Early one morning on the shore of the Thames, DCI Samuel Owusu is called to the scene of a gruesome discovery.

In this masterful standalone sequel to her haunting New York Times bestseller, The Family Upstairs, Lisa Jewell proves she is writing at the height of her powers with another jaw-dropping, intricate, and affecting novel about the lengths we will go to protect the ones we love and uncover the truth.INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER 'Other authors are at a ten out of ten, for me, and Lisa is a solid hundred.' -Gillian McAllister, The Sunday Times (London) bestselling author of Wrong Place Wrong Time The #1 New York Times bestselling author Lisa Jewell weaves a 'simply masterful' (Samantha Downing, internationally bestselling author) thriller about twisted marriages, fractured families, and deadly obsessions in this standalone sequel to The Family Upstairs. As they all race to discover answers to these convoluted mysteries, they will come to find that they’re connected in ways they could have never imagined. While she settles in with her children and is just about to purchase their first-ever house, her brother takes off to find the boy from their shared past whose memory haunts their present.

After fleeing London thirty years ago in the wake of a horrific tragedy, Lucy Lamb is finally coming home. All signs point to an intruder, and the French police need her to come urgently to answer questions about Michael and his past that she very much doesn’t want to answer. Rachel Rimmer has also received a shock-news that her husband, Michael, has been found dead in the cellar of his house in France.

When Owusu sends the evidence for examination, he learns the bones are connected to a cold case that left three people dead on the kitchen floor in a Chelsea mansion thirty years ago.

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER “The page-turner will sate fans and win over new readers alike…a solid stand-alone tale of mystery and suspense.” - USA TODAY From the #1 New York Times bestselling author Lisa Jewell comes an intricate and affecting novel about twisted marriages, fractured families, and deadly obsessions in this stand-alone sequel to the “brilliantly chilling” ( Ruth Ware, New York Times bestselling author) The Family Upstairs.

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