Rachel Rimmer has also received a shock—news that her husband, Michael, has been found dead in the cellar of his house in France. All signs point to an intruder, and the French police need her to come urgently to answer questions about Michael and his past that she very much doesn’t want to answer.
After fleeing London thirty years ago in the wake of a horrific tragedy, Lucy Lamb is finally coming home. While she settles in with her children and is just about to purchase their first-ever house, her brother takes off to find the boy from their shared past whose memory haunts their present.
As they all race to discover answers to these convoluted mysteries, they will come to find that they’re connected in ways they could have never imagined.
In this masterful standalone sequel to her haunting New York Times bestseller, The Family Upstairs, Lisa Jewell proves she is writing at the height of her powers with another jaw-dropping, intricate, and affecting novel about the lengths we will go to protect the ones we love and uncover the truth. ~taken from Goodreads
Slow clap and standing ovation for Lisa Jewell. Every book she releases I wonder how she will top the last, yet she does. This was a sequel to "The Family Upstairs" which I loved and reviewed back in 2019. This can also be read as a standalone. If you are reading in as a sequel I suggest re-reading the first book to brush up on the events and characters if it's been awhile.
I will try to review this without giving anything away. This follows the lives of The Lamb children all grown up. Both Lucy and Henry have come into money thanks to baby Libby now coming of age and inheriting the fortune. They want to get on with their lives but a shared person from their past causes chaos and disrupts the lives of everyone.
A new character, Rachel, is introduced in alternating chapters and in a past timeline. Her story was very interesting to me and although I did really enjoy her plotline I kept wondering how she fit in with the cult mansion and the Lamb family.
This book is broken into five different parts and really kept me reading. Once again Jewell knows when to throw in some twists and keep the reader on their toes. The characters were relatable in some ways and yet infuriating in others. It was fun to see the setting change to America in this book and as an American I felt that the author did a great job setting all the scenes and getting the right feel for a large American city.
The ending was heartwarming and a bit surprising, seeing as how I have never felt teary-eyed from a Lisa Jewell novel. Then in true fashion the epilogue was a dark twist that left me shaking my head and smiling because, of course! Of course Jewell would end a book like that...
Thanks to Netgalley and Atria books for allowing me an advanced digital copy to read and give my honest review. It was a five star read!
"The Family Remains" is set to be released here in the U.S. tomorrow, August 9, 2022 so preorder now so you are ready to read asap!
Happy Reading!
To see more reviews of Lisa Jewell books on my blog
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