For decades there have been rumors about the building. She realizes too late that as bad as her life seems, it can get much worse.īuilt in 1919 The Bartholomew is an iconic and exclusive apartment building in New York City. When her friend and fellow apartment sitter, Ingrid disappears Jules learns of a disturbing pattern involving other apartment sitters. Although there are very strict rules linked to the job, Jules accepts and hopes for the best. In addition she will have the chance to stay in one of the most glamorous buildings in New York City, The Bartholomew. This job will give her the means to get back on her feet after a break up and being laid off. The opportunity to be paid well to only occupy a space seems ideal. When Jules sees an advertisement for an apartment sitter she believes her luck has finally changed. In Lock Every Door Jules Larsen puts this expression to the test by accepting a job which requires much more than she is willing to give. There is an old saying “ If it sounds too good to be true it probably is.” I have learned over the years that this expression holds true most of the time.
Her discovery that Ingrid is not the first apartment sitter to go missing at the Bartholomew pits Jules against the clock as she races to unmask a killer, expose the building's hidden past, and escape the Bartholomew before her temporary status becomes permanent. Searching for the truth about Ingrid's disappearance, Jules digs deeper into the Bartholomew's dark past and into the secrets kept within its walls. until the next day, when Ingrid disappears. When Ingrid confides that the Bartholomew is not what it seems and the dark history hidden beneath its gleaming facade is starting to frighten her, Jules brushes it off as a harmless ghost story.
Recently heartbroken and just plain broke, Jules is taken in by the splendor of her surroundings and accepts the terms, ready to leave her past life behind.Īs she gets to know the residents and staff of the Bartholomew, Jules finds herself drawn to fellow apartment sitter Ingrid, who comfortingly, disturbingly reminds her of the sister she lost eight years ago. These are the only rules for Jules Larsen's new job as an apartment sitter at the Bartholomew, one of Manhattan's most high-profile and mysterious buildings. No disturbing the other residents, all of whom are rich or famous or both.
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