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The Girl on Floor 29 by D.E. White: Locked-Room Thriller Review | Book Slayers
Six strangers. One elevator. A possible bomb. Secrets, threats, revenge, and an engineer racing against the clock. Welcome back to Book Slayers, where dark fiction gets put on trial. This week we're taking on The Girl on Floor 29 by D.E. White, a locked-room thriller set inside a luxury London hotel. The premise had us hooked: seven people trapped inside an elevator while someone outside appears to be deliberately controlling the situation. Add a ticking clock, hidden connections, secrets, revenge, multiple POVs, and a possible bomb, and you've got one seriously claustrophobic setup. Stacey gave it 3.5 Stabbys. The premise worked. The elevator setting worked. Ellie worked. The backstories kept things interesting. The mystery kept us turning pages. But we also had questions about the pacing, the shifting POVs, the tension, the technical details, and whether some of the reveals came a little too early. So was The Girl on Floor 29 guilty? You'll have to watch the case unfold. And yes... Stacey may now be taking the stairs. CASE FILE The Girl on Floor 29 by D.E. White RATING 3.5 / 5 Stabbys GENRES Locked-room thriller Psychological thriller Suspense Mystery Multi-POV thriller Survival thriller Claustrophobic thriller THE SLAYER QUESTION You're trapped in an elevator with six complete strangers. You know someone outside is deliberately controlling the situation. You know there's a serious threat. And you don't know who you can trust. What's the FIRST thing you're doing? Are you taking control, interrogating everyone, trying to stay calm, making friends, or immediately accusing the quiet person? Tell us in the comments. WANT MORE BOOK SLAYERS? Head over to the Book Slayers Patreon for our upcoming Slayer Files, where we're going even deeper into the books, the characters, the chaos, and all the things we don't always have time to unpack on the podcast. Follow Book Slayers so you don't miss the next case. Like the episode. Subscribe/follow. Leave us a review. And send this episode to the friend who would absolutely panic in an elevator. Keep your doors locked. Question everyone. Trust no elevator. Case closed. #BookSlayers #TheGirlOnFloor29 #DEWhite #BookReview #ThrillerBooks #ThrillerReview #PsychologicalThriller #LockedRoomThriller #BookPodcast #ThrillerBookClub #MysteryBooks #SuspenseBooks #BookTok #BookTube #CrimeFiction
