Best Offer Wins is
a clever, twisted, and hilarious thriller. I finished it in a day because I couldn't stop reading!
Freida McFadden, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Housemaid
Dark, funny and inventive, this is an
ingeniously entertaining take on millennial anxieties.
Guardian
A
twisty rollercoaster that kept me hooked from the start – the TV rights have already been snapped up. I couldn't help rooting for Margo, no matter what she did.
Fantastic.
Daily Mail
A deeply believable character with a heartbreaking family past,
Margo’s lies and plans spin darkly and hilariously out of control, but by god, you’ll be rooting for her.
Stylist, 'Books for 2026'
It starts out feeling pretty light and fun, but
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
Not since Gone Girl have I been so gripped by a narrative voice. This is a tale of blackest comedy, spiralling obsession and ultimate horror. By turns laugh-out-loud funny and appalling, Marisa Kashino asks how far you would go to secure your dream house, then goes several steps further than you would ever dare.
Compulsive and unputdownable. Highly recommended.
Alex Michaelides, #1 bestselling author of The Silent Patient
A cross between Gone Girl and Selling Sunset
Elizabeth Day, #1 Sunday Times bestselling author
What
an absolutely insane, sometimes obscene and ludicrously entertaining and original novel. I felt every emotion available while reading
Best Offer Wins: horrified, scared, excited, obsessed, humoured, delighted, concerned and of course, entirely gripped. You know it’s a great book when you’re rooting for someone who should not be supported for their rights
or their wrongs.
Marisa Kashino is a genius and I cannot wait to – inevitably – read this book all over again.
Ore Agbaje-Williams, author of The Three of Us
Best Offer Wins is a page-turning blend of cringey and compulsive that
had my jaw dropping on nearly every other page. Kashino cloaks her examination of gender, class, and race expectations in
a twisty domestic thriller that had me guessing until the final pages.
Lottie Hazell, author of Piglet
Darkly satirical and wildly entertaining,
Best Offer Wins is a riveting thriller from the first page to the last.
Who knew that buying a house could be so fun and twisted?
Amy Tintera, New York Times bestselling author of Listen for the Lie
Best Offer Wins takes the thrill of the house hunt and ratchets it up to diabolical levels. Dark, hilarious, and totally gripping, with a jaw-dropping twist that closes the deal.
Ryan Serhant, CEO and star real estate broker, author of Sell It Like Serhant, producer and star of Netflix’s Owning Manhattan
Irresistible, elegantly written, and timely as hell, Best Offer Wins puts a sinister spin on today’s cutthroat real estate market. We may not want to root for Margo on her rage-fuelled quest
, full of dark twists, for her “dream home,” but her voice is too alluring to refuse.
Laura Sims, author of Looker
Thank God this book exists - it's a slick, mischievous thriller about the longing to find home and beauty in an impossible economy. Kashino crafts her story so immaculately, as the protagonist's deeds become darker, dirtier and more twisted, you simply root for her even harder.
Tobi Coventry, author of He's The Devil
[A]
gripping, witty debut thriller
The Bookseller
A darkly funny thriller whose protagonist grows more unhinged as the novel progresses.
You’ll find yourself whispering OMG through every diabolical scene.
Real Simple
A
wicked satirical thriller about the cutthroat world of Washington, D.C., area real estate... this darkly comedic novel of millennial anxieties will likely strike an uncomfortable chord.
Publishers Weekly
A
sharp, emotionally charged take on the real-estate rat race, blending millennial anxieties with biting humour...
hilariously chaotic and surprisingly resonant.
Library Journal
A biting debut novel that might seem unbelievable but is
utterly, gasp-inducingly, guffaw-out-loud fun.
Booklist, starred audiobook review
Behind the closed doors of the perfect dream home, Kashino paints a gimlet-eyed portrait of the allure of status and the greed for material wealth that turns at least one woman into a predatory monster.
Deliciously dark and twistedly funny.
Kirkus Reviews
A
deliciously dark take on the uber-competitive world of home-buying
Elle
[An] unhinged tale that
will have you laughing, gasping, and locking your doors.
Good Housekeeping
Home-buying as guerrilla warfare: That’s the premise of this darkly comic debut… Just picture Amy Dunne of
Gone Girl as a client on
House Hunters.
New York Times
For the obsessed protagonist of Marisa Kashino’s darkly comic debut novel,
Best Offer Wins, real estate is blood sport.
New York Times
Sharp on class , ambition and desperation, it convinces on how quickly good intentions can curdle.
i news
An
outrageous,
unhinged, laugh-out-loud page-turner
Red
This
darkly compelling story builds to a shocking ending,
revealing how far ambition and desire can push someone.
Woman & Home
Smart, fresh and
wickedly entertaining
Prima
Sharp, tense, and wickedly funny, the novel skewers class anxiety, entitlement, and the lengths we’ll go to for the life we think we deserve.
Cosmopolitan
All those fantasies about behaving badly to get ahead are realised in this jaw- dropper - and then some…
Brilliantly bonkers.
Heat magazine
Property market driving you crazy? Victimised by your vendor and gaslit by your estate agent? Novelists feel your pain, because property thrillers and comedies are a hot trend in fiction. This month there’s a buzz about
Best Offer Wins
Sunday Times, Style
A
darkly funny tale of housing-market madness
That's Life Monthly Magazine
A
compelling look at status anxiety and ambition.
Press Association
Having inveigled an invitation to dinner, she asks to look round the house in
a scene that’s deliciously embarrassing to read. Thus far Margo has appeared merely insensitive but when her offer to buy the house “off the books” is rebuffed she becomes obsessed.
Stalking, blackmail and a double murder follow in this unusual novel.
Times
Darkly funny,
brilliantly unhinged
Closer
This darkly compelling story builds to a shocking, unpredictable ending, revealing how far ambition and desire can push someone
Woman's Weekly
Unputdownable. I love an unhinged, flawed anti-heroine who'll stop at nothing to get what she wants… It's
pacey and fresh; the best kind of cringe-LOL read.
Daily Mail
Darkly compelling
Chat magazine
A classic of the frightmove genre… Stressful, ingenious and very funny
Stylist
