Could this be the most anticipated book of all summer? I mean, enough teasing and FOMO - the time is finally here - Lock Every Door is available tomorrow (7/2/19) and it is about damn time!

Sager is definitely becoming a fave thriller author of mine - while The Last Time I Lied is one of my top of all time - this one is definitely up there along side Final Girls. The story is a bit a of departure - and I found it really refreshing! It hooked me in and I tore through pages to find out what the heck was going on. The middle of the book is a bit of a slow burn. But I feel that it's a calculated and deliberate move - to haunt you and get in your bones.... before literally shocking the snot out of you.

I thought I had it all figured out. Down on her luck Jules gets the job of a lifetime. An apartment sitter in the most prestigious but mysterious apartment building in NYC (think - the Dakota meets the Shining) and she's getting paid BANK to stay there. Buuuuut..... there are rules. No visitors. Must spend every night in the apartment. And the most important - don't talk to the other residents of the building. The famous, the rich, and the truly secretive are a curious cast of characters that inhabit the Bartholomew. But the most strange and spooky character of all - is the building itself.

The building has a dark history and a haunting presence. The premise has the makes of a truly unnerving ghost story. But when Jules starts to realize that apartment sitters in the building are going missing... she finds herself right in the middle of a murder mystery.

A fun read that had me all over the place trying to figure out what was going on. Which is exactly why I love reading Sager's books!

Oh My Gosh. This book will make you Lock Every Door! What a whirlwind thriller! I loved the character development almost as much as the plot development. I could not stop reading this book. Riley Sager has done it again! This book is being released on July 2nd, go and get it, you will not be disappointed!

I must confess, thrillers are not my favorite genre as so many of them seem predictable to me. Riley Sager's new thriller, Lock Every Door. surprised me with a heart pounding ending that I did not see coming.. I do have mixed feelings about this title though because I had a hard time connecting with or liking the main character. Not liking the main character made the slow building plot somewhat tedious to read, though the mystery was compelling enough to keep going. Even though it was just ok for me, I would still recommend Lock Every Door to thriller loving readers.

Thank you NetGalley and Penguin Group for an advanced reader's copy in exchange for my honest review.

Y'all, this book was a doozy. I loved Riley Sager's last book, The Last Time I Lied, so I had high hopes for this one. And it did not disappoint.

This story focuses on Jules. She's pretty much lost everything -  her job, her boyfriend (good riddance), and her family is long gone. So when the opportunity to apartment sit for a unit in one of New York's most notorious, high-profile apartment buildings lands at her feet, it would be stupid to say no...especially since the pay is $1,000 a week! Easy peasy.

But everyone knows The Bartholomew has a bad reputation. And it turns out it may be well-earned. The other apartment-sitters also have no one to miss them, and as they start to go missing, one by one, Jules makes it her mission to find out the reason why before she becomes the next in line.

From there it's a race against the clock that will force you to keep turning the page. You'll need to know what's happening, and I'll bet you $100 you won't see it coming...

Ive seen a lot of hype around this book so when i got approved to read a copy i was so excited. I found that the story was great and it kept me interested but i felt like i was waiting for a huge thriller twist that i just didn't get. Don't get me wrong i enjoyed the book i just thought from all the hype it was the best nail biting thriller book of 2019.

Lock every door follows Jules as she becomes a house sitter for an apartment at the Bartholomew. Jules is getting paid $1000 a week just for staying in the apartment. She has some stick rules to follow but it does seem to good to be true. She befriends another house sitter, Ingrid. Ingrid suddenly disappears in the middle of the night. Strange things start to happen as Jules tries to discover where her friend Ingrid went and why she left so fast.

I enjoyed the fast easy paced read this was. Sager is great at character development and a strange story and history of the Bartholomew. I would definitely recommend this book to anyone wanting a quick summer mystery read.

I would like to thank netgalley, penguin group and Dutton for a copy in exchange for an honest review.

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Riley Sager has written another winner! I was thrilled when I was granted the opportunity to read her latest novel, and it did not disappoint!

Jules Larsen is broke, nursing a broken heart and completely available to take the advertised apartment-sitting job. At the interview she is completely enthralled with the magnificent apartment and cannot believe her luck. The pay is outstanding, and hey, she'll be living in the lap of luxury! The only rule that she must abide is that she may never have visitors, which is totally wrong because Jules wants to show off her new "digs" to her best friend, but it's a small price to pay. However, as things begin to seem more and more strange, and when her fellow apartment sitter disappears, Jules realizes things are definitely not as they seem.

Highly recommended!!

If you are a fan of Sager’s previous works, this book is for you. There are elements of mystery, suspense, and that classic “final girl” feel. I appreciated the gothic and autumnal vibes, but it was a fantastic summer read, you shouldn’t wait for the fall to pick up this book.

I was so into this book! From the beginning it’s creepy and definitely feels like Rosemary’s Baby (I’ve only seen the film but I got the autumn chill, the towering buildings, old architecture, the whole thing). I appreciated how Jules was developed as a character, with pieces of her life being shared throughout the story instead of all at once in the beginning, or kept as a secret until the end.

The main story was fairly simple, but man does this give me the creeps! I appreciated how characters felt just slightly off, but enough to make them believable. It was easy to see how Jules could feel like she was overreacting or that things were just in her head, but that they could also be true.

I do have to say that I sort of predicted some things early on, but that didn’t take away from the end, as I didn’t see the exact ending at all until it happened. I really liked how the story ended with a “final girl” feel. While this story isn’t a slasher story, it does have several horror elements as it develops, and I appreciated the “final girl” feel which Sager’s other works have as well.

I wasn’t a huge fan of the twist or the reveal to the main mystery, but I did like how the clues trailed like breadcrumbs and how Jules works to piece things together. That part felt a little predictable or similar to other mysteries, but I liked the creepy vibe throughout the story and the way the end twisted made up for the slower mystery solving middle.

I would recommend this book to anyone who enjoyed Riley Sager’s previous works. I think this is a good match for fans of mystery and thriller books as well as gothic spooky settings and horror that features a final girl. This book would also work as a good introduction to those who haven’t read anything by Sager yet, but I think I liked it more after having read both backlist titles first.

WOW. Just WOW! Fast paced, beautifully written, unpredictable. Riley Sager nails it again!

From the very first pages of "Lock Every Door" I was hooked - line AND sinker. Sager expertly crafts a plot worthy of the title "thriller" and I felt so honored to be a part of the ride. I fell for Jules as a friend. She was an intriguing protagonist - one with a complicated past but familiar future - who shares many of the heartbreaks we all do, yet so many only a few ever come to experience. She was an intriguing character and her story was richly told from the angle of time: both present and past. I truly appreciate that gift of a refined storyteller - the ability to uncover truths as an audience along with the main character.

There were only a few moments in which I struggled to believe that Jules' actions were truly ones she would've been emboldened enough to take. For the sake of not revealing any spoilers, I'll chalk that up simply to opinion and preference rather than truly realistic error. I don't entirely believe she would've acted as she did in the end if this were real life, but I can believe her character had everything in her to conclude her story in the way that she did.

A sweeping edge-of-your-seat mystery that is worth the very short time it takes to devour its 381 pages. A real treat and third reason (right along his other smashing books) to be a huge fan of Riley Sager! Already looking forward to his next book!!

3.5 stars.

This was a highly addictive read.

Jules answers an ad looking for an apartment sitter, more out of curiosity than actually thinking she will get the job. The apartment is in her dream building, and she wants to at least get the chance to check it out. To her surprise, she does get the job, and moves in the next day.

There are rifles to follow, but the pay is great, and Jules wants to enjoy her time in the Bartholomew while she can, before she has to leave. If she can ever leave. Something really strange is going on in the building, and Jules is determined to find out what it is.

Thank you to Netgalley and Dutton for the ARC of this book!

Time and time again I have told people that for me Riley Sager is a must buy. When I was given the opportunity to read Lock Every Door in advance I could not have been more excited. He has come through with two fantastic thrillers The Final Girls and The Last Time I Lied that I was absolutely certain that this would be no different. I think in the end my expectations were too high and it impacted my opinions of this book for me. Let me be the first to say I still flew through this book finishing it in about 2 sittings. It had me thinking more towards paranormal - witches etc until you hit the big twist about 75% into the book. If you enjoy a thriller you will really enjoy this one.

Jules has just lost her job and then comes home to a cheating boyfriend. She ends up on the couch of her best friend Chloe for a few nights when she is tempted by the ultimate new job. Be an apartment sitter at the famed Bartholomew building in Manhattan. With this gig you have a place to stay in a very upper class apartment complex AND get paid $1000 a week! Who could say no? After Jules very quickly moves in she finds there is a strange history of Apartment Sitters going missing which gives her more anxiety because when she was younger her older sister vanished one day never to be heard from again.

In the end boy was I wrong about where this one was going. You won’t be disappointed in this read. If you don’t pick it up immediately you will definitely get hit by bookstagram FOMO.

Another great read from Riley Sager! A very satisfying ending is the icing on the cake for this well crafted story! The Bartholomew has to be one of the most perfectly constructed settings since the Overlook in the Shining! Its history seems so real and familiar that you swear have you seen on it your visits to NYC. Can't wait for the next book from Riley Sager!!

Riley Sager has a three-peat with Lock Every Door. For the third summer in a row, readers get the treat of reading one of his thrillers. As a reader I found this one a little more subtle, at least at the beginning. As a reader who is always interested in a Gothic-influenced story with a creepy house, I knew this one would be right up my alley and I was right. I was worrying along with Jules as she tries to figure out what it is that just seems not right with her seemingly idyllic new gig as an apartment sitter at an exclusive, historic building. I had a lot of theories, and when Sager dropped the big reveal, I was majorly surprised. What I've loved about all of Riley Sager's book, including this one, is that they have a really cinematic feel to them- I can SEE these books playing out when I read them, and I'm not always one to develop clear pictures of what I'm reading. 4.5 stars for this one!

I have been wanting to read one of Riley Sager’s books for a long time now - I just hadn’t managed to with a TBR pile that grows larger by the day. Anyway, I finally got a chance to read his latest and I am now kicking myself that I didn’t make the time before.

I was BLOWN. AWAY. Completely.

The book follows 25-year-old Jules, recently fired from her job and crashing on her friend’s couch because she found her boyfriend cheating on her. Then an opportunity that seems to good to be true comes along: Jules is asked to apartment sit in one of the most exclusive buildings in Manhattan for $1,000 per week - money she could desperately use - as long as she follows the rules of the lease. Some of the rules are a bit strange, but Jules can’t pass up the opportunity. But soon she learns that the old adage about things that appear too good to be true may be right.

I don’t want to give too much away here, because the gradual, slow-burn reveal of what happened to Jules is just great. We know from the beginning that something terrible happened. We just don’t know what. This atmosphere gives it a very Hitchcockian feel as the pieces all add up and suddenly things go terribly, terribly wrong - and it’s too late to stop it. The old money, elite Manhattan address of the main events adds another great layer to the atmosphere as the situation turns from “OMG how lucky is she!” To “RUN!”

I also liked Jules, in that she was smart enough to keep pressing, where I think I would have given up long before she did. That was also part of the escape for me: reading about someone very different from myself. I enjoyed vicariously living in Manhattan and being embroiled in this strange mystery through her.

Overall, run - don’t walk - to get this book. You will not regret it. BRB, going out and reading the other two Riley Sager books now.

Lock Every Door, by Riley Sager


Short Take: A brilliant homage to a well-known classic. With a twist.

(*Note: I received an advance copy of this book for review.*)

Y’all, my birthday is next week, and my family decided to celebrate this weekend, so I have had WAY too much food, booze, and sun to be anything approaching functional this afternoon. I regret nothing (yet).

But being a total overindulgent hedonist for a couple of days has reminded me of the necessity of the occasional rule or boundary. Moderation is your friend, and extremes are NEVER good - just ask Jules.

So, stop me if you’ve heard this one before. Young, naive-ish girl (Jules) moves to the Big Apple to pursue her dreams, or maybe to escape a troubled past involving dead parents and a missing sister. She’s offered a job that seems too good to be true (apartment sitting in one of the most exclusive buildings in the city for a VERY generous salary), but something seems Not Quite Right.

Despite enough red flags to outfit a platoon of matadors, Jules takes the job. The rules are highly rigid - no visitors, no leaving overnight, and DO NOT bother the other residents. Of course Jules has a bit of trouble following that last one. She soon learns that some of the residents are quite friendly, others extremely antisocial, but all of them seem to have some secret that they aren’t willing to share.

As Jules tries to unravel both the building’s bloodsoaked history, and more recent disappearances, it soon becomes clear that Nobody Can Be Trusted, and that Jules herself may be the next victim.

Lock Every Door is a fantastic piece of mood and atmosphere building. The Bartholomew - small and narrow, adorned with capering gargoyles, vintage fixtures, and Rohrshach wallpaper that could resemble flowers or screaming faces - is both oppressive and alluring. The other residents are a fun mix of eccentricities, ages, and professional pedigrees.

However, there's a major chunk of the story that seems to be a throwback to another horror classic, and it's kind of distracting and at times, infuriating. I don’t want to spoil anything, but for a solid third of the book, my poor over-sugared brain was screaming DUDE STOP STEALING IDEAS YOU'RE BETTER THAN THIS!! The only thing missing is a certain iconic haircut.

But just when I was getting ready to quit, the twist happened, and oh my nerdlings: It. Is. Delicious. So stick with it, even when you start getting mad, and it’ll all pay off in the end.

The Nerd’s Rating: FOUR HAPPY NEURONS (and probably some kind of cleanse or something, cause it’s been a seriously GREAT weekend.)

Highly recommend! A great fast thriller for the summer!

Jules Larsen, a recently unemployed young lady, scores a dream gig as an apartment sitter at the Bartholomew, one of Manhattan’s most exclusive addresses. There are a few strict rules, but the outlandish pay for just living there outweighs the negatives. Things start to seem off to Jules as she digs deeper into the building’s residents and it’s past.

I really loved this book - a definite page turner that kept me wanting to know more. I appreciate the unique concept and how the story unfolded. A great read!

Thank you Riley Sager, Dutton Books, and Netgalley for providing me with an advanced copy in exchange for an honest review.

#NetGalley #LockEveryDoor

so, i've been vastly lucky to have been able to read ARCs of each of Mr Sager's novels

gushing begins in five four three two...


with Lock Every Door, he has written my favorite and what i think is his best novel yet- including his best heroine yet in Jules

there's always, for me at least, been a touch of the old school horror to his novels and Lock Every Door, it's on display front and center

Mr Sager dedicates this novel to Ira Levin (you know the author of Rosemary's Baby- which is far superior to the movie although that's pretty freaking brilliant too) and with Lock Every Door, in my opinion he pays homage to it.

and dare i say that there are shades of early VC Andrews here? i say these things with affection and in the best of possible ways.

in Lock Every Door (and also in his previous novels)Mr Sager both makes you believe and WANT to believe in the supernatural (things that go bump in the night)even when there might be a perfectly logical (evil laugh) explanation.

if you haven't read Mr Sager yet - start...i'm a huge FAN GIRL

set time aside because once you start Lock Every Door, you won't want to stop until you're done reading it

Wow!!! Lock every door had me at the edge of my seat throughout the entire book. I could not put this down until I finished it in one day. I really was glad that a certain part of the storyline wasn't tied up in a bow and left open to the readers. I will for sure purchase any Riley Sager books in the future.

Another masterful thriller by Riley Sager! This book is the perfect summer read. It was fast-moving, clever, and entertaining. The main character, Jules Larson, felt like she hit the jackpot and fulfilled a childhood dream when she was hired as an apartment sitter in a posh apartment on the 12th floor of the famed Bartholomew on Central Park, especially because she recently lost her job, her boyfriend, and her home. It seemed too good to be true and predictably it was. However, that was the only thing predictable about this book. The ending really caught me by surprise! Sager’s writing style is rich in detail and the descriptions of the apartment building made it come alive. Fans of Sager’s previous books will not be disappointed.

Many thanks to NetGalley and to Penguin Group Dutton for an advanced copy of this book.

The saying "if it's too good to be true..." never rang truer here! Jules is a down and out young adult who just lost her job and has no means to support herself. Her family is gone and she is out of money when a what seems like a great opportunity opens up for her. She gets paid to be an apartment sitter in this beautifully creepy ( should have been her first clue) building in Manhattan. Her new apartment is stunning but comes with all these rules but also comes with a lot of money. She meets a few apartment sitters who quickly disappear so it becomes a race to survive. The story jumps from the most recent past to her current future and the story takes you down one road only to switch to a different road. I think this story was the least creepiest of Riley Sager's but just as good!

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️| Book review: Lock Every Door by Riley Sager

This book was one of my most anticipated books of the year. I read Final Girls when it was released on Book of the Month and loved it. I read The Last Time I Lied and enjoyed it too. This one I went into completely blindly, which is what I highly recommend.

This thriller had me guessing pretty much the whole time. Some of the aspects of this book I somewhat predicted but it didn’t hinder my enjoyment of the story and my necessity to keep reading just one more chapter, which would turn in to many more chapters.

The pacing was pretty quick, in my opinion. I never felt bored or like I wanted to skim and I found myself flying through it. I don’t read many e-books because I just prefer physical copies but I kept my nose in the screen to finish this one.

I really liked Jules. She is a loyal, brave character who has a tragic past. She is trying to make the best out of a really crappy situation that she found herself in. While trying to put her best foot forward, she stumbles across an offer that is too great to pass up...but is it too good to be true?

The vibe I got from this book was a creepy eerie one. It is drenched in mystery and intrigue. It takes place in a historic, gothic building with a very infamous, mysterious past.

I also liked Chloe and Ingrid. Ingrid I was a little skeptical of in the beginning but she grew on me as the story progressed. What shattered my heart was the story of Jules’s past. It was heartbreaking.

I’m so glad I read this and I’ll definitely be buying myself a finished copy. If you liked his other books or if you enjoy thrillers, do yourself a huge favor and read this one!

Thank you to @duttonbooks and @netgalley for letting me read this in exchange for an honest review.