Distinct, well-developed characters, shifting points of view, and a disturbing narrative that pulses with life create an enthralling tale full of surprises.Well written but depressing themes not for me Investigating her past, Libby gets much more than she bargained for. Henry, the Lambs' son, describes his childhood and the terrifying events that changed all their lives when the charismatic charlatan David Thomsen came to stay.

Albans when she receives the news that she has inherited the Lambs' family home. Libby, adopted when she was around a year old, is working for a kitchen design company in St. Homeless Lucy, a busking violinist, is sitting on a French beach with her son when she receives a message on her phone: 'The baby is 25.' Lucy's account of her voyage to London merges with that of Libby Jones. How did they die, and where were the Lambs' children? Three entwined stories provide some answers. Twenty-five years before the present-day action of this un-put-downable psychological thriller from bestseller Jewell (Watching You), the bodies of Henry and Martina Lamb and an unknown man were found in the Lambs' mansion in London's exclusive Chelsea district. 'It's absolutely bloody brilliant' Tammy Cohen 'I was hooked from the first page' Alice Feeney ' The Family Upstairs glitters like a blade and cuts even deeper' AJ Finn 'I had an unrelentingly pleasurable and thrilling for-God's-sake-tell-me-what-happened sensation in my stomach for the entire read' Ruth Jones 'Creepy, intricate and utterly immersive' Guardian 'Gripping, pacy, brilliantly twisty' Clare Mackintosh 'You don't read a Lisa Jewell book, you fall into it' Erin Kelly 'I genuinely struggled to put this down' The Unmumsy Mum 'My eyes were glued to this book!' Hayley Morris Close to them is a hastily scrawled note. In the kitchen lie three decomposing corpses. Well-fed and cared for, she is happily waiting for someone to pick her up. In a large house in London's fashionable Chelsea, a baby is awake in her cot. 'Rich, dark and intricately twisted' Ruth Ware 'A twisty and engrossing story of betrayal and redemption' Ian Rankin I couldn't bear for it to finish.' Olivia Colman 'I loved The Family Upstairs!' Sarah Jessica Parker 'I read it all in one sitting' Colleen Hoover

** HOLLY WILLOUGHBY'S SUMMER READING HIGHLIGHT **

The family upstairs