Reprieve : a novel

"On April 27, 1997, four contestants make it to the final cell of the Quigley House, a full-contact haunted escape room in Lincoln, Nebraska, made famous for its monstrosities, booby-traps, and ghoulishly costumed actors. If the group can endure these horrors without shouting the safe word, 'reprieve,' they'll win a substantial cash prize--a startling feat accomplished only by one other group in the house's long history. But before they can compl...