{"product_id":"the-family-remains-the-gripping-sunday-times-no-1-bestseller-the-family-upstairs-2","title":"The Family Remains: the gripping Sunday Times No. 1 bestseller (The Family Upstairs, 2)","description":"Product Description\n\nPREPARE TO BE HOOKED . . .\n\n* #1 UK SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER *\n* A NEW YORK TIMES BSETSELLER *\n* OVER 2,000 5 STAR REVIEWS *\n\n'I was ENTHRALLED. Empathetic, gripping, authentic' Gillian McAllister\n'A GRIPPING read. Superb!' Shari Lapena\n'Fast-paced, cleverly plotted. GRIPS from first page to last' Paula Hawkins\n'Artful, slippery, HUGELY SATISFYING. A rare treat awaits!' Louise Candlish\n'The story EVERYONE has been waiting for.' Adele Parks\n___________\n\nLONDON. Early morning, June 2019: on the foreshore of the river Thames, a bag of bones is discovered. Human bones.\n\nDCI Samuel Owusu is called to the scene and quickly sends the bag for forensic examination. The bones are those of a young woman, killed by a blow to the head many years ago.\n\nAlso inside the bag is a trail of clues, in particular the seeds of a rare tree which lead DCI Owusu back to a mansion in Chelsea where, nearly thirty years previously, three people lay dead in a kitchen, and a baby waited upstairs for someone to pick her up.\n\nThe clues point forward too to a brother and sister in Chicago searching for the only person who can make sense of their pasts.\n\nFour deaths. An unsolved mystery. A family whose secrets can't stay buried for ever ...\n___________\n\n'Twisty and strange and surprising' EMILY HENRY\n'Dark menace, consummate plotting. A sheer PLEASURE to read' HARRIET TYCE\n'This is perfection on a page.' ALICE FEENEY\n'A riveting, rollicking read, guaranteed to send your blood pressure soaring' RED MAGAZINE\n'It's a triumph. Brava!' ERIN KELLY\n'Compulsive, gripping and immersive.' CL TAYLOR\n'Lisa Jewell is, simply, outstanding.' ALEX MARWOOD\n'Compelling, ingenious, breath-stopping.' TAMAR COHEN\n'A witty and propulsive stunner of a novel.' KATHERINE HEINY\n'This is Lisa Jewell at her absolute best. I loved it!' PAUL BURSTON\n'A compulsive, dark, satisfying tale that will pick you up and refuse to put you down.' CATHERINE STEADMAN\n___________\n\nReaders can't get enough of The Family Remains . . .\n\n***** 'There's nothing about this book that I would change. Seriously.'\n***** 'My expectations were high and this still managed to surpass them.'\n***** 'The writing is outstanding from start to finish and it's an engrossing read.'\n***** 'I could not put it down and loved the surprises and twists.'\n***** 'Lisa Jewell can write one hell of a thriller!!'\n\nFrom the Back Cover\n\n'I was ENTHRALLED. Empathetic, gripping, authentic' Gillian McAllister\n'A GRIPPING read. Superb!' Shari Lapena\n'Fast-paced, cleverly plotted. GRIPS from first page to last' Paula Hawkins\n'Artful, slippery, HUGELY SATISFYING. A rare treat awaits!' Louise Candlish\n'The story EVERYONE has been waiting for.' Adele Parks\n___________\n\nLONDON. Early morning, June 2019: on the foreshore of the river Thames, a bag of bones is discovered. Human bones.\n\nDCI Samuel Owusu is called to the scene and quickly sends the bag for forensic examination. The bones are those of a young woman, killed by a blow to the head many years ago.\n\nAlso inside the bag is a trail of clues, in particular the seeds of a rare tree which lead DCI Owusu back to a mansion in Chelsea where, nearly thirty years previously, three people lay dead in a kitchen, and a baby waited upstairs for someone to pick her up.\n\nThe clues point forward too to a brother and sister in Chicago searching for the only person who can make sense of their pasts.\n\nFour deaths. An unsolved mystery. A family whose secrets can't stay buried for ever ...\n\nAbout the Author\n\nLISA JEWELL was born in London in 1968.\n\nHer first novel, Ralph's Party, was the best- selling debut novel of 1999. Since then she has written another eighteen novels, most recently a number of dark psychological thrillers, including The Girls, Then She Was Gone and The Family Upstairs (all of which were Richard \u0026amp; Judy Book Club picks).\n\nLisa is a New York Times and Sunday Times number one bestselling author who has been published worldwide in over twenty-five languages. She lives in nor","brand":"smeikalbooks","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40741728157781,"sku":"9781529158564N","price":11.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2481\/5790\/files\/77d98a65-17e8-4e6a-9ec0-b6989828dd3f.jpg?v=1702667658","url":"https:\/\/smeikalbooks.co.uk\/en-us\/products\/the-family-remains-the-gripping-sunday-times-no-1-bestseller-the-family-upstairs-2","provider":"smeikalbooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}