Published: March 3rd 2022
Publisher: HarperCollins UK
Genre: Mystery, Thriller, Women Sleuths, Literary Fiction
Format: Hardcover, Kindle, Audiobook
Welcome to my stop on the blog tour for this tense and twisty thriller. Thank you to Anne at Random Things Tours for the invitation to take part and Harper Collins for the gifted copy of the book.
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SYNOPSIS:
Welcome to No.12 rue des Amants
A beautiful old apartment block, far from the glittering lights of the Eiffel Tower and the bustling banks of the Seine. Where nothing goes unseen, and everyone has a story to unlock.
The watchful concierge
The scorned lover
The prying journalist
The naïve student
The unwanted guest
There was a murder here last night.
A mystery lies behind the door of apartment three.
Who holds the key?
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MY REVIEW:
“The gate clangs shut behind the girl. She thinks she’s staying in a normal apartment building. A place that follows ordinary rules. she has no idea what she has got herself into here”
Welcome to No. 12 rue des Amants.
A beautiful apartment building in the heart of Paris whose residents are all hiding dark secrets. Secrets one of them is willing to kill to keep. But who holds the key to unlocking the mystery of Ben’s murder? And can his sister, Jess, find it before they silence her too?
The Paris Apartment is a complex, tangled web full of crazy twists and turns that keeps you guessing. It starts off with high levels of mystery as Jess arrives to stay with her brother, Ben, only to find his apartment empty and his wallet and keys left behind. No one in the building wants to talk to her and they all seem to want her to leave, making her suspicious of what they might be hiding. But despite their best efforts to conceal the truth of what happened that night, they slowly drop small clues that Jess pieces together to solve the cryptic puzzle of what happened to her brother. The pace slowed a little in the middle but the dramatic finale was a worthy reward, my jaw hitting the floor when the full picture finally emerged.
“It’s not her fault she made the mistake of coming to this place. That’s the worst part. She’s probably not even a bad person.
But I know I am.”
Each of the residents narrate the story alongside Jess which heightens the tension for the reader and allows us a peek inside the minds of the strange, elusive characters living at No 12 rue des Amants. Each character is richly drawn, flawed and nuanced, with Sophie standing out as a particularly strong character whose allure I found hard to resist. I liked that just like the other Jess was a complex character with a past that’s shrouded in mystery. She was easy to root for and she was definitely the most likeable of all the characters.
I was intrigued by how everyone in the building seems to blame Ben for things going wrong there; what could he possibly have done that was so bad? As their secrets are slowly revealed we discover just how intricately woven the residents of this building are and begin to understand this strange, unnerving place.
A cunningly crafted thriller that sizzles with suspense, this is another spectacular novel from Ms. Foley that I highly recommend.
Rating ✮✮✮✮✰:
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MEET THE AUTHOR:
Lucy Foley is the No.1 Sunday Times bestselling author of The Hunting Party and The Guest List, with two and a half million copies sold worldwide. Lucy’s thrillers have also hit the New York Times and the Irish Times bestseller lists, been shortlisted for the Crime & Thriller Book of the Year Award at the British Book Awards, selected as one of The Times and Sunday Times Crime Books of the Year, and The Guest List was a Reese’s Book Club choice. Lucy’s novels have been translated into multiple languages and her journalism has appeared in publications such as Sunday Times Style, Grazia, ES Magazine, Vogue US, Elle, Tatler, Marie Claire and more.
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Thanks for reading Bibliophiles 😊Emma xxxx
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