The Family Upstairs

I read it in one sitting. Totally captivated. So dark and cruel and yet still somehow still bearable because her characters are – as ever – among the most fascinating anyone ever writes.

Adele Parks

Rich in mystery from the very first page and Lisa Jewell’s best book yet.

Erin Kelly

A stunning psychological thriller with a dark family story at its centre. Full of atmosphere and menace. I was gripped from the first page.

Elly Griffiths

Yet another brilliant novel... Lisa Jewell is the new Ruth Rendell or Barbara Vine. Just mesmerising.

Julia Llewellyn Smith

It’s SO GOOD!

India Knight

Twisty and engrossing story of betrayal and redemption. Reminiscent of Donna Tartt in scope and quality

Ian Rankin

Absolutely brilliant. Great characterisation, a fascinating and dark set up and a great conclusion. She’s always great but this is next level stuff.

Sarah Pinborough

Few writers of psychological suspense devise such swift, slippery plots; fewer still people their stories with characters so human and complex. Lisa’s Jewell’s The Family Upstairs glitters like a blade and cuts even deeper.

AJ Finn

Just finished The Family Upstairs and I’m telling you it’s her best book yet – human, gripping, deeply felt, seriously twisty and skilfully plotted. Bravo!

Paul Burston

It’s absolutely bloody brilliant and I can’t tell you much I wish I’d written it.

Tammy Cohen

I had hoped to save The Family Upstairs for my holiday, but failed miserably by devouring it as soon as it arrived. I was hooked from the first page, I think it's her best yet and hands down my favourite book so far this year.

Alice Feeney

Whenever I pick up a Lisa Jewell novel I know I'm for a compelling, immersive and unputdownable read and The Family Upstairs is one of her very best. It’s an intriguing, claustrophobic and compelling mystery about a family that comes to stay and refuses to leave. I hugely enjoyed it and couldn't put it down.

C L Taylor

A work of utter genius ... you’re going to love it.

Mark Edwards

I absolutely loved The Family Upstairs. Intriguing, absorbing, unputdownable with characters so real they jump from the page.

Laura Marshall

Couldn’t put it down. Wish I’d written it. With characters that light up the pages, a twisty plot which unravels at perfect pace, and a house rammed with the darkest secrets, it’s brilliant.

Amanda Jennings

Brilliantly dark and disturbing ... Absolutely couldn’t put it down, it’s so good!

B.A. Paris

All I want to do for the rest of the day is find out what’s at the bottom of it all. Too good.

Fanny Blake

The perfect poolside read. The perfect anywhere read, to be honest. This book is riveting, moving, and out in August. Highest possible level of recommendation.

Sophie Hannah

Utterly compelling. Deliciously dark and twisty with characters who live on in your head. Lisa Jewell just keeps getting better and better.

Jane Corry

I had an unrelentingly pleasurable and a thrilling for-God’s-sake-tell-me-what-happened sensation in my stomach for the entire read ... Stupendous!

Ruth Jones

Rich, dark and intricately twisted, this enthralling whodunnit mixes family saga with domestic noir to brilliantly chilling effect.

Ruth Ware

The excitement, the intrigue, the sheer pleasure of reading taboo-breaking work!

Liz Nugent

I swear I didn’t breathe the whole time I was reading. Gripping, pacy, brilliantly twisty.

Clare Mackintosh

What. A. Book! Lisa Jewell is a maestro at creating tension, mystery and so many twists but always delivering a truly satisfying ending. I bolted this down in one sitting and was then furious for not pacing myself.

Red Magazine

Sinister and gripping, this is a pacy and intoxicating read about a house with some very dark secrets.

Prima magazine

This sharply characterized mystery is as chilling as it is engrossing. It will make you think twice about who you invite across your threshold.

Sunday Mirror

This is without a doubt one of my favourite reads of the year.

Ronnie Turner (Blog)

This is my pick of the thrillers out this month... Lisa Jewell is brilliant at creating a menacing atmosphere and this is almost unbelievably tense at times.

Good Housekeeping

Super-readable with twisty turns, this is a stay-up-to-finish-in-the-early-hours read.

Sun on Sunday

With its eerie, abandoned home and damaged characters, you’ll need a will of iron to put this all-consuming read down before the end.

The Daily Mirror

Brilliantly dark and unsettling, Lisa Jewell’s latest novel might just be her best yet.

Culturefly

Bestselling author Lisa Jewell’s twisty psychological thriller unravels the tale of two complicated families, unlocking a mystery that keeps the reader captivated until the final page.

Hello! magazine

‘Everything I read by Lisa Jewell holds me in its grip until the pages run out– and The Family Upstairs is no exception... Jewell has such a rare gift for storytelling’

Daily Express

‘Jewell is at her best unpicking the psychological motives of the main protagonists’

Irish Daily Mail

Creepy, intricate and utterly immersive: an excellent holiday read.

Guardian

Full of atmosphereand expertly paced, this is a read to race through.

Best

‘Outstanding. So compelling, twisty-turny and riveting. I just couldn’t stop reading.’

Mel Sherratt

Lisa Jewell is the most wonderful writer, and funnily enough we've written about a similar theme with our new books - cults, in microcosm and macrocosm. I can't rant enough about how brilliant The Family Upstairs is.

Alex Marwood

A gripping psychological thriller.

Choice magazine

Featuring two entangled families and a house with the darkest of secrets, this is a compulsive new thriller from Lisa Jewell.

Sheer Luxe

This is a deeply twisted story of dysfunctional missing siblings and an insidious cult… Lisa Jewell demonstrates once again that she isn't afraid of pushing domestic noir to the crevices of its darkest extremes.

Daily Mail

The Family Upstairs was a great read! Loved this page-turner by Lisa Jewell.

Shari Lapena

Compelling and suspenseful for a long and chilly autumn night’s reading.

My Weekly

I loved The Family Upstairs!!

Sarah Jessica Parker

Lisa Jewell is brilliant at creating a menacing atmosphereand this is almost unbearably tense at times, with a knock-the-wind-out-of-you ending.

Good Housekeeping

From the first page we were hooked. If you’ve got a lazy day planned over the Christmas break, this is the type of novel you could read in a day…It makes us shiver just sharing the plot and we guarantee you’ll be on the edge of your seats throughout.

Yahoo! Style UK

What. A. Book! 2019’s best thriller and a one-sitting read.

Red Magazine

From a stack of amazing crime novels in 2019, I have to choose The Family Upstairs…Jewell is brilliant at twisting plot strands from the past and present into a tense story that I read in one sitting. I'm still thinking about the ending!

Jane Casey, Irish Independent

Of the crop of great thrillers out this year, this is my pick [...] Lisa Jewell is brilliant at creating a menacing atmosphereand this is almost unbearably tense at times, with a knock-the-wind-out-of-you ending.

Good Housekeeping

An enthralling tale rich in psychological suspense that mixes family saga with domestic noir.

Vouchercodes

Part family saga and part-psychological thriller, this is an exceptional read.

Sunday Express

Breathtaking thriller

i Paper

Perfect book to inhale by the fire. Had no idea how creepy and nuanced it would be but couldn’t put it down and stayed up half the night reading it. Highly recommend.

iNews

It has everything you want from a great crime novel. Unpredictable story-telling, suspense and unreliable characters. It took just one 4 hour sitting for me to fly through this.

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