With A Vengeance by Riley Sager

One train, no stops. We’re headed for a deadly game of survival and revenge, all set in motion by the young and beautiful Anna Matheson. This has been a plan 12 years in the making, and her only goal is to get the small group of people she’s gathered on this historic train to confess to the crimes they committed against her family. But things will quickly derail in this story.

My Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

My thoughts

This is definitely a locked room (locked train?) mystery, but I don’t know if I’d classify it as a thriller. It was definitely a good ride—cause it’s a train… get it?—and there were a few surprises that I really didn’t see coming. There was also a big cast of characters, which I feel like you’d need in this kind of mystery, and it worked out really well overall!

I do miss the thrills I found in Home Before Dark, Survive the Night, Lock the Door, and The Only One Left, which all got 5 stars from me, so I’m hoping Sager’s next book might lean back to those kinds of stories. But honestly, I don’t think there’s ever going to be a Riley Sager book I won’t buy. 

Question of the day

If you were writing a book, what would be the main reasons you’d choose to set it in a different time period? For example, the 1950s, like this book? I have a few answers of my own, but would love to hear yours!