Vengeance Express

Riley Sager

  • First published 2025
  • 464 pages
  • French
Twelve years after six people destroyed her family, Anna Matheson has them all trapped on a train with her. It is 1954, and under false pretenses she has lured the six people she blames for the explosion that killed her brother and ruined her family onto a luxury sleeper for a nonstop overnight run from Philadelphia to Chicago. With no way off and the black night rushing past the windows, she means to force out their confessions before the FBI meets them at dawn. Then one of them is found murdered. Now the avenger must keep her enemies alive long enough to learn the truth, while a killer moves somewhere close in the dark.
Genres
Fiction › Speculative fiction › Science fictionFiction › Literary fiction › Psychological fictionFiction › Speculative fiction › Horror & supernaturalFiction › Crime & mystery › NoirFiction › Thriller & suspense › Psychological thriller
Themes
Morality › RevengeGender › FeminismCrime & justice › DetectivesCrime & justice › Murder Politics & power
Mood
Mysterious Tense
Protagonist
Female protagonist Adult protagonist
Style
Pacing: Fast-paced
3.37
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4 in 10 readers loved it, 2 didn't like it

Mostly a divisive, twist-packed locked-room train revenge story; fun if you love Christie-style whodunits, silly if you don't.

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Fans of locked-room train mysteriesReaders who love Agatha Christie homagesFans of fast twisty revenge thrillers
  • Slow start
  • Many characters to keep track of
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This edition
Verso, 2025
ISBN
9782386433337
Language
French
Original edition Originally published in 2025 · English · Dutton

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