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The Escape Game
  • Published: 8 April 2026
  • ISBN: 9781761356179
  • Imprint: Penguin
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 416
  • RRP: $22.99

The Escape Game

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8 Apr 2026
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“An absolute winner—sharp, suspenseful, and so much fun.”
Karen M. McManus, #1 New York Times bestselling author of One of Us Is Lying
An unforgettable YA murder mystery from Marissa Meyer, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Lunar Chronicles, and Tamara Moss, rising star and acclaimed author of the Lintang series.

From #1 New York Times bestselling author Marissa Meyer and rising star Tamara Moss comes a twisty thrill-ride, filled with sabotage, betrayal, and puzzles to die for.

It’s all fun and games until someone ends up dead.

Six months ago, season four of The Escape Game ended in horror when contestant Alicia Angelos was found murdered on set.

Now season five is underway, and new contestants are ready to put their skills to the test solving the show’s trickiest escape rooms. There’s Adi, the cryptographer; Carter, the math whiz; Beck, the wannabe game master, and . . . Sierra Angelos, the girl who got away with her sister’s murder. Or so everyone believes.

But Sierra’s not just here to win. She’s here for justice.

When the contestants begin uncovering clues that hint at the identity of Alicia’s true killer, it becomes clear that the stakes aren’t high in this competition, they’re deadly. If these teens want to win—and survive—the game, they must solve the biggest mystery of all: who killed Alicia Angelos?
  • Published: 8 April 2026
  • ISBN: 9781761356179
  • Imprint: Penguin
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 416
  • RRP: $22.99
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About the authors

Tamara Moss

West Australian author Tamara Moss has been writing seriously for over a decade. After majoring in Asian Studies at the University of Western Australia, Tamara has taught Japanese, interned at indie publisher Twelfth Planet Press, and worked at many different schools. She is currently teaching upper primary. Tamara has published three books in the Lintang series. Tamara was the Winner of the West Australian Young Readers Book Award – Hoffman Award in 2019, and Lintang and the Pirate Queen was shortlisted for the Readings Children’s Book Prize in 2018.
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Marissa Meyer

Marissa Meyer is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Lunar Chronicles series, the Renegades trilogy and the duology Gilded and Cursed. Her first standalone novel, Heartless, was also a #1 New York Times bestseller, and her most recent rom coms are Instant Karma and With a Little Luck. Her first middle grade novel, Let It Glow, written with Joanne Levy, was also a New York Times and USA Today bestseller. Marissa is the author of The Happy Writer, in which she shares her writing tips and experiences. She lives in Tacoma, Washington, with her husband and their two daughters. You can find her at marissameyer.com
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Praise for The Escape Game

An absolute winner—sharp, suspenseful, and so much fun.

Karen M. McManus, #1 New York Times bestselling author of One of Us Is Lying

Immediately captivating . . . [The Escape Game] will leave readers with emotional whiplash while remaining completely riveted . . . An absorbing, propulsive read . . . highly entertaining.

Books + Publishing

This thrilling whodunit moves at a page-turning pace. Exhilarating, nonstop fun.

Kirkus Reviews, starred review

Complex puzzles, room maps, and contestant interviews punctuate high-octane sequences and ramp up tension throughout this inventive whodunit.

Publishers Weekly

A murder mystery filled with sabotage, betrayal, and puzzles to die for. I am SQUEALING!

Lucie Dess, Readings

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