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The Weekend Retreat
Agatha Award · 2023 · WinnerAgatha Award · 2022 · Shortlist
Award History
| Award | Year | Status | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Agatha Award for Best Novel | 2023 | Winner | “Tara Laskowski's claustrophobic thriller about a wealthy family gathering won for its perfectly calibrated tension, its ensemble of plausible suspects, and its dark wit.” |
| Agatha Award for Best Novel | 2022 | Shortlist |
About This Book
A woman is invited to her soon-to-be in-laws' luxurious lake house for a weekend getaway—but when one of the guests turns up dead, she realizes the idyllic retreat is full of people who each had reasons to commit murder.
About the Author
Tara Laskowski is an American crime fiction author and the longtime editor of SmokeLong Quarterly, a short fiction literary magazine. She is known for her psychological suspense novels featuring unreliable narrators and carefully crafted plot twists. Her work blends the literary thriller and classic mystery traditions. Read more →
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