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Please Enjoy Your Stay

by Tara Goedjen

A murder case returns to the castle where it began

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A murder case returns to the castle where it began

A decade after her cousin’s murder in an Austrian Alpine castle, Mia returns when a true-crime podcast reopens the case and challenges the conviction she helped secure. The castle is now being converted into a luxury hotel, where Mia takes a nanny job while investigating renewed claims about her family. The setup ties a disputed account of the past to a present-day disappearance and new evidence, placing questions of testimony, family loyalty, and the reliability of remembered events at the center of this psychological thriller. The castle setting connects the original crime to Mia’s attempt to understand what happened, while the podcast brings public scrutiny back into her private history.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Readers interested in psychological suspense built around a reopened murder case.
  • Those drawn to gothic-tinged mysteries in a castle setting.
  • Readers who enjoy plots involving true-crime media, family secrets, and contested testimony.

Themes

Memory and testimonyFamily loyalty and secretsPublic scrutinyJustice and doubt

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Book overview

"A gripping page-turner you'll want to stay up all night to finish." --Amy Tintera, New York Times bestselling author

After a true crime podcast reopens her cousin's murder case, a woman must confront her past at a glamorous European castle where she follows a trail of toxic family secrets and deadly lies in this "addictive, atmospheric" (Tiffany Crum, New York Times bestselling author), gothic-tinged thriller perfect for fans of Lucy Foley and Ruth Ware.

When they were teenagers, Mia's beloved cousin was murdered during their stay at an infamous castle in the Austrian Alps. As the only witness, Mia's testimony put the killer behind bars, but it tore her life apart: the media accused her aunt, a controversial true crime author, of being involved. Now, a decade later, the murderer is appealing his conviction, and a popular true crime podcast starts covering the case, determined to exonerate him, and resurfacing lies about Mia's family in the process.

Desperate to protect her aunt--and what she knows to be the truth--Mia returns to Austria. The castle is being revamped as a luxury hotel, and Mia gets a job as a nanny for the new owner, hiding in plain sight as she investigates, needing to set the story straight once and for all. But after someone mysteriously disappears on the property and sinister new evidence emerges regarding her cousin's death, she realizes she might have accused the wrong man...and put her own life in danger.

"With nerve-shattering suspense, Goedjen expertly peels away layers of secrets, hidden motives, and deadly intentions to reveal a monster no one sees coming. Come for the intrigue, stay for the pitch-perfect pacing and unrelenting tension. Please Enjoy Your Stay is not to be missed" (Heather Gudenkauf, New York Times bestselling author).
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