Riley Sager is the master of atmospheric, creepy tales that are both unique and believable, and Lock Every Door is no exception. As the book opens, Jules Larsen is down on her luck and stumbles across a job offer that seems almost too good to be true. Soon, she is hired as an apartment sitter at the Bartholomew, an iconic and highly private apartment building in New York City. However, she has unusual rules she must follow: no visitors, no nights away from the apartment, and no disturbing the real residents of the building. Jules is quickly drawn into the mysteries surrounding the building and the disappearance of a fellow apartment sitter and soon realizes that things are not as they seem. Sager includes numerous twists and turns, a few I easily figured out and a few that are not so obvious. The resolution is satisfying and apparently timely because soon after I finished this book, I came across a news article that addressed a similar issue. While The Last Time I Lied remains my favorite of Sager’s, I thoroughly enjoyed Lock Every Door.

I am a huge fan of Riley Sager’s other two novels, Final Girls and The Last Time I Lied. The Last Time I Lied is one of my favorite thrillers EVER. So I am very grateful to NetGalley and Dutton Books for allowing me to read Lock Every Door early. Although Lock Every Door didn’t have the same type of “keep you up all night” suspense factor that Last Time did, I still really enjoyed it. It was exactly what you would expect from a Sager thriller. The first half of the book is spent building the history of The Bartholomew, and layer in a very unsettling, lurking evil aura around its past. Halfway into the novel, it really beginnings to pick up as Jules starts to dig deeper and deeper into its dark legacy and from that point forward, I was completely hooked. Below are my pros and cons:

What I loved:
*Jules- I found Jules, our heroine, to be super relatable and funny. Her tragic past and resent misfortunes really endeared me to her. She is a loyal friend and morally good despite the horrible situation that she finds herself in.
*Rich vs. Poor- Sager did such a great job of showing the huge disparity between the rich and the poor of New York City. We see this in Jules’ past, in the homeless shelter, and, most importantly, in the Bartholomew itself. Without giving anything away, the ending also manages to capture this disparity and I felt that it was really thoughtfully done.
*History of the building- I loved that Sager went into the construction of the Bartholomew, its dark history, and the unexplained events that have occurred there since its construction.
*The Investigation- Because Sager did such a great job of establishing a connection to the history of the Bartholomew, when Jules finally puts her investigator's hat on and gets down to business, it was a really thrilling ride. I loved traveling with her around New York in order to uncover the buildings dark past.

What I didn’t love:
*The “big reveal” (or lack thereof). Jules, and therefore, the reader, figures out the “who done it” with 25% of the book still remaining. As she goes through the process of investigation and finally believes she has her answer, I was thinking - “this can’t be it, there has to be a twist somewhere.” Well, there was, in fact, a twist, but the twist only related to motive and not to who actually committed the crime. Because of it, there was a lack of suspense in the climax of the book, which is supposed to be the most exciting part. This was a little bit a let down for me.
*Some moments were also a little cliche and had me rolling my eyes. It didn’t take away from the enjoyment of the novel, but it did make it harder to suspend belief.

Overall, this was a highly enjoyable and thrilling mystery. Fans of Sager’s other work will not be disappointed. It will be a perfect summer beach or vacation read! It comes out July 2nd!

My review will be posted to my blog https://somewhereinpages.wordpress.com/ and other social media channels - including Goodreads and Instagram- when it gets closer to publication. As per Dutton’s request.

Lock Every Door will definitely serve as a reminder for you to literally lock every door! Riley Sager's latest, set in modern-day New York City has created a hauntingly "real" version of the game of Clue. Sager's "board game", The Bartholomew, might not be equipped with a separate library or billiard room, but has all the right luxurious views and posh, wealthy residents who readers begin to realize are capable of anything. When Jules gets let go from her job and finds her boyfriend in bed with another woman, she doesn't know what to do -- she needs to find a job before she uses all of her money. Through scouring ads, she stumbles on a position as an "Apartment Sitter" -- someone who babysits an apartment in the building because the owner of The Bartholomew apartment doesn't primarily reside there. As a twenty-something-year-old "orphan", Jules leaps at this well-paid, short-term opportunity. What she doesn't realize is that this building might not be "cursed" in the way the general public believes, but it sure isn't all rainbow and butterflies either. When fellow apartment sitters start disappearing, Jules puts on her Investigator hat in an attempt to find her new-found friends and prevent this from happening to her! Sager's time lapses make sense and the ending took on a twist I never expected!

“Lock Every Door” by Riley Sager is one you’ll definitely want to add to your summer reading list! I had a hard time putting this chilling novel down and when I did, every noise I heard after dark had me creeped out. You know the old saying, “If it sounds too good to be true then it probably is”? That’s exactly what Jules comes to learn by accepting an “apartment sitter” position at the grand old Bartholomew. Jules is down on her luck with recently losing her job and boyfriend, so when an opportunity for some major cash flow along with a place to live comes up, she quickly jumps at the opportunity. Live in a luxurious apartment and get paid for it? Uh, yes please! Jules quickly comes to learn of the Bartholomew’s disturbing history and that there’s possibly something more sinister now. This has an ending you won’t see coming! “Lock Every Door” will be available 7/2.

*Thank you to the publisher for the advanced copy.

I knew I would like this book right from the dedication. "To Ira Levin." A favorite author of mine; and a nod to Rosemary's Baby, a favorite book of mine. It did not try to be Rosemary's Baby; it is its own story.
I found it to be a fun wild ride, which is what I come to expect from Sager. In a lot of books like this you wonder why the MC does what they do. Why not just leave the building? Sager makes me feel Jules desperation. I understand why she stays. I know she shouldn't. Jules knows she shouldn't, but feeling trapped by circumstances will make you do things you don't want to do. The people at the Bartholomew knew how to exploit that weakness.
Sort of a <spoiler>
I was surprised at the twist. The book leads you to expect one thing and then, whip fast, it changes to something totally different. I could see how someone might think that the twist is a letdown. Not big enough. Not what I signed up for. I do not. It makes the story it a bit more ominous to me because it could happen (I know, maybe not. But maybe...).
The book is not perfect; nothing is. I would love to know what happened to Jane. But, so would Jules. Sometimes you don't get that closure. Dylan was a little two dimensional, as was Ingrid. <\spoiler>
All in all, I really enjoyed this book. While The Last Time I lied is still my favorite, this book beats out Final Girls for me. It was fun and creepy. I look forward to more Sager. He knows what I like! A solid ✩✩✩ 1/2
I received an advance copy of this book from #Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.

A shout out to Dutton and Netgalley for letting me preview this title in exchange for a review. Get ready to clench your teeth, hold your breath and be up until the wee hours of the morning. A thriller this good doesn’t come around often.

Jules finds an ad for an apartment sitter at the Bartholomew, an icon she read about as a child. Given the excellent pay, and that she recently discovered her boyfriend cheating, and lost her job, Jules thinks she can follow the rules. Although they’re weird. No visitors, no spending even a single night away from her apartment 12A.

All seems great until another apartment sitter disappears. That’s all I’m revealing, because thriller aficionados have to read this one. Riley Sager, a pseudonym, knows pacing, casting suspicion and how to terrify the reader. I can’t wait for his next book.

This novel was absolutely everything it promised to be. Riley Sager delivers a riveting, compulsive thriller that keeps the reader in anticipation until the very end. All of the characters were carefully constructed and unique, setting the stage for a dark, creative plot.

When a young woman, down on her luck, lands the chance to apartment sit in one of Manhattan’s most prestigious buildings, she jumps at the chance. But not all that glitters is gold and soon the mysterious rumors of the Bartholomew become harder and harder to ignore. Will she become trapped in the gilded cage or forge her escape?

A must read! 5 stars

Thank you to #NetGalley for this ARC of #LockEveryDoor

Lock Every Door is one of the best books I've read this year! Mystery, creepiness, suspense, even terror, all mixed together result in a fast paced lesson in learning that if something seems to be too good to be true, it probably is!
Jules is a young woman alone in the world, without a job, and recently betrayed by her boyfriend. Needing a place to live leads her to answer an ad for a temporary apartment sitter at what turns out to at the Bartholomew, one of the oldest and most prestigious addresses across from Central Park in New York. Jules is thrilled; the furnishings and views are fabulous, and the pay for apartment sitting for three months will allow her time and resources to look for a job while living in luxury.
Jules soon learns that there are several apartment sitters in the Bartholomew, and that the permanent tenants are rather odd and standoffish. Figuring out what's going on, who to trust and how dangerous her situation is doesn't take long! Surviving her stay at the Bartholomew is soon in doubt and what happens in that building makes for an excellent read! Many thanks to the publisher and Netgalley for allowing me to read this book in exchange for an honest review. I look forward to reading other Riley Sager books soon.

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for this ARC for my honest review. I love Riley Sager and liked this book but I think I enjoyed his first two more. I loved NYC as a setting and the premise was great. The main character was likable and smart and aware (unlike too many mystery leads that do dumb stuff!). It was fast paced and sucked you in pretty quickly. I liked the twist but I will say I guessed the main killer pretty quickly and that's why it was only 3.5 stars for me.

Lock Every Door is the newest book from Riley Sager that releases in July. Thank you @netgalley and @duttonbooks for my copy. “Jules has sunk as low as you can. Her sister and parents are gone...she loses her job...and she catches her live-in boyfriend cheating. She is desperate for something to go right. She answers an ad for an apartment sitter in an exclusive building next to Central Park. So many rules raise red flags to her friend, Chloe, but not her. But the first night feels weird. And Jules begins to feel an evil in the building. When is it too late to leave?"
This book kept me turning pages and yelling at Jules to leave. There is tremendous tension with the main character, Jules, and her desperate situation. And an apartment that should spark joy, begins to creep you out. You will not guess the evil that lurks in the Bartholomew. Sager loves to make his readers go "What?!?" You will want to add this to your list of thrillers this summer. Another great read from Sager. And no camp in this one 😄🛶

Down on her luck, Jules Larsen takes a job as an apartment sitter at the Bartholomew, an exclusive Manhattan residence. What starts out as a dream living situation, quickly becomes a nightmare.

Like Riley Sager's other two novels, Lock Every Door follows a young female protagonist with a mysterious past. This book trades the secluded outdoorsy settings of the previous novels, for a glamorous New York apartment building. It is a quick and engaging read, that is at times nail-biting and uncomfortable. It is easy to enjoy the characters and the mystery, so long as you can somewhat suspend disbelief.

A bulk of the first half of the novel involves Jules meeting the other residents and discovering the history of the building. This part feels more like a strict mystery, with the back half picking up the pace into thriller territory. There is a brief tangent in the middle of the narrative into what feels like another genre, that verges on the ridiculous. The novel is most successful when it is exploring the very real horrors inflicted by human beings.

Underneath the surface of the thriller is a look at socioeconomic class differences, which I found both unexpected and thought-provoking. I only wish the novel had explored this in a less exaggerated way.
By the end there are still some unresolved questions, but Jules's arc is both exciting and satisfying. This is probably my least favorite of Sager's novels so far, but I still thoroughly enjoyed reading it.

I received a free ARC of this book from Dutton and Netgalley. All opinions are my own.

I have been reading Sager's books ever since I first got an ARC of Final Girls back in the summer of 2017 and I have really enjoyed his ability to write horror that keeps me on my toes and makes me really enjoy the genre.

Jules takes a job as an apartment sitter in a fancy, ornate, and old New York apartment and the arrangement seems perfect, Jules gets money to get her back on her feet after a break up and she gets to stay in a beautiful place, and the apartment of the setting in her favourite book. However there are some small flags and weird rules such as no visitors ever, and no spending a night away from her apartment.

Over the next week things seem to get stranger and stranger, with Jules being drawn into a mystery of the apartment and not sure of who to trust and wondering why apartment sitters seem to go missing, before it happens to her.

This book was no exception to my enjoyment, but it was different from the other two. It was less overt and with less excitement than the previous books, but I was on the edge of my seat from a few pages in. The sense of dread I felt while reading this book really kept me reading and I really enjoyed being pulled into this mystery.

Overall this was a really enjoyable books, for those who enjoy the mystery/thriller genre and for those who would like a great introduction.

This is one of those books that is hard to write about without giving things away. After losing her job and finding her boyfriend in bed with another woman, Jules Larsen is trilled to land a high paying job as an apartment sitter in the famed Bartholomew apartment building. It's just the lucky break she needs to press the reset button on her life and begin again. But after a few days there, she begins to learn about the building's sordid past and she starts to wonder whether that past connects to the many strange things she's noticing every day.
Who are the people who live here? Why have some people moved away suddenly without a trace? Why is it that all of the apartment sitters seem to have no family to look out for them, no one to look for them should they go missing? And why do these apartments need sitters anyway?
Kudos to Riley Sager for throwing out so many scattered trails of breadcrumbs. Every time I thought I'd figured out what was going on, the trail would turn in a completely different direction. I truly didn't know what was really happening until the final perfect conclusion. A deliciously creepy, satisfying read.

Riley Sager does it again. Another great thriller that kept me up reading. Not quite as good as The Last Time I Lied, but better than Final Girls. Highly recommend.

I loved this book! All of Riley Sagar’s books are so good. So many plot twists and turns and great pacing. I was especially drawn to this book since I just moved to the Upper West Side myself! A must read.

Thanks to Netgalley and Dutton Books for an advanced reader copy.

Riley Sager’s Latest is a departure from his first two books.
Jules Larsen is down on her luck. She lost her job on the same day she discovers her boyfriend is cheating and ends up sleeping on a friends couch. When she reads an ad for a house sitter that pays 12k for three months, she’s sure there must be a catch. The job is located in an infamous building, the Bartholomew, the setting of one of her favorite novels. The rules are a little troubling but she pushes aside her doubts. It’s not long until she starts to wonder if the stories about the building are true.
I am once again in the minority as I didn’t love this book. I knew what the “ secret”’was as will any fan of Stephen King, Night Gallery, Twilight Zone, Or Tales from the Crypt fans.
The story moves quickly but there were no big aha moments.
It’s a retelling of a story that has been told in both movies and books and will be enjoyed by most.
Thank you to # netgalley and # penguinbooks for the ARC and the opportunity to give my opinion. Riley Sager is one of my must read authors and I look forward to his next book.

Riley Sager has done it again! He has now become an auto-buy author for me and I will read anything and everything he writes. He is absolutely brilliant! Lock Every Door may just be my new favorite by him!

Lock Every Door definitely falls into the classic thriller genre. It was terrifying and creepy without being over the top. I had chills at some parts of the book because I was genuinely creeped out. It's definitely a page turner and once you start, you will NOT want to put this book down!

I am not going to say a whole lot about the plot because it is in your best interest to GO IN BLIND. If you want to know about the plot, read the back of the book, and then nothing else. Just start reading because you will finish it in one sitting. I love the way the book is written. We get bits and pieces of 'Now' followed with a week prior, and the days leading up to the 'now.' It's one of my favorite ways a book can be written.

Absolutely perfection! It's chilling and suspenseful. I can almost always guess the twist in thrillers, but I am shocked to say I did NOT guess the twist in this one. I had my theory and I was proven wrong! Seriously, read this book. You won't regret it!

Thank you to Penguin Group Dutton and NetGalley for providing me with an early reader's copy in exchange for an honest review!

I loved this book. I finished it so quickly, and couldn't put it down. The author does a great job of relating you to the characters, while taking you on a journey at the same time.

Riley Sager has done it again, for a third time a book has been masterfully written. Fans of American Horror story are going to love this book. With the feeling of Murder House, Hotel, and Coven, this book has it all.
At 20% I was messaging other netgalley reviewers trying to find someone who had read this book because I needed to talk about it. I had questions ok! Mainly why they kept referencing the gargoyles.
I have now read every book Riley Sager has written so I was curious if it was going to go a different route and have a super natural theme to it.
There were so many hints as to what it COULD be, witches, curses, hauntings. All of it led up to a beautiful thriller that could very well be happening right this moment. That is one of the reason's I love this book, it is so believable.

If you enjoyed The Final Girls, and The Last Time I Lied, this book is not going to disappoint.

If something sounds too good to be true, it probably is, right? We've all heard that, but when Jules is offered a fantastic opportunity she can't see anything but the awesomeness of it all. Recently laid off from her job and looking for a new place to live after she finds her boyfriend cheating, the perfect opportunity is literally placed right in her hands! The chance to be paid to live in a swanky apartment in the Bartholomew, a luxury building in New York. The catch? Lots of rules. Weird rules...no visitors, apartment sitters must stay in their room every night, etc. And the residents are rude and a little odd.This book starts out with Jules waking up and panicking in the hospital after escaping the Bartholomew. From there, the chapters go back in time over the course of a week from the time she first moved in.

Jules meets a couple of other apartment sitters and one of them confides in her she is getting concerned and is starting to feel freaked out living there. When she suspiciously is gone from the apartment the next day, Jules starts digging for answers. I can't give too much away, but just know this book is so suspenseful and kept me up throughout the night because I HAD to find out what happens to Jules! It's really dark and moves at a pretty fast pace that keeps you on your toes. This is my first book by this author but it won't be my last!

Thank you to the author, publisher, and NetGalley for my advance copy. Lock Every Door will be released July 2nd.