Lock Every Door – Book Review

They’ve offered you a luxury apartment, rent free. THE CATCH: you may not live long enough to enjoy it…

No visitors. No nights spent away from the apartment. No disturbing the other residents.
These are the only rules for Jules Larson’s new job as apartment sitter for an elusive resident of the Bartholomew, one of Manhattan’s most high-profile private buildings and home to the rich and famous.

Recently heartbroken and practically homeless, Jules readily accepts the terms, ready to leave her past life behind.

Out of place among the extremely wealthy, Jules finds herself pulled toward other apartment sitter Ingrid. But Ingrid confides that the Bartholomew is not what it seems and the dark history hidden beneath its gleaming facade is starting to frighten her. Jules brushes it off as a harmless ghost story – but the next day, her new friend has vanished.
And then Jules discovers that Ingrid is not the first temporary resident to go missing…

Welcome to the Bartholomew…You may never leave.

From the New York Times bestselling author of FINAL GIRLS and LAST TIME I LIED: ‘the author delivers the kind of unpredictable conclusion that all thriller readers crave – utterly shocking yet craftily foreshadowed…’ New York Times Book Review

No. of pages:- 359 pages

Date published:- July 25th 2019

Genre:- Psychological Thriller/ Horror

This book is one of the books I have wanted to read for a long time and finally I got the book! The plot line sounded intriguing and interesting to me.

Jules Larsen lost her job, got cheated by her boyfriend and literally unemployed, penniless and is on the verge of being homeless. When she got the job as an apartment sitter for one of the historic and privileged apartments in Manhattan, Bartholomew, she was excited–she will get paid just to look after the apartment for three months with a total whopping amount of $12,000. Too good to be true right? But there are conditions. No visitors are allowed. Have to spend the nights in the apartment and no disturbing the other residents living in the building. Because of her situation, Jules accepts the situation and moves into the apartment 12A.

Then she meets another apartment sitter, Ingrid Gallagher and becomes friends with her. However, Ingrid tells Jules that Bartholomew, despite the grand looks on outside, inside, it has many dark secrets that scares Ingrid. And then one night, Ingrid goes missing.

Jules starts searching for her friend Ingrid and then she finds that Bartholomew indeed has some dark secrets and Ingrid is not the first apartment sitter who went missing…

The story was really good that it had me in suspense! You can completely relate to the main protagonist Jules in the story–I mean when you are basically unemployed and penniless, you would not miss this opportunity right? I mean realistically, I wouldn’t. The middle part of the story for more intense and I felt like I was watching some kind of horror movie while reading the book (in other words, the author did a good job with that) There were twists and turns in each chapter and the ending left you shocking and unexpected that I am still thinking about that dramatic ending! If you want to read a good horror book, then this book will be perfect.

Overall, I give this book as five stars! Unputdownable with twists and turns, and you certainly would think twice when getting a job as an apartment sitter after reading the book!

Riley Sager is the pseudonym of a former journalist, editor and graphic designer. Now a full-time author, Riley’s first thriller, FINAL GIRLS, became a national and international bestseller and was called “the first great thriller of 2017” by Stephen King. Translation rights have been sold in more than two dozen countries. His second book, THE LAST TIME I LIED, was a New York Times bestseller. His latest novel, LOCK EVERY DOOR, was an instant New York Times, Publishers Weekly and USA Today bestseller. A television adaptation is being developed by Paramount TV and Anonymous Content.

A native of Pennsylvania, Riley now lives in Princeton, New Jersey. When he’s not working on his next novel, he enjoys reading, cooking and going to the movies as much as possible. His favorite film is “Rear Window.” Or maybe “Jaws.” But probably, if he’s being honest, “Mary Poppins.”