The Escape Room
Squid Game meets The Traitors, a gripping debut thriller about a reality TV show that turns deadly
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Publisher Description
Eight contestants. One killer. Can you find the traitor?
'Wow! What a page-turner. I'm a Celebrity meets Lord of the Flies.' Emma Curtis
‘The pace never slackens.’ Faith Martin
'Dark, disturbing and addictive.' L. C. North
Everything is a clue.
Bonnie arrives on a remote sea fort off the coast of England to take part in a mysterious reality TV show. Competing against seven strangers, she must solve a series of puzzles to win the prize money, but this is no game - and the consequences of failure are deadly.
No one leaves.
Under scrutiny from the watching public, the contestants quickly turn on one another. Who will sacrifice the most for wealth and fame? And why can't Bonnie shake the creeping sense that they are not alone?
The only way out is to win.
When the first contestant is found dead, Bonnie begins to understand the dark truth at the heart of this twisted competition: there's a killer inside the fort, and anyone could be next. If Bonnie wants to escape, she needs to win...
Are you ready to play?
Readers love The Escape Room . . .
‘Like The Traitors on steroids’ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
‘A vivid look at reality TV and the damaging psychological effects of social media posts.’ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
‘I read it in two sittings, and could NOT put it down.’ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
‘It’s like The Crystal Maze meets Big Brother, but really really dark!’ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
‘I never want to do an escape room after reading this book’ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
‘One of my top books of the year!’ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
APPLE BOOKS REVIEW
With scenes of abject horror from the opening pages and twists that keep on twisting right through to the end, The Escape Room is not what you’d call an easy Sunday afternoon read. Taking part in a reality TV show is the stuff of nightmares for many, but when Bonnie gets inadvertently signed up to The Fortress, she plans to simply walk away when the going gets tough. That’s until she learns the game show is set in an ex-military fortress off the coast of Portsmouth. And soon, being abandoned at sea proves to be the least of her worries. The Escape Room draws inspiration from the success of recent reality TV shows like The Traitors and the explosion of the true crime podcast genre to tell Bonnie’s story, which is downright chilling in parts. As contestants begin to turn on each other, L.D. Smithson leaves you trusting no one in a thriller that must be read without interruption.
