Book Review: ‘The Escape Room’ Is A Great Debut Thriller From Author Megan Goldin

Four co-workers are summoned to a late-night meeting and their lives will never be the same again. This is the debut novel from Australian author Megan Golden and what a novel it is. It grabs you right from the start and never lets up. So many twists and turns that you think you know what’s going on and then bam the game changes.

The story is set in the world of finance. Vincent (who is the boss), Sam, Jules and Sylvie have been a team for a while now. They also had Lucy (who committed suicide) and Sara (who was fired). They meet up on Friday night saying there’s a meeting. Things at the company have not been good lately as they have lost quite a few big deals. The meeting is an office building under construction and they are in an elevator which stops at a certain floor. They are trapped and it turns into an escape room. They are given clues and have to solve in order to get out. Or at least that is what they think. Even after they solve clues they are not any closer to getting out. Things start to get out of control and soon secrets are revealed, they start to turn on each other and it is revealed who set this up, how they did it and why.

A very good debut from an author with a bright future if she keeps turning out books like this. You can pick it up in stores on Tuesday, July 30th from St. Martin’s Press.