by Megan Goldin
First published 2020
Four corporate executives arrive at an unopened skyscraper for what appears to be a surprise team building exercise. The setup resembles an escape room challenge, but when the elevator doors seal shut and darkness falls, they realize this is no ordinary corporate retreat. Trapped without light, the four must abandon old workplace rivalries and collaborate to solve disturbing clues that might lead to their freedom. Time becomes their enemy as the team's darkest professional secrets surface. Each executive discovers they must pay dearly for the underhanded tactics they used to climb the corporate ladder. Tensions rise and the puzzles grow increasingly dangerous. What started as a business exercise transforms into a life or death test where survival depends on confronting the moral cost of their ambition.
Genres: suspense, mystery, contemporary, thriller
Vibes: dark, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, found-family
Setting: Skyscraper
Period: Contemporary
464 pages · Paperback · Grijalbo
Content warnings: death, violence