The Family Remains: A Novel

Written by Lisa Jewell

Narrated by Dominic Thorburn, Bea Holland, Hugh Quarshie and 3 more

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

“Other authors are at a ten out of ten, for me, and Lisa is a solid hundred.” —Gillian McAllister, The Sunday Times (London) bestselling author of Wrong Place Wrong Time

The #1 New York Times bestselling author Lisa Jewell weaves a “simply masterful” (Samantha Downing, internationally bestselling author) thriller about twisted marriages, fractured families, and deadly obsessions in this stand-alone sequel to The Family Upstairs.

Early one morning on the shore of the Thames, DCI Samuel Owusu is called to the scene of a gruesome discovery. When Owusu sends the evidence for examination, he learns the bones are connected to a cold case that left three people dead on the kitchen floor in a Chelsea mansion thirty years ago.

Rachel Rimmer has also received a shock—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 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 is a superb writer at the top of her game” (Karin Slaughter, New York Times bestselling author) with another jaw-dropping, intricate, and affecting novel about the lengths we will go to protect the ones we love and uncover the truth.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio
• Release date: Aug 9, 2022
• ISBN: 9781797139050

Lisa Jewell

Lisa Jewell is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of twenty-four novels, including Don’t Let Him In, None of This Is True, The Family Upstairs, and Then She Was Gone, as well as Invisible Girl and Watching You. Her novels have sold more than fifteen million copies internationally, and her work has also been translated into over thirty languages. Connect with her on X @LisaJewellUK, on Instagram @LisaJewellUK, and on Facebook @LisaJewellOfficial.

Reviews for The Family Remains

[scent · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

Atmospheric beyond words. I read both books back to back. What on earth shall I do with myself now? Please continue this series, Ms Jewell.

[Holly Ortiz · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

I cannot get enough of her books. Make sure you check out "The Family Upstairs", before reading this one though. You'll be amazed!

[melfisher · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

I can’t say enough good things about Lisa. I absolutely love her. Great book

[jay robinson · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Soooo good. I'm addicted to this author. I highly suggest reading The Family Upstairs first because the back story is amazing ! Love the characters and how she focused on some of the characters from TFU with more insight.

[Mari · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

I was so excited to learn that there is a sequel to "The Family Upstairs". This book did not disappoint. I do recommend that you read the books in order because this one is built on that one.

This book weaves in a couple new major characters and jumps around a bit in time. I found it to be very satisfying, which is why I stayed up until 1:30 a.m. to finish it.

Multiple narrators usually annoy me but the team that did this book were excellent so kudos to them, the production crew and, of course, Lisa Jewell. At least I didn't scream "NO!!!" as I did for the last line of the first book.

[Camille Walker · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Wow – what a great sequel! Definitely kept my interest from page one and thoroughly enjoyed the continuing saga of the Family Upstairs. Although it says this book can stand alone so you don’t need to read the first one, I definitely recommend both but reading them in order. The narration was VERY excellent

[w2nmq4g2sb · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

I had just finished “The Family Upstairs” and was excited to continue the saga. I found this book, equally engaging, could not stop listening! Superbly, written, and read. This bizarre and multi-layered story sucks you in and does not let you go.

[Christen Cummins · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Excellent story and sequel. Jewel creates three dimensional characters. I loved it.

[Mz M · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Amazing sequel! Worth your time. Glad they kept the same narrator's as before

[K G · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

A nice continuation of the first novel. The story maintains the site of unease but without the edge of its prequel. A couple of new characters and perspectives are added that tie into the prior timeline. Excellent narration.

[Dorianne · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Brilliant! Really fantastic! Loved both stories. I'm a fan now of Lisa Jewell?

[kaylee.gardner5 · Rating: 2 out of 5 stars]

The first Lisa Jewell book that didn’t do it for me! Take this review with a grain of salt as I didn’t realize it was the sequel to The Family Upstairs, so maybe that’s why I didn’t love it. Was hoping for more twists and found myself just waiting for the characters to connect and it didn’t hold much shock value when they did. I’m glad so many others loved this book, Lisa is an incredible author and it won’t deter me from reading any of her others!

[lisa connolly · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

I really liked this one. Lots of twists and terms :-)

[abowersbadc · Rating: 2 out of 5 stars]

I usually LOVE Lisa’s work … this one was excruciatingly slow for me. With that, I lost interest in any twists or turns that later came about. I finished because I’m a stubborn cow who refuses to let a book “beat” me - lol …. but this one was def not a fave.

[Brandie McBride Henderson · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Loved the Family upstairs and wow what a finish to the story!

[cari · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Lisa Jewel and her narrators are my addiction. Amazing plot. Interesting characters. A book that makes you really look at people and their lives and motives.

[Kailynn Harrison · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

This book is one of my favs by this author. Must read.

[acholmes10 · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Excellent! Kept me thinking , the characters were all fantastic!

[catz42158aol.com · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

Sequel to The Family Upstairs and I liked it. It was a little frustrating thpugh because I felt some of the major drama was not fully dealt with.

[Vicki · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

Not my favorite but good if I hadn’t read her other books.

[Mary Meehan · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Very interesting characters and good writing kept me riveted until I finished this book. I highly recommend it to those who enjoy being for a mystery ride.

[Christie Roth · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Simply incredible. I was hooked from the very beginning and the ending was the icing on the cake.

[Danielle Day · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Nice follow up to the original story- I liked that she pulled in new POVs and characters. Not as many twists and turns as usual but love her writing!

[camelia sade · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

A great read, Enjoyed it a lot. Psychological suspense. Excellent

[gina cataldo · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Unbelievable book … although I expected no less from my favorite of all time authors miss Lisa Jewell. As soon as I heard this came out, I begin reading it immediately or should I say listening to it and after a few chapters in I loved it, but I was having trouble remembering the family upstairs part one of this book, and I decided to go back and listen to that whole thing Straight through before beginning this one again I would recommend definitely doing that because then it all makes sense and it’s an incredible two-part books, which I wish she would do more of actually wish she would just write books constantly because I just only want to read all of her books all the time and incredible offer and she picks the most unbelievable narrators was just really pull the homework together Still, I have to say my favorite of her narrators is Helen duff, but Image and church is very good as well as well as all of these narrators in this book. Just perfection. Read it immediately.!!!!!

[Myra Harper · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Lots of twists and turns. It is definitely a gripping story and I loved how all came together!!

[Kelsea Moore · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Wow!! This book just came out and as soon as I saw it was a continuation of The Family Upstairs i was super excited. If you liked The Family Upstairs you will love this one because it has some closure that you will not expect as first but you need it.

Definite TW for SA

[Bekah Page Turner · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

What a ride! It was captivating and appalling at times. Riveting and suspenseful.

[Breanne · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

Events seemed unrealistic, but it was entertaining and answered all the questions I had from the first book.

[Kerrie Greene · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

A very solid follow up to the family upstairs. Characters were well delve looked and the plot moved along at all times. There was one rather large plot whole with Finn* - I’ll put it with a spoiler warning at the end. Other than that I found this book far more enjoyable than it’s predecessor as there was more tension and all of the different characters’ paths made a bit more sense.
Excellent narration from the entire cast.

** mild spoiler from the family upstairs
Finn never re-established contact with anyone including his sister in the last book.. but yet in this book she reaches out to him… and there’s never a mention of how she, but none of the others, knew where he was.