Penguin Lisa Jewell Collection 4 Books Set

This four-book collection brings together bestselling thrillers by Lisa Jewell, spanning unsettling domestic mysteries and long-buried secrets. Set across London and beyond, the stories move from a quiet Chelsea house with a shocking discovery to investigations that reopen decades-old questions.

Across the set, Jewell introduces characters drawn into disturbing coincidences and unexpected connections: a baby left alone in a grand home, a detective following clues from the Thames, a mother still searching for answers ten years on, and a podcaster approached by a woman who wants to tell her story. Each novel builds tension through unanswered questions and the gradual unravelling of the past.

Included titles

• The Family Upstairs
• The Family Remains
• Then She Was Gone
• None Of This Is True

Key details

• Four-book set by Lisa Jewell
• Publisher: Penguin
• Collection includes four individual titles listed above

Synopses

The Family Upstairs

In a large house in London’s fashionable Chelsea, a baby lies awake in her cot, well-fed and cared for, waiting to be picked up. Downstairs, three decomposing bodies are found in the kitchen beside a hastily written note. They have been dead for several days, raising a chilling question: who has been looking after the baby, and where did they go?

The Family Remains

Early one morning in June 2019, a bag of human bones is discovered on the foreshore of the River Thames. DCI Samuel Owusu is called in, and forensic examination reveals the remains of a young woman killed by a blow to the head many years earlier.

Inside the bag is a trail of clues, including seeds from a rare tree, leading Owusu back to a Chelsea mansion where, nearly thirty years before, three people were found dead in a kitchen while a baby waited upstairs. The clues also point to a brother and sister in Chicago searching for the one person who can make sense of their pasts.

Then She Was Gone

Ten years on, Laurel has never given up hope of finding Ellie. When she meets a charming stranger, her life shifts again, but it is his nine-year-old daughter who truly unsettles her. The child is the image of Ellie, and the questions that have haunted Laurel come rushing back.

None Of This Is True

On her 45th birthday at her local pub, podcaster Alix Summer meets an unassuming woman, Josie Fair, who is also turning 45. They cross paths again a few days later outside Alix’s children’s school. Josie suggests she could be an interesting subject for Alix’s podcast, saying she is on the cusp of great changes in her life.