The Family Upstairs

Reminiscent of Donna Tartt in scope and quality.

It's an utter triumph -- swiftly paced and figure-eight twisty, yes, but also emotionally resonant. That's Lisa's secret sauce, if you ask me: her characters genuinely engage the reader.

Just finished #TheFamilyUpstairs and I’m telling you it’s her best book yet – human, gripping, deeply felt, seriously twisty and skilfully plotted. Bravo!

It’s absolutely bloody brilliant and I can’t tell you much I wish I’d written it.

Absolutely brilliant. Great characterisation, a fascinating and dark set up and a great conclusion. She’s always great but this is next level stuff.

I read it in one sitting. Totally captivated. So dark and cruel and yet still somehow still bearable because her characters are - as ever - amongst the most fascinating anyone ever writes.

A stunning psychological thriller with a dark family story at its centre. Full of atmosphere and menace. I was gripped from the first page.

She's the new Ruth Rendell/Barbara Vine. Just mesmerising.

You don’t read a Lisa Jewell novel, you fall into it. It takes huge talent to establish a whole world in the turn of two pages.

It’s SO GOOD!

I was hooked from the first page, I think it's her best yet and hands down my favourite book so far this year.

I’ve just raced through the brilliantly dark and disturbing The Family Upstairs. Absolutely couldn’t put it down, it’s so good!

Lisa Jewell is the most wonderful writer, and funnily enough we've written about a similar theme with our new books — cults, in microcosm and macrocosm — I can't rant enough about how brilliant it is.

The perfect poolside read. The perfect anywhere read, tbh. This book is riveting, moving, and out in August. Highest possible level of recommendation.

Whenever I pick up a Lisa Jewell novel I know I'm for a compelling, immersive and unputdownable read and The Family Upstairs is one of her very best. It’s an intriguing, claustrophobic and compelling mystery about a family that comes to stay and refuses to leave. I hugely enjoyed it and couldn't put it down.

Utterly compelling. Deliciously dark and twisty with characters who live on in your head. Lisa Jewell just keeps getting better and better.

Wow. Lisa Jewell has done it again. I absolutely loved The Family Upstairs. Intriguing, absorbing, unputdownable with characters so real they jump from the page.

Just finished The Family Upstairs and I’m telling you it’s her best book yet — human, gripping, deeply felt, seriously twisty and skilfully plotted. Bravo!

The Family Upstairs is a corker! With characters that light up the pages, a twisty plot which unravels at perfect pace, and a house rammed with the darkest secrets, it’s brilliant.

Lisa Jewell is the new Ruth Rendell/Barbara Vine. Just mesmerising.

Lisa Jewell owes me a day of my holiday that I’ve spent not swimming or chatting or doing anything except reading The Family Upstairs. It’s absolutely bloody brilliant.

“Creepy, intricate and utterly immersive: an excellent holiday read.”

"un-put-downable...distinct, well-developed characters, shifting points of view, and a disturbing narrative that pulses with life create an enthralling tale full of surprises."