With a Vengeance by Riley Sager - Suspense Thriller // One stormy night, Anna gathers a small group of people for a nonstop train ride to Chicago. She wants to make them confess for atrocities committed. However, someone on the train would much rather silence these people than allow them to come clean. As the journey wears on, mysteries of the night and their pasts get more sinister & deathly. // 5⭐️// Hardback format ❄️ The first paragraph grabs immediately to set the tone & intrigue to come, which builds with more intensity as the night wears on. ❄️ Locked-room thriller at its finest with incredible mystery, eyebrow raising twists, & a supremely discomforting atmosphere that makes the spine ache with anxiety. ❄️ The writing is marvellously effortless & unyielding in its depiction of affection, rage, greed, longing, & suspicion. ❄️ The train setting is a perfect treat for fans of Agatha Christie’s Murder on the Orient Express combined with elements of The Decagon House Murders by Yukito Ayatsuji. ❄️ Very good portrayal of the multi-faceted face of revenge & the math of does the cost = endgame ❄️ One of Sager’s best books, easily in my top 3 thrillers as it thrilled me, frustrated me, and wow’d me to the point of yelling What the Heinous Hannah at 3am on a work night. ❄️ CW: Significant grief. Gaslighting. Complications of conflicting wartime loyalties. Drug use. Details on dead bodies.
