Books like The Paris Apartment by Lucy Foley

Jess Joel leaves a difficult job and a broken life behind, hoping a fresh start in Paris will clear the shadows of her past. She is invited to stay with her half‑brother Ben, who has barely welcomed her. When Ben fails to show up, Jess finds an upscale apartment that seems too perfect, raising questions about who really paid the rent. As the days pass, she begins to probe her brother’s mysterious disappearance, learning that the collaborative middle‑management of the building is an eclectic, often hostile herd of residents who each conceal motives. In what becomes an investigation of family, debt, and hidden histories, every neighbor has a line of sight that could either protect or expose the secrets that have kept Jess on edge. Jess faces the irony of seeking escape from her past, only to confront the possibility that her brother’s future is hanging on the frayed thread of what she uncovers in the French capital. Her proximity to those she once perceived as each the key, each the suspect in a tangled web, makes every conversation about the peril of secrets that everyone shares in whispers.

First publish date: 2022