The Paris Apartment: From the No.1 Sunday Times and multi-million copy bestseller comes a gripping new murder mystery thriller for 2022

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no time to review yet, but i gotta say—and maybe this is just my patterson-overload talking—this one is leaps and bounds better than her first two agatha christie wannabes, which i enjoyed in an entertainment kind of way, even though they were basically the same book. this one is more ambitious, more surprising, more satisfying in every way, even though—trigger warning—she never feeds that cat ONCE, and it was giving me serious stress the whole time. FEED YOUR CATS, PEOPLE! Jess reaches out to Ben after not seeing him for many years. He is living in Paris and agrees to let Jess crash at his place until she finds a job and another place to live. My con's for this novel were few. It was primarily the overly, overly, lengthy details and conversations, sometimes so much so that it was boring so I hurried ahead on audio. Sometimes the wording or convos were so long and plain that I felt the author must think us simpletons. Also, the pushy and outspoken housekeepers, who worked 2 generations for one family, were very out of place, regardless of their generational relationships, bc “help” are the underlings.

The linear approach might have made a few more things more predictable than in something like The Hunting Party but, by and large, this was a really fun read from one of our favourite authors!

The Paris Apartment Audiobook

There were two slight shortcomings for me: one is that there is no real sense of place in this book other than the apartment building. I could totally visualize it, but it could be set anywhere, Paris doesn't really factor into the story. Also, the timeline is quite jumpy, and there were a few times I would have to re-read certain sections because I thought I was in the present and then it turned out I was in the past, and vice versa. It didn't happen really often, but often enough that I noticed it.

I actually would have liked more of Ben’s perspective from the past as he was working on the article. He’s so secretive and some his choices were bizarre. But maybe there wasn’t much to it—he was using everyone and anyone he could to finally have his big break in journalism. The EndingOverall though, a super fun read. I love the way Foley always brings a sort of classic-format to very modern mysteries. It's so appealing to me. With her signature style, Lucy Foley delivers a fast-paced, multi-layered Parisian Mystery here. The twists just keep on coming. My jaw was on the floor for half the book. Jess needs a fresh start. She’s broke and alone, and she’s just left her job under less than ideal circumstances. Her half-brother Ben didn’t sound thrilled when she asked if she could crash with him for a bit, but he didn’t say no, and surely everything will look better from Paris. Only when she shows up – to find a very nice apartment, could Ben really have afforded this? – he’s not there.

The Paris Apartment, however, offers up a completely different group of players-to go along with this foreboding atmosphere and I thought it was the BEST of her three to date! Overall, The Paris Apartment missed the mark (unless you enjoy books with little substance and a spooky, frenzied tone is utilized throughout). THE AUTHOR: Lucy Foley studied English liter­ature at Durham University and University College London and worked for several years as a fiction edi­tor in the publishing industry. She is the author of five novels including The Guest List and The Hunt­ing Party. She lives in London. I don't quite understand the hype around this author. This is my second Lucy Foley novel and I tried very hard to stay with the story.As Jess digs deeper into the residents at Bienvenue au 12, Rue des Amants she finds that the neighbors are none too happy to see her. Jess is determined and tough and won’t give up until she finds out the TRUTH, AS DARK AS IT MAY BE!!!

Usually when I do this I am at least somewhat disappointed because my expectations are insanely high. But it also left me with plenty of questions too. If Ben knew just exactly what type of business Jacques ran and how toxic he was—why did he want to stay at the apartment? Characters THE CHARACTERS – Wow what a group of unreliable and dysfunctional characters we have here!! The main characters and supporting characters are well described, although it does take until the last quarter to fully appreciate who these characters REALLY ARE!!!

A BIT ABOUT THE STORY: Jess and Ben were orphaned at a rather young age. They lost their mother after she overdosed, Jess being the one to find her. Not the case here. This is an incredibly well written book which could have been no easy feat as the structure is very unique and pretty complicated. Anyway, Sophie sees what happened and covers up for Mimi. We had learned that Sophie had worked at the club and eventually married Jacques and tried to change her entire image. But he was a cruel and evil man and so she hated him and wasn’t too sad to see him gone. However, she did somewhat care for Ben, and decided to keep him alive but hidden. What a FANTASTIC CAST of actors, this AUDIBLE has! I am sure this book will make my favorite Audible list in 2022 because of them!