In The Family Upstairs, a twenty-five-year-old woman inherits a mansion in a fashionable London neighborhood and learns it was the site of a murder/suicide that left her an orphan.
The novel uses dual timelines to reveal the bizarre circumstances that left three people dead, two children missing, and a ten-month-old baby discovered alive in a London mansion two decades earlier.
As Libby Jones learns more about the grim fate of her birth parents, her older brother shares the story of how his mother’s hospitality to a new friend led to abuse and violence at the hands of a charismatic charlatan. Meanwhile, their long-lost sister struggles to raise funds to bring her own family back to London for a revealing reunion.
The Family Upstairs is a fascinating story about complex relationships, subtle manipulation, and twisted motivations.
Follow up this intriguing story with its sequel, The Family Remains, to learn more about the families at the heart of this story and to find out whose bones were discarded in the Thames River. Fans of V.C. Andrews' Dollanganger Family series that began with her 1979 novel, Flowers in the Attic, will enjoy this suspenseful story.
Alicia Cavitt
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1 comment:
I really liked this book! Very atmospheric.
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