With a Vengeance, Riley Sager
With a Vengeance, Riley Sager
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With a Vengeance

Bestseller

Author: Riley Sager

Narrator: Erin Bennett

Unabridged: 10 hr 40 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Penguin Audio

Published: 06/10/2025


Synopsis

THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

A haunted past. A train with no stops. Thirteen hours to reckon with the truth.

In 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.

Her 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.

As 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.

About Riley Sager

Being a former journalist, editor, and graphic designer, Riley Sager became one of the most prominent current thriller authors. Riley Sager is a pseudonym that he uses for his written work.

Riley's first thriller, Final Girls, was rewarded with being a national and international best seller. He even garnered a compliment from the great Stephen King, who said Final Girls was the first great thriller of 2017. His books are being translated in over two dozen countries, and in 25 different languages. Sager's other books include: The Last Time I Lied; Lock Every Door; with his latest book being Home Before Dark. Lock Every Door is being adapted to TV in development by Paramount TV and Anonymous Content.

Sager is a native of Pennsylvania, who now lives in Princeton, New Jersey. In his free time, he enjoys reading, cooking, and going to movies....... one of his favorites........Rear Window.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Sydney Books on May 28, 2025

Thank you Dutton for sending me a free finished copy. 2.5* rounded up. Womp womp. Super disappointed and it makes me SO SAD. I thought the premise sounded interesting but unfortunately I was paaaainfully bored for pretty much 90% of this?? The last 10% or so *finally* got a bit exciting but even then......more

Goodreads review by ellen on April 19, 2025

thank you netgalley for providing this arc!! it seems my streak of 4 star books continues because i really liked this one!! read it in one sitting in just over 3 hours, this was so so addictive to read. i have loved a lot of riley sager's books in the past, and i loved the direction we took with this......more

Goodreads review by Jayme on June 15, 2025

It’s 1954…twelve years after SIX people destroyed Anne Matheson’s life and she finally has the proof that she needs to exact her REVENGE. So, under false pretenses, Anna has lured them onto a luxury train once owned by her family for a 14 hour overnight journey from Philadelphia to Chicago. The fron......more

Goodreads review by emilybookedup on May 16, 2025

Sager is so back!!!! 🚂🖤🔪 WITH A VENGEANCE is his best release in 3 years—and this will be such a fun summer binge! Sager’s recent releases have been a bit subpar for my thriller taste and i’ve been missing his earlier work like FINAL GIRLS or HOME BEFORE DARK where he went there. but he finally is ba......more

Goodreads review by Debra on June 09, 2025

With a Vengeance is Riley Sager channeling Agatha Christie! It's set on a train, that has no stops, limited riders, and a character with revenge on the mind! I loved the trapped feeling that Sager created in this book. Once the riders boarded and the train departed from the station, there was no way......more


Quotes

Praise for With a Vengeance
“Sager knows how to tell a good story that keeps us guessing.”
Washington Post

“A fast-paced thriller, a locked-room mystery and a violent tale of revenge. . . . Impeccable pacing and signature twists.”
New York Times Book Review

“Riley Sager is a virtuoso in edge-of-your-seat thrillers and a skillful curator of twists and turns…With a Vengeance is a novel of cinema-like quality that will appease those in need of a new Murder on the Orient Express and satisfy self-proclaimed Hitchcock fans who believe Strangers on a Train was his greatest work.”
–HuffPost


"[A] gripping locked room thriller."
–People

“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.”
Booklist

“The pacing is relentless, the plotting Agatha Christie-esque and the cinematic feel is worthy of an Alfred Hitchcock.”
–BookPage

“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.”
Publishers Weekly

"With a Vengeance is a locked room thriller at its best! Nonstop suspense with twists and turns that will leave your head spinning!"
–#1 New York Times bestselling author Freida McFadden

“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 Baldacci, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Strangers in Time

“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.”
–Hoda Kobt for Page Six