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The Paris Apartment

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*The brand new thriller from Lucy Foley – THE MIDNIGHT FEAST – is available to buy now*

*The No.1 New York Times and Sunday Times bestseller*

Discover the electric murder mystery thriller from the No.1, million-copy bestseller, Lucy Foley

‘Dazzling’ The Times

‘Compelling, up-all-night reading’ Erin Kelly

‘Atmosphere you can cut with a knife’Alex Michaelides

‘Gloriously twisty’ Ruth Ware

‘Combines edge-of-your-seat tension with out-and-out Parisian chic’ Adele Parks

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In a beautiful old apartment block, deep in the backstreets of Paris, secrets are stirring behind every resident’s door.

The lonely wife

The party animal

The curtain-twitcher

The secret lover

The watchful caretaker

The unwanted guest

There was a murder here last night.

Who holds the key to the mystery of apartment three?

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What readers are saying about The Paris Apartment:

‘One to devour entirely in one delicious sitting. Stupendous’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

‘Twisty and mysterious and surprising’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

‘Had me gripped right from the beginning’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

'Has “book of the year” written all over it’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

‘A page-turner with an amazing setting’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

‘A fabulously tense and mysterious read!’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

The Paris Apartment was a New York Times No.1 bestseller for w/e 06/03/2022

The Guest List was a Sunday Times No.1 bestseller for w/c 14/09/2022

The Guest List was the Goodreads Choice Awards winner for Crime & Mystery 2020

Critics Review

‘A dazzling combination of suspense, misdirection and unexpected twists’ The Times, Crime Book of the Month

‘Extremely evocative, with a richly-drawn atmosphere you can cut with a knife . . . Lucy Foley just keeps getting better and better’ Alex Michaelides

‘Lucy Foley leads the reader down the dark Paris side streets . . . Compelling, claustrophobic, up-all-night reading’ Erin Kelly

‘What happened behind the door of apartment number three? The creepy, twisty The Paris Apartment will keep you guessing all the way to the end’ Daily Mail

‘The streets of Paris have never looked darker, more opulent, or more sinister than in Lucy Foley’s gloriously twisty new novel’ Ruth Ware

‘The Paris Apartment has the atmospheric feel and slow-burning suspense of a Hitchcock movie’ Daily Mirror

‘Cunningly constructed, elegantly atmospheric, and with a vipers’ nest of fascinating, flawed characters, The Paris Apartment just might be my favourite Lucy Foley to date’ Louise Candlish

‘Creepy and compelling, I was immediately drawn into this dark depiction of Parisian life’ Sarah Pearse

‘An intricate, atmospheric mystery set among the luxury and lies of the Parisian elite – fans of The Guest List are going to love it’ T M Logan

‘A sinister, seductive, twisting masterclass. Lucy Foley is a born storyteller, and The Paris Apartment is her best yet’ Chris Whitaker

‘Atmospheric, tense, and suspenseful . . . Lucy Foley has proven herself to be the modern day Agatha Christie’ Louise O’Neill

‘A slick, dark, and utterly compelling murder mystery. The richly atmospheric Parisian setting, coupled with a cast of intriguing characters, sets the perfect scene for murder!’ Lucy Clarke

‘A fast paced, twisty thriller . . . The Paris Apartment is multi stranded and crackles with menace’ Jane Shemilt

‘Foley proves once more that she is a thriller writer par excellence’ Cara Hunter

User Reviews

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Narration 4.7
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4.0
The story itself was okay, there were a few twists I saw coming but also a few that I did not expect! Easy to keep everyone apart as they have distinct voices
cboy7 14/07/2023
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5.0
Bloody marvellous!! I loved the twists, the plot and the suspense.
kama 25/10/2022
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5.0
Well written and performed. Gives good French atmosphere.
peterstod 11/04/2022

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