The Family UpstairsLisa JewellThe Family Upstairs, book 1

Characters in The Family Upstairs

5 characters, main characters first.

Main characters

Libby Jones
Inherits the Chelsea mansion at twenty-five and investigates her birth family's past.
Henry Lamb
Narrates his childhood in the house as an outsider gradually takes it over.
Also in The Family Remains

Antagonists

David Thomsen
A physiotherapist who moves his family into the Lamb household in 1988 and gradually seizes control of it, isolating the Lambs and squandering their money.

Supporting characters

Lucy Lamb
One of the missing Lamb children, living rough in France in the present timeline.
Also in The Family Remains