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Puzzle House

Pages
210
Published
2023
Language
English

Synopsis

Six people with little in common — including Vasiliev's estranged widow already mid-divorce, a virologist haunted by his past, and a convicted murderer out on day release — are summoned to the mansion of the late puzzle master Alexei Vasiliev.

His will offers a stark choice: walk away with nothing, or attempt his final creation, six interlocking escape rooms worth $150 million to whoever survives them. As detective-turned-prisoner Henry Hall, actress-widow Joy Reese, and terminally ill epidemiologist Dr. Oscar Evans push deeper into the house, it becomes clear someone is watching every move and turning the participants against each other.

Duncan Ralston delivers a horror-thriller trapped inside a lethal game of escape rooms, where solving the puzzle might cost everything.

How it reads

Prose complexity 7/10

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