Marisa Kashino’s juggernaut thriller Best Offer Wins takes place right up the street from me in Bethesda, MD (home of Wonderland Books!). It’s about Margo, a woman who is desperate to land her dream house so that she and her husband can start a family. Unfortunately, they are facing an extremely competitive housing market, with houses going way over asking price and some never even being listed publicly. Margo decides that she will do whatever it takes to buy the perfect four-bedroom house she finds in the perfect neighborhood, including befriending the owners and trying to arrange a private sale. When this fails, she gets increasingly unhinged, going off the rails as she concocts more outlandish – and dangerous – ways to ensure that she gets the keys in the end. I enjoyed the first 3/4 of the book, which flew by, mostly because I enjoyed the local setting and Margo’s biting humor, but it was the last 25% that really made this book. The ending is – for lack of a better word – bonkers. Kudos to Marisa Kashino for coming up with this crazy plot – it was very entertaining. Best Offer Wins is an impressive debut – and it has been picked up by Hulu, deservedly. Can’t wait to watch this play out on screen.