Lock the Doors
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4.9 • 15 Ratings
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- $10.99
Publisher Description
A New York Times Bestseller and 2023 Edgar Award Nominee for Best Young Adult!
The truth won't stay hidden behind locked doors.
An addictive, psychological thriller from the New York Times bestselling author of 14 WAYS TO DIE.
Tom's family has moved into their dream home. But pretty soon he starts to notice that something is very wrong—there are strange messages written on the wall and locks on the bedroom doors. On the OUTSIDE. The previous owners have moved just across the road, and they seem like the perfect family. Their daughter, Amy, is beautiful and enigmatic, but Tom is sure she's hiding something. And he isn't going to stop until he finds the truth behind those locked doors. . .
Will their dream home become a nightmare?
Lock the Doors is perfect for readers looking for:
• Phycological thrillers
• Determined characters who persevere
• Short chapters with action-packed, heightened tension
• Unputdownable and bingeworthy novels
• Books by Karen McManus, Holly Jackson, and Lisa Jewell
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
After enduring years of emotional and physical abuse from his mother's boyfriends, 16-year-old Tom Cavanagh seems to have found something like stability in Ralph's (14 Ways to Die) spine-chilling thriller. Mom's new boyfriend Jay is funny and kind, and the house they've just moved into is her dream home, if littered with holes that need patching. Tom, who lives with obsessive compulsive disorder and anxiety, seems to be the only party concerned about the holes drilled into the outside of his bedroom door—and the cryptic messages he finds underneath his room's wallpaper and carved into his closet's walls. When he learns that Amy Pearce, the new student at Priority Road High School, and her family were the home's previous tenants, Tom thinks they're the key to solving the mystery. But when Amy's girl-next-door facade begins to crumble, Tom realizes that the Pearces might not be the victims he thought they were. Intense chapters from Amy's perspective provide glimpses into her past and offer reprieve from Tom's sometimes repetitive pursuit of the truth. Nevertheless, Tom's matter-of-fact voice ("Home is where the hate is") and Ralph's short, brisk chapters make for a compact, satisfying thriller. All characters are assumed white. Ages 14–up.
Customer Reviews
Just Before Halfway
Now I'm just before half in this book and it's great. It somewhat jumps right into the "action" and is never boring. My favorite thing is how relatable the main character, Tom, is. He has OCD and anxiety and I only have anxiety and it's just good and bad the way I feel connected. It's good because someone is just like me in the ways I couldn't ever share but bad because he's not real. I know that this isn't a therapy session, it's a book review, but so far this book is amazing. I found myself in a good mood and excited because I knew I could read this when I was done with my schoolwork. The characters are British and it takes place in Britain but for those who aren't familiar with Britain there aren't many references or a total invasion of British things. All in all, if you think you should get this book, you should. I'm on page 177 out of 388. Also, ignore my username thing if it's weird. I don't know what it is and I made it when I was like 11. 😅