Finished: The Family Remains (Jewell) The sequel to The Family Upstairs, this book is as good as the first one. It kept me reading and wondering and at times worrying. :-) The story opens not long after the end of the first book. This time the story follows Lucy, Henry Jr., and Phin to see how they are handling life after all the truths came out at the end of the first book. Lucy is living with her brother, Henry, and waiting to purchase her own house for herself and her kids. Henry is bored with his life and as obsessed as ever with Phin. Phin, got almost as far away as he could. He's working as a safari guide in Africa. When Lucy and Henry get together with Lucy's newfound daughter, Libby for her birthday dinner, her boyfriend surprises her with tickets to Africa. She's going to finally get to meet her biological father, Phin. Upon hearing this, Henry decides to go as well, against Lucy's advice. When Phin finds out everyone is converging on him, he hightails it out of Africa and heads to Chicago. Of course, Henry tracks him down there and we spend much of the book wondering what Henry has actually done to Phin when he surprises him at his door. Meanwhile, Lucy and her kids follow Henry to Chicago, afraid of what he'll do and they end up always one step behind him. Back in London, a detective is trying to solve the mystery of the 25 year old bones that have washed up on the banks of the Thame. It doesn't take him long to connect the bones to a murder that occurred back in the Lamb mansion all those years ago. Now, both Lucy and Henry (The Lamb children) have the London authorities after them in the U.S., while Lucy is still after Henry and Henry is nowhere to be found (but we know he's with Phin). Whew! I strongly suggest reading the first book before reading this one. Both are good reads!
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