The Escape Room - by Megan Goldin (Paperback)

About the Book

Welcome to the escape room. Your goal is simple. Get out alive.

Four young Wall Street rising stars discover the price of ambition when an escape room challenge turns into a lethal game of revenge.

Book Synopsis

In Megan Goldin's unforgettable debut, The Escape Room, four young Wall Street rising stars discover the price of ambition when an escape room challenge turns into a lethal game of revenge.

One of my favorite books of the year.--Lee Child

"Cancel all your plans and call in sick; once you start reading, you'll be caught in your own escape room--the only key to freedom is turning the last page!"--Kirkus Reviews (starred)

Welcome to the escape room. Your goal is simple. Get out alive.

In the lucrative world of finance, Vincent, Jules, Sylvie, and Sam are at the top of their game. They've mastered the art of the deal and celebrate their success in style--but a life of extreme luxury always comes at a cost.

Invited to participate in an escape room challenge as a team-building exercise, the ferociously competitive co-workers crowd into the elevator of a high-rise building, eager to prove themselves. But when the lights go off and the doors stay shut, it quickly becomes clear that this is no ordinary competition: they're caught in a dangerous game of survival.

Trapped in the dark, the colleagues must put aside their bitter rivalries and work together to solve cryptic clues to break free. But as the game begins to reveal the team's darkest secrets, they realize there's a price to be paid for the terrible deeds they committed in their ruthless climb up the corporate ladder. As tempers fray, and the clues turn deadly, they must solve one final chilling puzzle: which one of them will kill in order to survive?

Review Quotes

Praise for The Escape Room:

"The pages turn themselves...THE ESCAPE ROOM delivers all that it promises. It is a sleek, well-crafted ride to a surprisingly twisty conclusion." --New York Times Book Review

"THE ESCAPE ROOM works as the ultimate locked-room mystery...Goldin excels at illustrating the pressures of a Wall Street career." --Associated Press

Addicting. --Time Magazine

"There is clearly no happy ending likely for the four colleagues trapped inside [the escape room]; but fans of JP Delany and Ruth Ware will want to be right in there with them...a nail-biting tale of a corporate team-building exercise gone horribly wrong." --Booklist

"Cancel all your plans and call in sick; once you start reading, you'll be caught in your own escape room--the only key to freedom is turning the last page!" --Kirkus Reviews (starred)

"Riveting...[a] tale of greed and revenge set on Wall Street...Thriller fans will eagerly turn the pages to see what happens next." --Publishers Weekly

"A shrewd, brilliantly structured thriller doubling as a takedown of corporate culture." --Shelf Awareness

High wire tension from the first moment to the last. Four ruthless people locked in a deadly game where victory means survival. Gripping and unforgettable! --Harlan Coben

Fantastic. One of my favorite books of the year. --Lee Child

Amazing...a thriller set in an elevator [that explores] the vast territory of people's worst natures. A nightmarish look inside ourselves. Simply riveting. --Louise Penny

"A sharp, slick, utterly engrossing thriller. This knockout debut hooked me from the first page and didn't let go." --Cristina Alger, USA Today bestselling author of The Banker's Wife

"Smart and compelling... I devoured this novel!" --Karen Cleveland, bestselling author of Need to Know

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About The Author

MEGAN GOLDIN worked as a correspondent for Reuters and other media outlets where she covered war, peace, international terrorism and financial meltdowns in the Middle East and Asia. She is now based in Melbourne, Australia where she raises three sons and is a foster mum to Labrador puppies learning to be guide dogs. THE ESCAPE ROOM is her debut novel.