- Published: 28 May 2018
- ISBN: 9780143785477
- Imprint: Michael Joseph
- Format: Trade Paperback
- Pages: 368
- RRP: $32.99
The Escape Room
The heart-stopping new novel of deception and delusion from the bestselling author of The Girl in Kellers Way.
‘Welcome to the escape room. Your goal is simple. Get out alive.’ In the lucrative world of Wall Street finance, Vincent, Jules, Sylvie and Sam are the ultimate high-flyers. Ruthlessly ambitious, they make billion-dollar deals and live lives of outrageous luxury. Getting rich is all that matters, and they'll do anything to get ahead.
When the four of them become trapped in an elevator escape room, things start to go horribly wrong. They have to put aside their fierce office rivalries and work together to solve the clues that will release them. But in the confines of the elevator the dark secrets of their team are laid bare. They are made to answer for profiting from a workplace where deception, intimidation and sexual harassment thrive.
Tempers fray and the escape room’s clues turn more and more ominous, leaving the four of them dangling on the precipice of disaster. If they want to survive, they’ll have to solve one final puzzle: which one of them is a killer?
'Fantastic – one of my favorite books of the year.' Lee Child
'Megan Goldin has done it again: tapped into the cultural zeitgeist in telling ways . . . this is top-shelf, page-turning crime.' Sydney Morning Herald 'Make yourself a cuppa and get stuck into this compelling page-turner.' New Idea‘Goldin’s debut The Girl in Kellers Way was a winner, but The Escape Room takes her mastery of the thriller to the next level – and the very last page.’ Herald Sun
- Published: 28 May 2018
- ISBN: 9780143785477
- Imprint: Michael Joseph
- Format: Trade Paperback
- Pages: 368
- RRP: $32.99
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
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
The heart-stopping new novel of deception and delusion from the bestselling author of THE GIRL IN KELLERS WAY. Learn more - https://www.penguin.com.au/books/the-escape-room-9780143785477
The author on her love of the crime and thriller genre and discovering the seed of The Escape Room.
Megan Goldin on the experience of writing a second book following the release of her debut novel.
