With a Vengeance : the twisty new locked-room thriller from the master of the genre

Summary: Agatha Christie-esque locked-room crime from NYT-bestselling author: Seeking revenge, Anna Matheson has trapped six people on an overnight train with no one else on board. On board the train, they are being killed one by one . . . but it's not by her. Someone else is enacting their own revenge . . . One train. No stops. A deadly game of survival and revenge.'A locked room thriller at its best! Nonstop suspense with twists and turns that will leave your head spinning' FREIDA MCFADDEN'Sager wields a deft hand in bringing all the elements together into a rip-roaring, tension-filled tale of greed, murder and revenge' DAVID BALDACCIIn 1942, six people destroyed Anna Matheson's family. Twelve years later, she's ready for retribution.Under false pretenses, Anna has lured those responsible for her family's downfall onto a luxury train from Philadelphia to Chicago, an overnight journey of fourteen hours. Her goal? Confront the people who've wronged her, get them to confess their crimes, and deliver them into the hands of authorities waiting at the end of the line. Justice will at last be served.But Anna's plan is quickly derailed by the murder of one of the passengers. As the train barrels through the night, it becomes clear that someone else on board is enacting their own form of revenge-and that they won't stop until everyone else is dead.With time running out before the train reaches its destination, Anna is forced to hunt the killer in their midst while protecting the people she hates the most. In order to destroy her enemies, she must first save them-even though it means putting her own life at risk. PRAISE FOR RILEY SAGER:'Full of tension, urgency, atmosphere and feeling' Lee Child'Propulsive . . . a dizzying Gothic whodunit' New York Times Book Review'Riley Sager is an auto-buy for me' Laura Dave'Riley Sager is one of my favourite authors . . . Fun, scary and so absorbing' Rachel Hawkins'If you're not already reading Riley Sager, you're missing out' Catherine Ryan Howard'Clever, twisty, spine-chilling' Ruth Ware'Terrific' Karin Slaughter'A dark, frightening and twisty story that you won't be able to put down' Shari Lapena'The work of a master storyteller . . . An unputdownable page-turner' Alex Michaelides'Brilliantly written with a dark and clever twist on a well-worn trope, and as for that ending...?!' Susi Holliday INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER: Riley Sager is a multiple and instant New York Times bestseller, whose sales are growing rapidly in both the US and the UK. His most recent novels - Middle of the Night, The Only One Left, and The House Across the Lake were all instant NYT bestsellers.HUGE NEW CAMPAIGN FOCUS: The publishing team is re-focusing the Riley Sager UK campaign for this book and putting a big, splashy marketing campaign in place. Riley Sager is a huge success already in the US, and we are looking to match this in the UK & commonwealth moving forward, including analysing the Riley Sager covers and branding.COMMERCIAL HOOK: Riley is working at his very best at this stage in his career, and this is yet another spooky, on-the-edge-of-your-seat thriller that will appeal widely to readers. And - as with any and all Riley novels - has a brilliant twist. His writing is gripping, addictive and stands out amongst his peers as feeling truly original with each new book.STRONG PRAISE: RIley has an impressive raft of author and press endorsements. His fans include Shari Lapena, Ruth Ware, Alex Michaelides, Laura Dave, Simone St James, Ellery Lloyd, Catherine Ryan Howard and, saving the best until last, none other than Lee Child himself.GROWING UK PRESENCE: Riley's sales are already on the rise book-on-book in the UK, with his most recent hardback, Middle of The Night, accruing over double the pre-orders of the previous, showing that his readership in the UK is expanding all the time. He has a dedicated fanbase which has expanded from love on TikTok/BookTok.Quotes:A clever and fun mashup of Agatha Christie's And Then There Were None and Murder on the Orient Express. 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! -David BaldacciWith a Vengeance is a locked room thriller at its best! Nonstop suspense with twists and turns that will leave your head spinning! -Freida McFaddenFor readers seeking a page-turner with a kick-ass female protagonist, this punches the ticket -Publishers WeeklyAuthor Bio: Riley Sager is the New York Times bestselling author of seven novels, most recently Survive the Night and The House Across the Lake. A native of Pennsylvania, he now lives in Princeton, New Jersey.