a trail of clues, in particular the seeds of a rare tree which lead DCI Owusu back to a mansion in Chelsea where, nearly thirty years previously, three people lay dead in a kitchen, and a baby waited upstairs for someone to pick her up. Upon sending the evidence for forensic testing he discovers the bones belong to a young woman who was killed by a blow to the head many years ago. And the way the first novel unfolded was just so complex, there seemed like no way the police could understand the whole story and no way the survivors could get away with all their secrets.
Meanwhile, a body has been found that seems to come from the old mansion on Cheyne Walk, but has clearly been moved, sparking an investigation that leads to questions into all the missing people from the first book. We honour Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples' continuous connection to Country, waters, skies and communities. In the sequel, the evil person is already dead, and can’t possibly be held accountable for what he’s done. Lisa is a New York Times and Sunday Times number one bestselling author who has been published worldwide in over twenty-five languages. I received a copy of this book to review, opinions and reactions on my book blog are my own, as always.It had been a while since I read the first book, but I was soon across all of the characters again and wondering how the story would all unfold.
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