This delicious blend of gothic suspense and modern-day psychological thriller is everything a horror fan like yours truly wants to read on vacation: it’s not too scary, but creepy enough to give you goosebumps; it’s not too violent, but delivers some iconic, burned-in-your-brain scenes worthy of a horror movie; its characters aren’t overly-drawn or underdone, but the perfect balance of melodramatic and seriously relatable. years later, Maggie is shocked to learn that her father still owned the house when he died and the house is now hers.

Gist: Rowan takes a live-in nanny job at a luxurious but eerie smart home in the Scottish Highlands. Sager fans and new readers alike will enjoy this heart-pounding thriller that cleverly weaves economic anxiety with something a whole lot darker. You should always replace all of your door locks after a break-in, and you should also consider changing the window locks as well. Changing the locks will ensure that your lost keys will be useless in the event that they find their way into the hands of untrustworthy people. The plot is steady throughout, and as is very common in psychological thrillers these days, we’re introduced to two timelines.In July 2019 Paramount Television, Sugar 23, and Anonymous Content announced plans to adapt Lock Every Door into a television series. So if you haven’t yet read a Riley Sager book, let’s not mince words: pick this book up as soon as possible. Jules is introduced to the rules and regulations of her new job, which include staying in the apartment every night and not disturbing the other residents. As she settles into her new life, Jules befriends another apartment sitter in the building—a young woman who comes from similar circumstances to Jules, but has been a resident of the Bartholomew just a bit longer.

The residents wield their wealth and influence over the staff, leading to abuses of power and the exploitation of those in lower social positions. Sager’s narrative techniques, including alternating timelines and unreliable narration, enhance the tension and intrigue of the story. When Ingrid confides that the Bartholomew is not what it seems and the dark history hidden beneath its gleaming facade is starting to frighten her, Jules brushes it off as a harmless ghost story…until the next day, when Ingrid disappears. They restrict her movements, monitor her activities, and play on her fears to maintain their control over her. The residents and staff of Bartholomew use psychological tactics to control and manipulate Jules, creating a sense of paranoia and uncertainty.Our “everywoman” protagonist sets out to investigate, and soon discovers that her new home isn’t as picture-perfect as it seems. In short, LOCK EVERY DOOR is a superb balancing act: a psychological suspense novel that walks the (very fine) line between ode to classic horror and inventive, modern-day suspense story all its own. She might be a down-to-earth character, but she’s a final girl through and through—an ode to the leading ladies of horror film, no doubt, but I also like to think she’s an ode to the resilience in all of us, too. Jules Larsen has lost her family, her job, and her boyfriend and is now living with her best friend, Chloe, in New York City. Riley Sager is the New York Times bestselling author of seven novels, most recently Survive the Night and The House Across the Lake.

Trapped due to her dire financial circumstances, Jules feels she has few options, and is determined to stick it out, when most of us in the same circumstances would have fled.Personally I felt like the way the main character was piecing things together was pretty unbelievable and left me unsatisfied. A rim lock is secured in place by a pair of screws on the inside of the lock that screw into the back of the cylinder.

Door locks are not just for exterior doors but are also very useful for internal doors, for example, on bathroom doors to ensure personal privacy or on office doors to prevent anyone else from accessing private documents. These are the rules for Jules Larsen’s new job apartment sitting at the Bartholomew, one of Manhattan’s most high-profile buildings. These locks are useful because they don’t require a physical key, so if you need a family member or friend to access your home, for example, to water your plants or feed your pets while you are away, then you won’t need to provide them with a spare key, and instead can just let them know the combination. Lock Every Door” offers an engaging and suspenseful mystery thriller that explores themes of mystery, psychological manipulation, identity, and class dynamics. I'm not going to give a ton of info about the plot here (tsk tsk), because you want to be surprised, but I will say that I loved the storytelling format used in this book.Weaving between past and present, Sager expertly crafts a story of suspense that will raise the hairs on even the most seasoned crime reader’s arms. Riley Sager’s writing style is masterful, expertly crafting a narrative that keeps readers hooked from beginning to end. These types of door locks are popular for handicap access and can be bought in either right or left facing options. Her discovery that Ingrid is not the first apartment sitter to go missing at the Bartholomew pits Jules against the clock as she races to unmask a killer, expose the building’s hidden past, and escape the Bartholomew before her temporary status becomes permanent. When Ingrid confides that the Bartholomew is not what it seems and the dark history hidden beneath its gleaming facade is starting to frighten her, Jules brushes it off as a harmless ghost story .