Best Offer Wins
A darkly funny psychological thriller about obsession, envy and a dream home
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4.0 • 1 Rating
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- 12,99 €
Publisher Description
‘I promise you, you have no idea where this story is going’ Taylor Jenkins Reid’s Must-Read Book of the Year in TIME Magazine
‘A clever, twisted thriller. I couldn’t stop reading!’ FREIDA McFADDEN
‘Unputdownable’ ALEX MICHAELIDES
‘A cross between Gone Girl and Selling Sunset’ ELIZABETH DAY
Margo’s marriage, family and career are dangerously out of control.
All she needs is a fresh start in a new house to get her dream life back on track.
When the ideal home comes up, desperate measures are called for. A little stalking. Some trespassing. Befriending the owner. All reasonable enough, right?
But when your best offer might not win, then you just need to do what it takes…
‘You’ll find yourself whispering OMG through every diabolical scene’ REAL SIMPLE
‘Will have you laughing, gasping, and locking your doors’ GOOD HOUSEKEEPING
‘All those fantasies about behaving badly to get ahead are realized in this jaw-dropper – and then some’ HEAT
‘Deliciously dark’ ELLE
‘Smart, fresh and wickedly entertaining’ PRIMA
‘A twisty rollercoaster’ DAILY MAIL
Readers LOVE Best Offer Wins
‘The kind of popcorn thriller that’s impossible not to binge’ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
‘Hit every single one of my reading needs’ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
‘OMG I could not put this down’ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
‘I’m obsessed’ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
‘Twists and turns galore in this book, a right page turner’ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
‘Real Housewives drama mixed with Freida McFadden-level twists’ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
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.
