THE ESCAPE ROOM
By Megan Goldin
“They all had good reason to want one another dead. Here in the elevator, it would be easy.”
Four ambitious, successful and overworked investment bankers follow just one more of the relentless orders passed down to them from their superiors, this time requesting that they meet for a last minute team-building exercise. The four, Vincent, Sylvie, Sam, and Jules find themselves trying to decipher codes and solve their way out of a stalled elevator in a vacant construction site. As time passes, tempers flare and secrets come out. And in the end, who, if any will escape?
This was an interesting and enticing thriller, alternating from third person POV to first person, via the voice of Sara Hall, a former co-worker of the four. There are a lot of hints throughout the story as to what’s going on, but the details are too complex to figure out entirely, and these made the story an edge-of-your-seat adventure.
As the novel progressed toward the end, and the story unfolded, some of the details were pretty unbelievable, but by that time I was thoroughly caught up in the book to care. I just wanted to know how it was going to end!
Speaking of the end, there were a couple of things that the author didn’t tie down firmly, which leads me to believe there’s a possibility for a sequel. I’m not sure I would care for that; I really just wanted a more definitive ending to this one. However, I did enjoy the book, and I think it would make an exciting movie.
Thanks to NetGalley and St. Martin’s Press for an ARC in exchange for my honest review.
Reviewed May 2019
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