{"product_id":"with-a-vengeance-isbn-9780593472408","title":"With a Vengeance","description":"\u003cb\u003eTHE INSTANT \u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e BESTSELLER\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA haunted past. A train with no stops. Thirteen hours to reckon with the truth.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn 1954, Anna Matheson boards a luxury overnight train bound for Chicago that she’s commissioned, along with a list of names and a heart hardened by loss. Twelve years earlier, during the height of World War II, six people shattered her family’s life. Now, under a false guise, Anna has orchestrated a chilling reunion—trapping each of them aboard.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHer plan is precise: confront the ghosts of her past, unearth long-buried truths, and ensure justice is waiting at journey’s end. But when one of the passengers is found murdered before dawn, it becomes clear that Anna isn't the only one harboring secrets—or seeking revenge.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs the train hurtles into the icy night, Anna must navigate layers of deception, reckon with the cost of vengeance, and come to protect the very people she came to condemn. Because someone on board is determined that none of them—Anna included—reach the final stop alive.\u003cb\u003e\u003cu\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eWith a Vengeance\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Sager knows how to tell a good story that keeps us guessing.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e–\u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A fast-paced thriller, a locked-room mystery and a violent tale of revenge. . . . Impeccable pacing and signature twists.” \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e–\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Riley Sager is a virtuoso in edge-of-your-seat thrillers and a skillful curator of twists and turns…\u003ci\u003eWith a Vengeance\u003c\/i\u003e is a novel of cinema-like quality that will appease those in need of a new \u003ci\u003eMurder on the Orient Express\u003c\/i\u003e and satisfy self-proclaimed Hitchcock fans who believe \u003ci\u003eStrangers on a Train\u003c\/i\u003e was his greatest work.”\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e–HuffPost\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"[A] gripping locked room thriller.\" \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e–People\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“At the top of his game. Sager delivers a thriller so tautly written, so tightly constructed, that readers will emerge from the book breathless and in a mild state of shock. With this book, Sager has committed an act of brilliance.” \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e–\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e“The pacing is relentless, the plotting Agatha Christie-esque and the cinematic feel is worthy of an Alfred Hitchcock.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e–BookPage\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Murder aboard a luxury train gets a fresh spin in this ultratwisty historical thriller . . . For readers seeking a page-turner with a kick-ass female protagonist, this punches the ticket.” \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e–\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eWith a Vengeance\u003c\/i\u003e is a locked room thriller at its best! Nonstop suspense with twists and turns that will leave your head spinning!\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e–#1 \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author Freida McFadden\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e“A clever and fun mashup of Agatha Christie’s \u003ci\u003eAnd Then There Were None\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eMurder on the Orient Express\u003c\/i\u003e. Sager wields a deft hand in bringing all the elements together into a rip-roaring, tension-filled tale of greed, murder, and revenge. Enjoy the ride on the Phoenix.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e–David Baldacci, #1 \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eStrangers in Time\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Sometimes a juicy mystery is what I need as a mental teaser. Who dunnit?! This one lurked in my stack of bedside books until its suspenseful finish.” \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e–Hoda Kobt for \u003ci\u003ePage Six\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eRiley Sager\u003c\/b\u003e is the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of nine novels, most recently \u003ci\u003eMiddle of the Night \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Only One Left\u003c\/i\u003e. A native of Pennsylvania, he now lives in Princeton, New Jersey.DEPARTURE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe train isn't empty, although it certainly feels that way. Whole sections currently sit unused. Coach cars. Dining car. Sleeper. All are vacant and silent save for the echo of the train itself clickety-clacking over the tracks. This train that can hold dozens, even hundreds, is occupied by only eight people.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSeven are alive.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOne is dead.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThat wasn't the case a minute ago, when the whole lot of them were very much alive. But unexpected things happen when traveling by train, and this, apparently, is one of them. It certainly took Anna Matheson off guard. Her reaction makes it clear this isn't the plan at all. She seems honestly distressed by the body now splayed flat-backed on the floor of the first-class lounge.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA strange reaction.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnna has every reason to want the others dead.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThose others, by the way, are the six people aboard this train at her invitation. One that, had they know who was doing the inviting, all would have declined. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eYour singular presence is requested on an overnight\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003erail journey from Philadelphia to Chicago\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ebeginning the evening of December 14\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eaboard the Philadelphia Phoenix\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDeparting Philadelphia at 7 p.m. EST\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eArriving in Chicago at 7 a.m. CST\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNot particularly compelling, as invitations go. It's 1954, after all. No one wants to spend thirteen hours on a train when United Air Lines can get you to Chicago in just under three. Anna knew this, of course, which was why she added a handwritten message on the back, specific to each recipient. Although their misdeeds are the same, their secrets are different.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThose individualized notes were all it took to get the six of them here. They didn't care that they had no idea who the invitation came from or why it was extended to them. Nor were they bothered by the lack of a way to RSVP. They all showed up at the scheduled departure time, invitation in hand. Now here they are—five guests, one hostess, her accomplice, and a corpse. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNot enough time has passed for color to drain from the dead person's face. Their eyes are wide open and aimed at the ceiling, and flecks of crimson stain the foam still bubbling at the edges of their mouth.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis, it's clear, was not a natural death.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNor was it painless.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAt least it was quick, the time between the first sign that something was amiss and sudden death totaling less than a minute. The victim didn't even have a chance to let go of the white linen yanked off a cocktail table as they fell. One end of the tablecloth remains gripped in lifeless fingers. The rest of it still clings to the table, soaked through with gin spilled from an overturned martini glass.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn another minute, someone will have the good sense to use a dry tablecloth to cover the corpse. Until then, everyone stares at it in combinations of shock and disbelief, none more so than Anna, over whose face ripple a thousand emotions. 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