Why we’re excited
Ten months after a reality show escape room ended in two murders, the four teenagers of Team Helsing reunite for a weekend at a remote puzzle resort. It turns out to be a rematch of the unfinished final season, and when someone dies, they are once again solving puzzles and a killing at the same time.
Marissa Meyer, author of Cinder and the Lunar Chronicles, co-wrote The Escape Game with Tamara Moss, and this is book two. Read the first one before starting, since the friendships and the earlier killer matter here. Young adult readers who like locked-room puzzles and competition plots are the audience.
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What to know about The Traitor Game
The Traitor Game is Book 2 in the The Escape Game series. The series begins with The Escape Game (we have reviewed it). 1 of the 2 books in the series have a full review here.
Marissa Meyer is a familiar name here: 3 of Marissa Meyer’s books have full reviews, averaging 4.2 out of 5. Our favourite to date is The House Saphir (4.5★); the most recent is The Escape Game.
It sits at No. 14 on our April 2027 most-anticipated list, which ranks the month's books by how many readers have saved them.
From the publisher
The twisty, thrilling sequel to the #1 New York Times bestselling murder mystery The Escape Game by Marissa Meyer and Tamara Moss.
This gorgeous first edition hardcover features stunning stenciled edges and an intricately designed endpaper map!
It’s been ten months since season five of The Escape Game ended in blood. Ten months since Team Helsing solved two murders and nearly lost their own lives in a desperate race against the killer through the show’s final escape room.
Now Adi, Beck, Carter, and Sierra are reuniting for a much-needed weekend of fun at the remote Sweetbrier a state-of-the-art paradise for escape room aficionados. There are puzzles, paradoxes, and games galore—not to mention a hunt for lost treasure.
But the glitz and glamour of Sweetbrier hide dark secrets. Team Helsing soon learns that this weekend is actually a rematch for the never-finished final season of The Escape Game—in more ways than one. Because when the first body appears, it’s up to Team Helsing to solve the murder. That is, if the killer doesn’t come for them next . . .
From #1 New York Times bestselling authors Marissa Meyer and Tamara Moss comes a pulse-pounding sequel to The Escape Game, with betrayals that cut even deeper, puzzles that test even the sharpest minds—and another cold-blooded killer on the loose.
Description supplied by the publisher.
We haven’t read The Traitor Game yet. When our review goes up, it will replace this page.
