Praise for Final Girls

The first great thriller of 2017 is here: Final Girls, by Riley Sager . If you liked Gone Girl , you'll like this. -Stephen King

A terrific read!- Karin Slaughter, New York Times and international bestselling author

Sager does an excellent job throughout of keeping the audience guessing until the final twist. A fresh voice in psychological suspense.- Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

Sager cleverly plays on horror movie themes from Scream to Single White Female , creating an homage without camp. Despite comparisons to Gone Girl , this debut's strong character development and themes of rebirth and redemption align more closely with Flynn's Dark Places . - Booklist (starred review)

The tale builds to a fantastic conclusion that will have readers thinking of Gillian Flynn's Gone Girl and Paula Hawkins's The Girl on the Train ....This brilliant horror/psychological thriller will fly off the shelves.- Library Journal (starred review)

You know the cold dread that washes over you while you're watching a slasher flick? That's how you'll feel reading this blood-spattered mystery. -Entertainment Weekly

Part thriller, part horror story, Final Girls borrows riffs from Friday the 13th , Halloween and Single White Female , but remains its own sophisticated creature...Taut and bloody, this chilling mystery invites Gillian Flynn comparisons. Readers should prepare to sleep with the lights on.- ShelfAwareness

Stephen King dubbed this page-turner about three women with a seriously grim bond the 'first great thriller of 2017.' So yeah, it's good. - Cosmopolitan

A twisty thriller that keeps you guessing whodunit.- Family Circle

In horror movies, the final girl is the one young woman who makes it out of a slasher film alive. But in Sager's story, Quincy, who survived a mass murder, refuses to play into the final girl trope. Instead, she creates a fulfilling life in NYC. Then, a woman like her dies of an apparent suicide, and Quincy's well-crafted facade gradually begins to unravel. This one will keep you guessing until the very last page. -PureWow

Final Girls is a twisty horror novel that will keep you perched, terrified, at the edge of your seat until the very last page.- Bustle

Sager quickly ratchets up the mystery and the psychological suspense in class slasher-movie fashion...Sager takes time to delve into the head of the main character, creating an emotionally charged experience readers won't soon forget. - BookPage

[A] cleverly devised, expertly written psychological thriller - Fresh Fiction

Readers won't want to put this intense thriller down on the beach blanket - though that blanket may come in handy for hiding under during some of the book's scarier moments. - Deseret News

The Final Girls need you. You must sit down with this book, you must read. You must start flipping pages, faster, faster, faster. The Final Girls are tough, everything survivors should be. But the new threat is clever, ominous, even closer than you suspect. You are about to gasp. You might drop the book. You may have to look over your shoulder. But you must keep reading. This is the best book of 2017, the Final Girls need you.- Lisa Gardner, New York Times bestselling author of Find Her

Final Girls is a compulsive read, with characters who are at once unreliable and sympathetic. Just when you think you've figured out the plot, the story pivots in a startling new direction....A taut and original mystery that will keep you up late trying to figure out a final twist that you won't see coming.- Carla Norton, bestselling author of The Edge of Normal and What Doesn't Kill Her

Part psychological thriller, part homage to slasher flicks and film noir, Final Girls has a little bit of everything: a suspicious death, a damaged heroine, an unwelcome guest who trades in secrets, and not a single character you can trust. Plenty of nail-biting fun!- Hester Young, auth