5/20/2023 0 Comments The family upstairs![]() ![]() The corpses had all been dressed in black homespun, apparent members of a cult which had ended with a suicide pact.īut her dead parents and the mysterious man lying deceased beside them were not the only members of that cult. She also learns that when she was a baby, she had been found in that home by the police, alone except for three dead bodies. ![]() Twenty-five years later, Libby Jones receives a letter from a solicitor advising her of the identity of her birth parents and apprising her of the fact that she is the sole inheritor of their posh home in Chelsea. As he tells us at the start of the tale, “They lived with us for more than five years and they turned everything very, very dark.” Henry quickly realizes that his mum’s ‘guests’ are never leaving. ![]() Instead, they bring friends, the friend’s children, a cat. But then the couple don’t leave, even after the shoot is finished. When Justin and Birdie move into Henry’s parent’s home, it’s supposed to be for just a few days, while her band films a music video there. The arrangement was meant to be temporary. You’ll forever be leery of having house guests once you’ve finished. ![]() Sinister, seductive, and scary, Lisa Jewell’s The Family Upstairs is a masterpiece of the domestic thriller genre you won’t want to put down once you’ve started. ![]()
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