Publication: 2nd May 2024 – Macmillan
Ten days. Eight suspects. Six cities. Five authors. Three bodies. One trip to die for.
Eleanor Dash, bestselling author of the Vacation Mysteries series, is on a book tour along the gorgeous Amalfi Coast when life starts imitating art as her ex-boyfriend (and book protagonist) Connor Smith is targeted by a killer.
Eleanor’s sleuthing skills are about to be put to the ultimate test as – among literary rivals, rabid fans, a crazed stalker and another ex-flame on tour with her – suspicions are flying faster than paperbacks off a bestseller shelf. But who is really trying to get away with murder?
Every Time I Go on Vacation, Someone Dies is The White Lotus meets Only Murders in the Building and the first in an irresistible and whip-smart mystery series.
To celebrate the tenth anniversary of the publication of the book that made her a best-selling author, Eleanor Dash is in Italy for a promotional tour. Accompanying her are Connor, the charming and yet annoying former private investigator she fell in love ten years earlier and took her on the investigation that inspired her novel; Harper, her sister and assistant who seems to be keeping secrets from her; Oliver, her ex-boyfriend who she is still in love with; Allison, Connor’s ex-wife who is always so nice; Guy, a former private investigator carrying a gun; Shek, a disgruntled author; Emily, a young publishing sensation whose book looks to be the exact copy of Eleanor’s debut novel; Isabella, the stranger girl that Connor picked up on the plane and who doesn’t mind all their shenanigans and drama; a group of fans that includes Eleanor’s own stalker; and let’s not forget the tour guide who seems to have no knowledge of Roman history.
Between the ruins of Rome and Pompeii and boat tours around Capri, someone seems determined to get rid of Connor and, as Eleanor uses her detective skills to figure out who may want him dead (and the list is long), she discovers that Connor may not be the only one in danger. Partly funny, partly twisty, I honestly adored this novel and I read it in one sitting. I loved the characters, especially as I rooted for Eleanor and Oliver to get back together, and I loved the author’s writing and how the narrator interacts with the reader, involving them in the investigation as it progresses throughout the novel.
Every Time I Go on Vacation, Someone Dies is the first book in the Vacation Mysteries series and I am already looking forward to reading its sequel, No One Was Supposed to Die at This Wedding, of which the ending already gives us an exciting and captivating peak! Highly recommended!!!
A huge thank you to Macmillan and NetGalley for a proof of this brilliant novel.
Catherine Mack (she/her) is the pseudonym for the USA Today and Globe & Mail bestselling author of over a dozen novels. Her books are approaching two million copies sold worldwide and have been translated into multiple languages including French, German, Portuguese, and Polish. Television rights to Every Time I Go on Vacation, Someone Dies and its forthcoming sequels sold in a major auction to Fox TV for development into a series, with Mack writing the pilot script. A dual Canadian and US citizen, she splits her time between Canada and various warmer locations in the US.
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