BEST OFFER WINS by Marisa Kashino
9781250400543
11/25/25
Celadon Books
Fiction / Thrillers / Women
Be prepared to dive into the spiral that is this book! Marisa Kashino’s BEST OFFER WINS is a gripping, high-stakes debut with a razor-sharp, darkly thrilling dive into class, ambition, and the ruthless realities of today’s housing market.
Thirty-seven-year-old Margo has a clear vision for her life. First, buy the perfect house. Then, get pregnant with a baby girl. Then, finally, achieve the perfect life. In that order. She feels one can’t happen without the other.
After 18 months of house hunting and 11 lost bidding wars in the DC suburbs, Margo gets a tip about the perfect house. Desperate to escape the cramped apartment she shares with her husband and get their lives back on track, she becomes obsessed with buying the house before it’s even listed. And to make that happen, she’s willing to go to increasingly unhinged lengths.
Stalking leads to trespassing, and trespassing leads to something much darker. As Margo infiltrates the homeowners’ lives, she proves time and again that there’s no boundary she won’t cross to get what she wants.
I read this book in 24 hours! When I say it’s about a woman spiraling, I mean it. And you’re right there with her the entire time. Told entirely from Margo’s point of view, the story pulls you into her unraveling logic. As she dives deeper into increasingly outrageous behavior, justifying every decision with “anyone would do this in my position,” you’ll want to scream “NO!” at the page.
Kashino masterfully draws the reader in and keeps you on the edge of your seat. Margo is an unhinged, unreliable narrator who is as thrilling as she is darkly funny, reminiscent of R.F. Kuang’s YELLOWFACE.
I’ve never been so enraptured by a story that my heart was racing by the end. Relatable, twisted, and hooks you from the first page. Readers will be clamoring to get their hands on this one!
“A strong pick for fans of contemporary fiction with humor, heart, and a hint of chaos. Recommended for collections where character-driven, voice-forward fiction circulates well.”—Library Journal, starred
“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
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