Best Offer Wins
The unputdownable and addictive bestselling thriller that readers are OBSESSED with
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3.6 • 5 Ratings
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Publisher Description
'I finished it in a day because I couldn't stop reading!' Freida McFadden
'Not since Gone Girl have I been so gripped' Alex Michaelides
'I promise you, you have no idea where this story is going' Taylor Jenkins Reid, recommended for her Must-Read Book of the Year in TIME Magazine
How far would you go to get the perfect home?
There was a time when Margo thought she knew. But that was before a soul-destroying eighteen months of house-hunting hell.
Now she’s not sure. Her life, her marriage, her family, her career are dangerously out of control and all she needs is a new home to get them all back on track.
So when the ideal house comes up, desperate measures are called for. A little online stalking. Some sneaky surveillance of the property in question. Befriending the owner. All reasonable enough, right?
But soon it’s clear that nothing is off limits, because when your best offer might not win, then you just need to do what it takes…
‘A cross between Gone Girl and Selling Sunset’ Elizabeth Day
Readers LOVE Best Offer Wins:
'The kind of popcorn thriller that's impossible not to binge'⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
'OMG I could not put this down'⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
'Reminded me of Freida McFadden'⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
'Hit every single one of my reading needs'⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
'Gave me Yellowface vibes'⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
'Twists and turns galore in this book, a right page turner'⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
'I'm obsessed'⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
'This book is giving Real Housewives drama mixed with Freida McFadden-level twists'⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
** A Good Morning America Book Club Pick **
** A Good Housekeeping Book Club Pick **
APPLE BOOKS REVIEW
Anyone who‘s been through the rollercoaster of high hopes and disappointment of trying to buy a property will applaud the ingenious premise of Best Offer Wins. What if, after 18 months of searching and 11 lost bidding wars, you find the perfect house before it hits the market—how far would you go to secure it? Part domestic thriller, part satire of the first-world problems that become all-consuming in our late capitalist society, former journalist Marisa Kashino‘s debut novel is by turns laugh-out-loud funny and gasp-inducing. Follow along with glee as her anti-heroine, 37-year-old Margo, not only crosses the line with her scheming, but pole vaults over it, becoming more unhinged by the page. Whether you despise her or find some tiny, hidden part of yourself relating to her, you won‘t be able to look away.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Former Washington Post reporter Kashino debuts with a wicked satirical thriller about the cutthroat world of Washington, D.C., area real estate. PR executive Margo Miyake and her husband, EPA lawyer Ian, are on the hunt for a house in a "godforsaken market" where bidding wars leave hopeful homeowners grasping at straws. Determined to leave the couple's ugly rental apartment and start a family, Margo becomes increasingly unhinged in her pursuit of a house that hasn't yet hit the market. She stalks the owners, Jack and Curtis, first on the internet, then in real life, sidling up to Jack in a yoga class and launching a charm offensive that backfires in an awkward, ugly dinner scene that ends with the couple's permanent blacklisting. Margo's escalating fertility troubles ratchet up her self-imposed pressure to find the perfect home, the relentless pursuit of which strains her marriage and pushes Margo to violence. Kashino's description of Margo's economically precarious childhood offers superficial insight into her motivations, but the character's eventual swerve into monstrosity feels under-motivated. Still, this darkly comedic novel of millennial anxieties will likely strike an uncomfortable chord with readers under 40. Agents: Meredith Miller and Ethan Schlatter, UTA.
Customer Reviews
Brilliant debut
Can’t wait to read whatever this author publishes next. This one was a winner.