A Good Morning America Book Club Pick * A Good Housekeeping Book Club Pick * An ELLE Best Mystery/Thriller of 2025 * A BookRiot Best Mystery/Thriller of 2025
“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 2025 in TIME Magazine
An insanely competitive housing market. A desperate buyer on the edge. In Marisa Kashino’s darkly humorous debut novel, Best Offer Wins, the white picket fence becomes the ultimate symbol of success—and obsession. How far would you go for the house of your dreams?
Eighteen months and 11 lost bidding wars into house-hunting in the overheated Washington, DC suburbs, 37-year-old publicist Margo Miyake gets a tip about the perfect house, in the perfect neighborhood, slated to come up for sale in one month. Desperate to escape the cramped apartment she shares with her husband Ian — and in turn, get their marriage, plan to have a baby, and whole life back on track — Margo becomes obsessed with buying the house before it’s publicly listed and the masses descend (with unbeatable, all-cash offers in hand).
A little stalking? Harmless. A bit of trespassing? Necessary. As Margo infiltrates the homeowners’ lives, her tactics grow increasingly unhinged—but just when she thinks she’s won them over, she hits a snag in her plan. Undeterred, Margo will prove again and again that there’s no boundary she won’t cross to seize the dream life she’s been chasing. The most unsettling part? You’ll root for her, even as you gasp in disbelief.
Dark, biting, and laugh-out-loud funny, Best Offer Wins is a propulsive debut and a razor-sharp exploration of class, ambition, and the modern housing crisis.
My Review
I received Best Offer Wins in return for an honest review from the Publisher.
Margo and her husband Ian have been hunting for the perfect house but the housing market is out of control. So they quickly find they lose out on every house. When an inside tip points her at a house which is perfect she is willing to do anything to get this house. Will they get their dream house of will it be yanked out of there hands like all the others.
I love Margo she's a great character and I admit as unhinged as she becomes I feel like it's totally justified and I totally don't blame her she did what she has to do. I hope that one day when the time comes I don't turn into a Margo when it comes to buying a house.
I devoured this one in just one afternoon and loved every moment of it. Best Offer Wins is loaded with adventure some laughs and just enough twists to keep you guessing till the very end. This is my first book by the author but I'm obsessed with her storytelling. I can't wait to see what she comes up with next. This is one of my favorite books of 2025 it's a fun thriller and perfect for fans of thriller who aren't looking for anything to heavy.
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