“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) “A sleek, well-crafted ride.” –The New York Times In Megan Goldin’s unforgettable debut, The Escape Room, four young Wall Street rising stars discover the price … 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.
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?
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The Escape Room by author Megan Goldin is a story of power, greed, murder, and revenge within a group of selfabsorbed wall street brokers. Vincent, Jules, Sylvie and Sam become trapped in an elevator escape room when they meet one morning for an exclusive and compulsary meeting from HR. Secrets of their past began to pour out as they try to survive the changes of temperature such as extreme heat and cold added with dehydration. You will also read about two other employees of the Stanhope firm, Sara Hall and Lucy Marshall. Overall the plot of the story is very good, but the main characters are so unlikeable until reading their narratives was a bit boring. I had no compassion for anyone in the book except Lucy. Sara was smart, but the ending was all tied up just too neat and condensed.
Publication Date August 6, 2019
What an incredible book!?!? I devoured this title in about 3 hours as I simply COULD NOT put it down. A new author for me, I was interested after catching that it was recommended by Lee Child and OMG am I glad I did. Megan Goldin surely has herself a new fan! I truly could not put this book down – kept me on the edge of my seat from page one!
The story takes us through Sara Hall’s point of view, a recent MBA graduate a few months out of school and still looking for work. A random encounter in an elevator after the worst interview of her life leads her to her big chance to break into Wall Street Finance.
We also follow four executives participating in a required corporate team building exercise that has them trying to escape a locked elevator. When nerves start to flare and everyone ends up on edge, the real answers start to come out… secrets shared, faults uncovered and a murderer exposed.
HIGHLY recommended and I’ll surely be back for more from this author!