An insanely competitive housing market. A desperate buyer on the edge. In Marisa Kashinos darkly hilarious debut novel, Best Offer Wins, the white picket fence becomes the ultimate symbol of successand obsession. How far would you go for the house of your dreams?

Eighteen months and 11 lost bidding wars into house-hunting in the overheated Washington, DC suburbs, 37-year-old publicist Margo Miyake gets a tip about the perfect house, in the perfect neighborhood, slated to come up for sale in one month. Desperate to escape the cramped apartment she shares with her husband Ian and in turn, get their marriage, plan to have a baby, and whole life back on track Margo becomes obsessed with buying the house before its publicly listed and the masses descend (with unbeatable, all-cash offers in hand).

A little stalking? Harmless. A bit of trespassing? Necessary. As Margo infiltrates the homeowners lives, her tactics grow increasingly unhingedbut just when she thinks shes won them over, she hits a snag in her plan. Undeterred, Margo will prove again and again that theres no boundary she wont cross to seize the dream life shes been chasing. The most unsettling part? Youll root for her, even as you gasp in disbelief.

Dark, biting, and laugh-out-loud funny, Best Offer Wins is a propulsive debut and a razor-sharp exploration of class, ambition, and the modern housing crisis.