The Paris Apartment
Lucy Foley, 2022
Mystery, thriller & crime Contemporary fiction
A broke young woman arrives in Paris to stay with her brother, but he has vanished and his neighbors are lying.
Feels like serenity. About society.
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A marriage priced like a contract, and what time does to the balance.
When I married Jacques I understood it as an exchange. My youth and beauty for his wealth. Over the years, as is the way with this particular kind of contract, my worth only diminished as his increased. Lucy Foley.Lucy Foley studied English at Oxford and worked as a fiction editor and journalist before turning to thrillers.
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Questions readers ask
- What is The Paris Apartment like?
- Feels like serenity. About society.
- What should I read after The Paris Apartment?
- If you liked The Paris Apartment, try The Last Flight (Julie Clark), The Turn of the Key (Ruth Ware) and The Last Thing He Told Me (Laura Dave).
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The weight of being heard, in spaces meant to break you.
Dedicated to all the women who have come forward with their stories. Whether it be in front of a congressional panel on live television or alone in a windowless human resources office—we hear you. We believe you.
The Last Flight · Julie Clark
The line works as a thesis for the epistolary thriller: the narrator’s voice is both evidence and defence.
People do go mad, you know, if you stop them from sleeping for long enough...
The Turn of the Key · Ruth Ware
How a tragedy hides inside an ordinary Tuesday.
This is the terrible thing about a tragedy. It isn’t with you every minute. You forget it, and then you remember it again.
The Last Thing He Told Me · Laura Dave
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