Lock Every Door by Riley Sager
No visitors. No nights spent away from the apartment. No disturbing the other residents, all of whom are rich or famous or both. These are the only rules for Jules Larsen’s new job as an apartment sitter at the Bartholomew, one of Manhattan’s most high-profile and mysterious buildings. Recently heartbroken and just plain broke, Jules is taken in by the splendor of her surroundings and accepts the terms, ready to leave her past life behind.
As she gets to know the residents and staff of the Bartholomew, Jules finds herself drawn to fellow apartment sitter Ingrid, who comfortingly, disturbingly reminds her of the sister she lost eight years ago. 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… Read more.
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Trigger & Content Warnings:
- Classism
- Cheating recounted
- Nightmares
- Suicide (on-page & recounted)
- Self harm by burning (on-page)
- Alcohol consumption
- Recreational drug use
- Nonconsensual drugging
- Blood & physical injuries depiction
- Nonconsensual medical procedures & experimentation
- Emesis
- Hospital
- Surgery
- Needles & syringes
- Cancer & terminal illness mentioned
- Grief & loss depiction
- Death of a mother & father mentioned
- Death of a friend
- Murder & attempted murder
- Knife violence
- Gun violence
- Graphic fire (on-page)
- Kidnapping & captivity
- Car accident
- Disappearance of a friend (theme)
- Death from a fall (on-page)
- Poverty theme
- Homelessness
