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Prepare to be hooked . . .\u00a0<\/span>A compulsive thriller from Lisa Jewell.<\/span><\/p>\n

* #1 UK\u00a0<\/span>SUNDAY TIMES<\/span>\u00a0BESTSELLER *
\n* OVER A MILLION COPIES SOLD *
\n* HOLLY WILLOUGHBY’S SUMMER READING HIGHLIGHT *
\n*A RICHARD AND JUDY BOOK CLUB PICK*<\/span><\/p>\n

‘I read it all in one sitting.’\u00a0<\/span>Colleen Hoover
\n‘I loved\u00a0<\/span>The Family Upstairs<\/span>!’<\/span>\u00a0Sarah Jessica Parker
\n‘Really good, gripping.\u00a0I couldn’t bear for it to finish…’<\/span>\u00a0Olivia Colman
\n‘A\u00a0twisty\u00a0<\/span>and\u00a0engrossing<\/span>\u00a0story of betrayal and redemption.‘\u00a0<\/span>Ian Rankin
\n‘Rich, dark\u00a0<\/span>and\u00a0intricately twisted’\u00a0<\/span>Ruth Ware
\n_______________<\/span><\/p>\n

In a large house in London’s fashionable Chelsea, a baby is awake in her cot. Well-fed and cared for, she is happily waiting for someone to pick her up.<\/span><\/p>\n

In the kitchen lie three decomposing corpses. Close to them is a hastily scrawled note.<\/p>\n

They’ve been dead for several days.<\/span><\/p>\n

Who has been looking after the baby?<\/p>\n

And where did they go?<\/p>\n

Two entangled families.<\/span>
\nA house with the darkest of secrets.<\/span>
\n_______________<\/span><\/p>\n

More love for The Family Upstairs<\/u><\/span>\u00a0. . .<\/span><\/p>\n

‘My eyes were glued\u00a0<\/span>to this book!’ Hayley Morris
\n‘You don’t read a Lisa Jewell book,\u00a0you fall into it.’\u00a0<\/span>Erin Kelly
\n‘I swear I\u00a0didn’t breathe the whole time\u00a0<\/span>I was reading it.’ Clare Mackintosh
\n‘Creepy, intricate\u00a0<\/span>and\u00a0utterly immersive.’\u00a0<\/span>Guarian<\/span>
\n‘I had a thrilling\u00a0for-God’s-sake-tell-me-what-happened sensation in my stomach\u00a0<\/span>for the entire read’ Ruth Jones
\n‘Absolutely brilliant.’\u00a0<\/span>Sarah Pinborough
\n‘Glitters like a blade and cuts even deeper<\/span>.’ AJ Finn
\n‘I was hooked\u00a0<\/span>from the first page.’ Alice Feeney
\n‘Utterly compelling. Deliciously dark\u00a0<\/span>and\u00a0twisty\u00a0<\/span>.’ Jane Corry
\n‘It’s\u00a0absolutely bloody brilliant<\/span>.’ Tammy Cohen
\n‘I genuinely\u00a0struggled to put this one down.’\u00a0<\/span>The Unmumsy Mum<\/p>\n

The Family Upstairs<\/span>\u00a0has sold over a million copies across all formats [Nielsen, May 2024]
\nLisa Jewell, Number One\u00a0Sunday Times\u00a0<\/span>bestseller, March 2024<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Prepare to be hooked . . .\u00a0A compulsive thriller from Lisa Jewell. * #1 UK\u00a0SUNDAY TIMES\u00a0BESTSELLER * * OVER A MILLION COPIES SOLD * * HOLLY WILLOUGHBY’S SUMMER READING HIGHLIGHT * *A RICHARD AND JUDY BOOK CLUB PICK* ‘I read it all in one sitting.’\u00a0Colleen Hoover ‘I loved\u00a0The Family Upstairs!’\u00a0Sarah Jessica Parker ‘Really good, gripping.\u00a0I couldn’t bear for it to finish…’\u00a0Olivia Colman ‘A\u00a0twisty\u00a0and\u00a0engrossing\u00a0story of betrayal and redemption.‘\u00a0Ian Rankin ‘Rich, dark\u00a0and\u00a0intricately twisted’\u00a0Ruth Ware _______________ In a large house in London’s fashionable Chelsea, a baby is awake in her cot. Well-fed and cared for, she is happily waiting for someone to pick her up. In the kitchen lie three decomposing corpses. Close to them is a hastily scrawled note. They’ve been dead for several days. Who has been looking after the baby? And where did they go? Two entangled families. A house with the darkest of secrets. _______________ More love for The Family Upstairs\u00a0. . . ‘My eyes were glued\u00a0to this book!’ Hayley Morris ‘You don’t read a Lisa Jewell book,\u00a0you fall into it.’\u00a0Erin Kelly ‘I swear I\u00a0didn’t breathe the whole time\u00a0I was reading it.’ Clare Mackintosh ‘Creepy, intricate\u00a0and\u00a0utterly immersive.’\u00a0Guarian ‘I had a thrilling\u00a0for-God’s-sake-tell-me-what-happened sensation in my stomach\u00a0for the entire read’ Ruth Jones ‘Absolutely brilliant.’\u00a0Sarah Pinborough ‘Glitters like a blade and cuts even deeper.’ AJ Finn ‘I was hooked\u00a0from the first page.’ Alice Feeney ‘Utterly compelling. Deliciously dark\u00a0and\u00a0twisty\u00a0.’ Jane Corry ‘It’s\u00a0absolutely bloody brilliant.’ Tammy Cohen ‘I genuinely\u00a0struggled to put this one down.’\u00a0The Unmumsy Mum The Family Upstairs\u00a0has sold over a million copies across all formats [Nielsen, May 2024] Lisa Jewell, Number One\u00a0Sunday Times\u00a0bestseller, March 2024<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":2332,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[59],"product_tag":[],"class_list":["post-2250","product","type-product","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","product_cat-books","first","instock","sale","shipping-taxable","purchasable","product-type-simple"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bookmysphere.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/product\/2250","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bookmysphere.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bookmysphere.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bookmysphere.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2250"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bookmysphere.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2332"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bookmysphere.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2250"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_brand","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bookmysphere.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fproduct_brand&post=2250"},{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bookmysphere.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fproduct_cat&post=2250"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bookmysphere.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fproduct_tag&post=2250"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}