The Family Remains is the sequel to bestselling novel The family Upstairs. Its the early one morning a discovery is made on the shore of the Thames and DCI Samuel Owusu is called to secure the scene of a gruesome discovery. Owusu sends the evidence that was found for further examination, he finds out that the bones are connected to a cold case that resulted in three people dead in a mansion in Chelsea thirty years ago.

Rachel Rimmer has received the most shocking news that her husband, Michael has been found dead in the cellar of his home in France. All the signs point to there being an intruder and the French police need her to come as soon as possible to answer questions about Michael and events that have happened in his past. These are questions that she doesn’t want to answer wanting to leave the past in the past.

After leaving London thirty years ago after a horrific tragedy, Lucy Lamb is on her way back home. While she settles into her new life with her children she is about to purchase her first home, her brother runs off to have a look for the boy from their past which seems to haunt their present.

As all of these character race to find the answers they deserve they come to find that they are all connected in ways they would never have realised.