A haunted escape room, four contestants, and the murder that impacts them all.The story revolves around the Quigley House, a full-contact haunted escape room that allows the actors to touch and do what they want to you. The house is famous for offering $60,000 to teams of 4 people who complete each room without using the safe word, and the fact that only one group has ever one. in 1997, one team makes it to the final room, and before finishing a man breaks into the house and brutally murders one of the contestants. The story is told from court transcripts after the murder, from the rooms as the contestants progress, and through various POVs that lead up to the murder. There is commentary on racism, identity, sexism, and so much more. It’s a lot, I went into it expecting a sort of horror/thriller mystery but it was just a bit more bleak and slow paced than what I had wanted. The story is told from the perspectives of Kendra (Bryan’s cousin who works at the house), Leonard Grandton, a hotel manager with links to the house, and Jaidee Charoensuk, a contestant and international student from Thailand. There are some horror-esque chapters and the retelling of certain events certainly does intrigue, but overall it was a bit repetitive and dragging. Overall, sadly this one just did not work for me.