Work made this book take waaaaay longer than it normally would! But it was just as good as the last Sager. I feel like it dragged just a bit in the last third, but still an excellent read.

I very much love Riley Sager and this is hands down my favorite. Full of twists and turns to always keep me guessing. 5 stars !!

Jules is down and out after her breakup, but life seems to take a turn for the better when she gets a dream job being an apartment sitter. What happens next will keep you guessing and on the edge of your seat. Riley Sager does it again. I loved this book. The action and suspense had me reading late into the night. 5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Thank you NetGalley for the early review copy.

Interesting and kept me reading. I was able to figure out who it was, but didn't guess the why. I don't usually read adult mysteries, but I enjoyed this. Nice twists to keep you guessing about what was really going on at the apartment.

This was my first book by a Riley Sager. Great story with lots of twists. Would definitely read more of his books.

This book was awesome! It definitely took a turn and I was shocked with the ending. The plot of the book was unique as far as the setting. I really enjoyed reading this book.

I would like to start this off by saying that this was my first time reading a Riley Sager book, but I can promise you it will definitely not be my last. I absolutely loved this book! I had such a hard time putting it down that I even contemplated calling off at work just so I could finish it. Although this book has a pretty pink cover, it is far from from being a happy-go-lucky read. I typically read a lot of young adult contemporaries and fantasies, so this was a big difference than what I'm used to reading, but I'm not sure I could have picked a better book when it came to trying a psychological thriller. Anytime I thought I knew what was going on, something huge would happen that would make me question everything I intially thought. All of the characters were extremely well written and I love the way the story switches perspectives between the main characters past and present. The story takes place in a somewhat short time frame, but it did not feel like anything was being rushed. The pacing was perfect, as I just kept wanting to read on and see what would happen next.

Jules Larsen just recently lost her job, her boyfriend, and her apartment. As she is searching for jobs she comes across an ad looking for an apartment sitter and decides to respond. She goes in for an interview and is given a run down of the job as well as some rules she will need to follow. No visitors, no nights spent away from the apartment, and no disturbing the other residents, who are all rich, famous, or both. These rules don't seem like that big of a deal to Jules because she has the opportunity to stay at the Bartholomew, Manhattan's most mysterios and high-profile building. Plus, she's completely broke and will get paid four thousand dollars a month. What could possibly go wrong? A lot more than Jules could ever imagine.

This book had everything I could want in a psychological thriller, and more! It was dark and twisted and kept me at the edge of my seat the entire time. Whether you're new to the genre and are interested in trying it out, or you've been a fan of psychological thrillers for years, I highly recommend you get this book and read it immediately. You will not be disappointed!

Thank you to NetGalley and Dutton for providing me the opportunity to read and review an advanced copy of this book!

I absolutely loved this book. Riley Sager has to be my favorite author right now. All three of his books are amazing and I just can’t wait for the next one. The twist in this book was awesome because you were thinking one thing and find out it’s not at all what they made you think it was, I love books with old buildings and secret passageways as well. Another winner for me. Thank you NetGalley.

How do you feel about old, historic buildings? Freak you out or do you love them? I like them in the daytime, but never would I ever live in one. Not even if you paid me. They freak me out in the dark. Sorry to say that our girl Jules doesn’t seem to feel the same way, and has a bit of a rough go in this story. But I’m getting ahead of myself.

Lock Every Door is Sager’s third novel, and he has now solidified a spot on my ‘must buy’ author list. As I mentioned above, Jules has hit a rough patch - she lost her job and boyfriend on the same day. She is staying with her bestie in NJ when she sees an ad in the paper about the Bartholomew needing someone to house sit in one of their apartments for a few months. This building was in a book that she read as a child, and it has been her dream to live here one day ever since. So she applies, passes the interview, and moves in. She thinks, I’ll just live here and get paid and get my life back on track…

BUT, there are rules to this gig — No visitors. No nights spent away from the apartment. No disturbing the other residents, all of whom are rich or famous or both. So far, so good, right? No? Red flags? Well, I agree, and so does Jules’ bestie. But, as one does in scary stories, Jules pays no mind and keeps it moving until things are not what they seem and it’s obvi too late. DUN DUN DUN….

This is why I enjoy Sager so much. Yes, you start to figure it out, but it is so much fun doing so. I don’t like too much scary, and he always gives just the right amount for me. I liked that this was set in NYC, I liked that there was a bellhop who was very nice (or maybe he was only gaslighting 🤔), and just like that, Sager has you questioning everything and everyone for a hot minute.

It is the right time of year for this book, and you need to add it to your list if this genre is your thing!

Thank you to NetGalley for a free copy to review, all opinions are my own.

I would definitely give the cover 5 stars but sadly I cannot say the same for the story. There was a lot of potential here and it was handled badly. I constantly kept asking myself why are we spending so much time rehashing this and not going deeper over here? The protagonist figures out things that she shouldn’t. As the reader I knew but it felt like the author forgot that his character did not. Are there twists? Yes, however they are so obvious I probably wouldn’t count them. These are made even worse by the heavy handed exposition because the author really wants you to believe what he’s telling you. The ending is pretty much out of left field but not in a good way. The clues did not necessarily lead you to it and it didn’t pay off well. The first half was defenitley atmospheric and that’s why it was a bummer it didn’t pay off.

My favorite Riley Sager book to-date! Keep on rocking it Riley, these thrillers just keep getting better and better. I don't want to give away a lot in this book because it's just a fun ride to read along!

Jules Larsen was in desperate need of something to go her way. She had just lost her job and walked into her apartment to find her boyfriend cheating on her. She has been crashing on her best friend's couch when she sees the perfect gig listed on Craigslist. An apartment sitter at one of the most exclusive addresses in New York City, the Bartholomew, for a lot of money. Jules eagerly takes the job, but some of the rules are disturbing. She can't have visitors. At all. And she isn't supposed to spend the night away from the apartment. She isn't the only apartment sitter in the building and Jules seems to be making friends. But she learns that the Bartholomew has a dark history, and then weird things start happening, causing her to think that maybe The Bartholomew isn't the safest place to live. Then her new friend goes missing. And she catches one of her favorite residents in the building in a lie. And the handsome doctor, Nick Bartholomew, starts to give her a vibe that worries her. Jules's instincts tell her to get out, but the money is too good to leave on the table. The Bartholomew may be the nicest place Jules will ever live, but it may also be the last place that she will ever live.

I don't think I have ever read a book that had me so confident that I would see the characters on a screen someday. And I was right. Paramount picked it up for a series. I was hooked from the very first page. Jules Larsen is a character that you want to see "win" for once. She has no family, she just lost her job and her boyfriend. You want her to win. With age comes wisdom and I knew that if it is too good to be true, it generally is. I was just waiting for that other shoe to drop. Yes, apartment sitters are going missing, but the reason why they go missing was so shocking to me. I don't know what I was expecting, but it was not that. CLICK HERE FOR SPOILERS I was very pleased with the ending, it had the potential for going off the rails, but it was satisfying in every way.

Bottom Line - Lock Every Door is more than just a psychological thriller. It is downright terrifying. And I loved every page of it.

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Lock Every Door by Riley Sager
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Pages: 384
Publisher: Penguin Publishing
Publication Date: 7/2/19
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Riley Sager is the king of suspense! I was on the edge of my seat reading this one and couldn’t believe the twist at the end.

Lock Every Door quickly became one of my favorite thrillers that I have read this year. The setting of a gothic apartment that the character read about growing up in her favorite fantasy book was perfection. This is not the first Riley Sager book that I read, but it is definitely my favorite thus far. Sager's writing seems to progress more and more with each book, and I can't wait to see the next book that he writes.

The ending and plot twist to this book is something I absolutely did not expect. I was at the edge of my seat, and when the twist occurred, I audibly gasped.

The only thing that stopped me from giving it a full five stars, was the beginning being a bit slower, and the fact that not too much occurred until the last around 100 pages. But I really loved the book overall and would recommend it to everyone who likes thrillers.

If, like me, you really enjoyed Riley Sager's first two books and you picked this up expecting another scary thriller along the same lines, you may be a bit disappointed. Sager's still rooted in the horror genre, don't get me wrong - but he went a different route with this one. To give credit: good for him that he isn't boxing himself in as a writer. Also, I'm sure that we've had enough '80s throwbacks for a while...but what I liked about the first two books was the nostalgia and the "cheap thrill" of reading a story where the author plays with the "rules" of those movies - that makes the story really interesting for me. I missed that here.

Even though this particular kind of scary story doesn't appeal to me, Sager is a consistently good writer who doesn't disappoint. It's an easy read with a satisfying ending. I think it's fair to say that huge part of the book reads like an old Mary Higgins Clark novel (MHC books are pretty formulaic, and a good 2/3 of the book follows that formula). Fortunately, Sager diverts away from that with an unexpected twist in the nick of time.

I couldn't get really invested in this one, but that is less a comment on the book than it is on my own personal tastes. Although I would not likely have picked this one up if I'd known more about the plot beforehand, I'm not sorry to have read it overall.

Lock Every Door was my first experience with a Riley Sager novel and I thoroughly enjoyed it. Though the plot was not entirely believable, but I do love a good thriller and this one had some dark and crazy scenes that kept me entertained. There were many players in this story so it kept me guessing and trying to piece together their motives. The flashbacks from present day to the not so distant past helped to keep the novel moving and wondering how it would end. I do look forward to reading another book by Riley Sager.

Thank you Penguin Group Dutton and NetGalley for this ARC for my honest review.

***Thanks to the publisher and NetGalley for providing me with a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review***

Riley Sager knows how to build tension! Lock Every Door is a heart-pumping thriller with a touch of gothic horror.

This was my first Riley Sager, and I enjoyed it. The suspense was built nicely, and I couldn't figure out what was really going on in this place before it was revealed. My one complaint about it was that it was a bit slow somewhere in the middle and dragged a bit. As I was getting somewhat bored, it started to pick up again, which was nice. Overall, great book. 4/5 stars.

Lock Every Door is a suspense novel where you know right away something is wrong, but you're just not sure what that might be.

Jules has the opportunity to apartment-sit in a legendary building... but is the offer too good to be true? When strange rules are added to the agreement, and when she learns of other missing apartment sitters, she is forced to wonder if this was really such a good idea.

I guessed a couple times what might happen next, and I had a pretty good idea who was involved. But I was really thrown for a loop once I found out what was really going on within those walls. And honestly (slight spoiler!)... the explanation was entirely human, but creepier than any supernatural monster you could imagine!

This is the first novel I've read by this author, but I'm inclined to pick up more. Giving 4.5 stars, rounding to five. Thanks to Net Galley and the publisher for a complimentary digital review copy of this title.

Hot Take: This was the Nancy Drew novel for grownups I never knew I needed

Like most avid female readers today, I got my start in wonderfully tame mystery novels with bright yellow spines: The Nancy Drew Series. Every year for my birthday I would get at least 3 new Nancy Drew books (which would be finished in under a week) and I treasured every single one of them. Meeting all the different characters, finding clues, trying to figure out who the big bad is before Nancy does - it was my crack as an 8 year old.

Lock Every Door brought back all the feelings of reading a Nancy Drew book, but all grown up. I had an enormously fun time trying to piece together the puzzle. The characters were almost caricatures of different troupes at times, which only added to the horror of the big reveal.

My only negative would be the main character's constant focus on money. I get it, we need to understand she took the job because she was desperate, but as a struggling twenty-something myself I read books to escape from my paycheck to paycheck life - not to be constantly reminded of her dwindling bank balance. If I wanted to feel finacial strain I'd just look at my own bank account.

Overall, it's a fun read. I'm not going to lie - I like The Last Time I Lied better, but if you're looking for a fun mystery novel with a sprinkle of cluts I reccomend you pick this one up.