The Weekend Retreat

Agatha Award for Best Novel · 2023 · WinnerAgatha Award for Best Novel · 2022 · Shortlist

Poisoned Pen PressFebruary 7, 2023mystery-crimeISBN 9781464218989

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 LaskowskiUS

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 →