🏷️ Locked Room
14 entries tagged with this trope
The 7½ Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle
Stuart Turton · 2018
Groundhog Day meets Agatha Christie. A man relives the same day in different bodies, trying to solve a murder. Each host has different abilities and limitations. Brilliant.
The Sanatorium
Sarah Pearse · 2021
A converted sanatorium hotel in the Swiss Alps. A snowstorm traps the guests. Then people start disappearing. Claustrophobic, chilling, and impossible to put down.
In a Dark, Dark Wood
Ruth Ware · 2015
A reclusive writer is invited to a hen party at a remote glass house in the forest. Then someone ends up dead. Ruth Ware's debut that launched a thousand 'girl in the...' thrillers.
The Woman in Cabin 10
Ruth Ware · 2016
A journalist on a luxury cruise witnesses a woman thrown overboard. But the cabin she saw it from is empty. No one is missing. She knows what she saw... right?
The Guest List
Lucy Foley · 2020
A wedding on a remote Irish island. Everyone has secrets. Then someone turns up dead. Each chapter shifts POV and each one makes you suspect someone new.
The Paris Apartment
Lucy Foley · 2022
Jess shows up at her brother's Paris apartment, but he's not there. His neighbors all have secrets. The building itself feels menacing. Classic locked-building mystery with Parisian atmosphere.
The Sanatorium
Sarah Pearse · 2021
A converted sanatorium hotel in the Swiss Alps. A storm cuts them off. Guests start disappearing. The setting alone is worth the read.
The Only Survivors
Megan Miranda · 2023
Nine survivors of a school trip tragedy reunite ten years later. Then one of them vanishes. Someone knows what really happened that night. A taut, twisty reunion thriller.
The 7½ Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle
Stuart Turton · 2018
Aiden Bishop must solve a murder while trapped in a time loop, inhabiting a different body each day. Agatha Christie meets Groundhog Day. Brilliantly constructed.
The Sanatorium
Sarah Pearse · 2021
A luxury hotel in the Swiss Alps, converted from an old sanatorium. A snowstorm traps the guests. Then someone disappears. Gothic atmosphere meets modern thriller.
The Paris Apartment
Lucy Foley · 2022
Jess shows up at her half-brother's Paris apartment. He's not there. The neighbors all have secrets. The building itself feels wrong. Each chapter reveals another layer of dread.
The Guest List
Lucy Foley · 2020
A wedding on a remote island off the Irish coast. A guest list full of grudges. A storm that traps everyone. And then someone turns up dead. Deliciously twisty.
Never Lie
Freida McFadden · 2022
Tricia and Ethan are trapped in a snowstorm in a mansion that belonged to a missing psychiatrist. In the attic, Tricia finds recorded therapy sessions. Each tape reveals something worse.
No Exit
Taylor Adams · 2019
Darby is stranded at a highway rest stop during a blizzard. In the parking lot, she finds a kidnapped child in a stranger's van. Four other people are in the building. One of them is the kidnapper.