{"id":229,"date":"2022-08-25T10:52:17","date_gmt":"2022-08-25T00:52:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kgracereads.com\/?p=229"},"modified":"2022-08-25T10:52:17","modified_gmt":"2022-08-25T00:52:17","slug":"the-paris-apartment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kgracereads.com\/?p=229","title":{"rendered":"The Paris Apartment"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Lucy Foley<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

About:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Set in a Paris apartment building in which every resident has something to hide\u2026<\/strong>

Jess needs a fresh start. She\u2019s broke and alone, and she\u2019s just left her job under less than ideal circumstances. Her half-brother Ben didn\u2019t sound thrilled when she asked if she could crash with him for a bit, but he didn\u2019t say no, and surely everything will look better from Paris. Only when she shows up \u2013 to find a very nice apartment, could Ben really have afforded this? \u2013 he\u2019s not there.

The longer Ben stays missing, the more Jess starts to dig into her brother\u2019s situation, and the more questions she has. Ben\u2019s neighbors are an eclectic bunch, and not particularly friendly. Jess may have come to Paris to escape her past, but it\u2019s starting to look like it\u2019s Ben\u2019s future that\u2019s in question.

The socialite \u2013 The nice guy \u2013 The alcoholic \u2013 The girl on the verge \u2013 The concierge

Everyone\u2019s a neighbor. Everyone\u2019s a suspect. And everyone knows something they\u2019re not telling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Review:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I love Lucy Foley’s books and this was no different. After reading the Guest List I knew I just had to read the Paris Apartment.
I read the acknowledgements at the end and saw that Lucy said it was probably the most difficult of her books to write. I can totally understand why. My French is non existence so a couple of time I had to google the meanings but really it wasn’t difficult to work out what was being said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Paris Apartment sounds luxurious, the family affluent and untouchable but never judge a book by its cover. What lies within is a woven tale of scandal, sex and a dysfunctional family, watched from the outside by the concierge. The mysterious concierge, an old woman living in a small hut delegated to the sidelines when really she is integral to the story. I love seeking out clues in mysteries and thought I had most of it worked out by the last couple of chapters but Lucy is full of surprises, throwing in a few final twists, even leaving you to make your own mind up about the real concierge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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