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As the story progresses the narratives merge. Lucy and Libby primarily tell the story from the present, and Henry fills us in on the past. The story is told from three points of view (POV) – Lucy, Henry, and Libby.

I think what I liked most about this book is how everything was revealed to the reader.

Sorry about that… but you’ll thank me if you read this novel! Here are my pros and cons for The Family Upstairs : I don’t really want to give any spoilers away on this one, so some of my comments below may seem a bit vague. And the four other children reported to live at Cheyne Walk were gone. Downstairs in the kitchen lay three dead bodies, all dressed in black, next to a hastily scrawled note. When they arrived, they found a healthy ten-month-old happily cooing in her crib in the bedroom.

Twenty-five years ago, police were called to 16 Cheyne Walk with reports of a baby crying.

But what she can’t possibly know is that others have been waiting for this day as well-and she is on a collision course to meet them. Everything in Libby’s life is about to change. She soon learns not only the identity of her birth parents, but also that she is the sole inheritor of their abandoned mansion on the banks of the Thames in London’s fashionable Chelsea neighborhood, worth millions. She rips it open with one driving thought: I am finally going to know who I am. Soon after her twenty-fifth birthday, Libby Jones returns home from work to find the letter she’s been waiting for her entire life. Published: 5 November 2019 by Atria Books Primary Genre(s): Fiction, Mystery, Psychological Thriller