The Family Remains

The first book was really good. The second not so much

If you’re into mystery and suspense, this is a great book. Highly entertaining.

Great book, love that as the follow up to the first one… Good ending!

Loved this book A good read

I have enjoyed a lot reading this book and the book before it. I have been hooked with the story of this family. 100% recomendable

I read The Family Upstairs in February and I loved it, it was probably one of my favourites from Lisa Jewell so far, so it’s safe to say I was excited about this sequel, and it definitely did not disappoint. It answered questions I didn’t even know I had! I initially thought I may be overwhelmed by the alternating points of view, but I wasn’t at all. We mainly hear from Henry, Lucy, Rachel and DI Samuel Owusu, who is investigating the remains of a young woman that have been found in the River Thames. The bag of bones that has been found leads DI Owusu to a mansion in Chelsea where, as we know, very disturbing things happened to a forever bonded group of people. I loved the journey that the plot took. I thought it was very clever, and I especially liked seeing Rachel’s relationship with Michael being portrayed, and us being able to see how that linked into Lucy’s story. Both Rachel and Lucy are very strong female characters who I enjoyed reading about. I also liked how we got to see more of Henry’s true personality, and discover how obsessive he really is. Despite him not being massively likeable, I still really felt for him because his childhood and adolescence must have been utter hell, so is it any wonder he has turned into the complex person he is today? I don’t want to say too much more as I don’t want to spoil the plot, but I was completely enthralled by this story. It was a compelling, dark, twisty, intriguing page turner that I didn’t want to end. I feel sad to say goodbye to this cast of characters, because as dysfunctional as they are, they make for SUCH good reading! 🤩