Jess necesita un nuevo comienzo. Está arruinada y sola, y acaba de dejar su trabajo en las circunstancias menos ideales. Su hermanastro Ben no parecía muy emocionado cuando le preguntó si podía quedarse con él durante una breve temporada, pero no le dijo que no, y Jess piensa que las cosas se verán mucho mejor desde París. Solo que cuando llega (a un apartamento muy agradable ¿realmente puede permitírselo Ben?) él no está allí.

Cuanto más tiempo permanece desaparecido Ben, más comienza Jess a indagar en la situación de su hermano y más preguntas tiene. Los vecinos de Ben son un grupo ecléctico y no particularmente amigable. Puede que Jess haya venido a París para escapar de su pasado, pero empieza a parecer que es el futuro de Ben el que está en duda.

Todos son vecinos. Todos sospechan. Y todos saben algo que no están contando.

After three books, I am very familiar with Lucy Foley's story line and it all kind of tied up nicely at the end. Very interesting twist and turns. Good suspend thriller. ( )

Jess is headed to Paris to visit her half-brother Ben in his new apartment. When he isn’t there to pick her up, she makes her way to his place, but he’s not there. He knew she was coming and when and said he’d be there. What’s going on? Once she finally manages to get into the apartment, no one is around, but something feels “off”.

Wealthy Sophie and Jacques live in the penthouse; introverted 19-year old Mimi and her outgoing roommate Camille are on the 4th floor; Ben’s apartment is on the 3rd; Ben’s friend Nick lives on the 2nd floor, and alcoholic Antoine and his wife, Dominique are on the 1st floor. An older woman, the concierge, lives in a shack on the property.

POV switches between many of the different characters. The book “grabbed” me from the start. It was hard to tell who was telling the truth and who wasn’t, as well as who might be an unreliable narrator. Everyone had a secret. Had a twist at the end, as well as one about half-way through. As with Foley’s other books that I’ve read, I really liked this. ( )

Excellent book on CD with several narrators covering their characters well! From the start you're engaged and trying to figure out "who done it". The Author makes the characters rich in character and the interfaces between them complex and interesting. The plot and story are very creative and constantly unexpected things emerge. ( )

I really didn't want to give this even the three stars that I did, and I honestly didn't want to finish it, but I held out to see what happened to the main characters. So even though it was formulaic and most of the characters were horribly uninteresting, there was enough of a surprise ending (that other readers here mentioned) to make me stick with it. I don't think I'll be looking to read anything else by her, though. ( )