LISA JEWELL’S 4 BOOKS BOXSET: Then She Was Gone, The Family Upstairs, The Family Remains & None of This Is True | UNFORGETABLE THRILLERS | PREPARED TO BE HOOKED!
Lisa Jewell has built a reputation for psychological thrillers that burrow under your skin and refuse to leave, and this four-book collection shows exactly why. It's a strong starting point for anyone new to her work, and a satisfying package for readers who want her best titles gathered in one place. First up, 'Then She Was Gone' follows Laurel, whose teenage daughter Ellie disappeared without trace a decade earlier. When Laurel meets someone new and notices his young daughter bears a startling resemblance to Ellie, the past comes rushing back in deeply unsettling ways. It's the kind of story that keeps rewriting itself in your head long after you've finished it. 'The Family Upstairs' opens with three infants discovered alone in a grand London mansion. The house holds years of buried secrets, and Jewell peels them back slowly, weaving together questions of identity, loyalty, and the damage families can quietly inflict on one another. Its sequel, 'The Family Remains', picks the threads straight back up, pushing the characters into even darker territory with some genuinely shocking revelations along the way. Rounding out the set, 'None of This Is True' takes on the strange, destabilising world of podcasting and online identity. A woman begins to suspect that the life she's presenting to the world, and the life being projected onto her, are both constructed fictions. Unsettling and sharp, it feels very much of the moment. Jewell writes characters who feel lived-in and flawed, and her plots have a way of accelerating quietly before you realise you've missed your stop. Four absorbing reads, collected neatly together.
- Author: Lisa Jewell
- Publisher: Penguin
- Genre: Mystery
- ISBN: 978-1804958544
- Pages: 1808 pages