Atlanta Authors presents Tara Goedjen
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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.
REVIEWS
"True crime, risky journalism, and deep dark secrets. Not to mention a glamorous European castle. Irresistible! Please Enjoy Your Stay is a total immersion thriller, twisty and gorgeously written, with family friction, toxic relationships, and gaspworthy surprises. Tara Goedjen has created the perfect contemporary Gothic, smart and suspenseful-- and with this novel she takes her rightful place in the lineage of Daphne du Maurier and Ruth Ware."— Hank Phillippi Ryan, USA Today Bestselling Author of Mother Daughter Sister Stranger
“Mixing true crime with gothic suspense, PLEASE ENJOY YOUR STAY is a gripping page-turner you’ll want to stay up all night to finish. This well-crafted debut had me hooked from page one!”— Amy Tintera, New York Times bestselling author of Listen for the Lie
"Addictive, atmospheric, and beautifully unsettling, Please Enjoy Your Stay snapped me out of a reading slump. A multilayered mystery that haunts long after checkout. I loved it!"— Tiffany Crum, New York Times bestselling author of This Story Might Save Your Life
“Tara Goedjen's Please Enjoy Your Stay lures readers to a shadowy castle in the Austrian Alps with a dark history and into a nightmare spanning years. 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 of The Overnight Guest and The Perfect Hosts
"One of the most delicious flavors of modern gothic yet. The Midnight Feast meets The Turn of the Key in this atmosphere-soaked mystery isolated in the Austrian mountains at a castle-turned-luxury-hotel with a twisted past. Electrified with simmering tension that winds tighter than a violin string, Please Enjoy Your Stay is the moment your hand touches the latch of a forbidden door, and you surrender your fate to the secrets within."— Ande Pliego, USA Today bestselling author of The Library After Dark
“Goedjen delivers a tightly plotted, perfectly paced thriller, satisfying in every way, from the transportative setting to the rich cast of characters and the page-turning twists...PLEASE ENJOY YOUR STAY is your next favorite read!” — Sophie Stava, bestselling author of Count My Lies
"Beautiful and haunting, this book is exactly the sort of gothic ghost story I crave every autumn. With an intriguing setting, stunning prose, and a jaw dropping plot, Please Enjoy your Stay invites you in and never lets you go. Absolutely riveting."— Jessica Payne, author of Somebody Worth Killing
“With a juicy premise and the moody atmosphere of your new favorite gothic thriller, Goedjen delivers a twisty story brimming with creepy vibes, a cast of characters where everyone feels dangerous, and a spiraling protagonist you’ll be rooting for page after page. Perfectly executed!”— Anne-Sophie Jouhanneau, author of We Would Never Tell
Tara Goedjen writes atmospheric thrillers.
Before writing books, Tara worked as a tennis coach (in Europe), as a college lecturer (in Australia), and as a fiction editor for a global publishing house.
She has a Master of Fine Arts from the University of Alabama, and is also the author of two young adult mystery novels: No Beauties or Monsters and The Breathless. Her short fiction has appeared in Agni, BOMB MAGAZINE, and Fairy Tale Review, among others.
Tara loves traveling the world and talking about books. She recently moved with her family from the misty Pacific Northwest to the Atlanta area, where she can usually be found hiking through a mysterious wood while dreaming up her next novel.
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MODERATOR
Lauren Nossett is a professor turned novelist and the award-winning author of the thrillers The Resemblance and The Professor. Her books have been Amazon Editors picks and featured in The New York Times, Buzzfeed, E! News, and Paste Magazine. Described as "elegant and thoughtful" by The New York Times and "impossible to put down" by Paste Magazine, The Resemblance won the ITW Thriller Award for Best First Novel and was chosen as a Book All Georgians Should Read. Her next novel, Indie Darling, will release July 2026.
Lauren currently lives in Nashville, Tennessee, with her spunky Pomeranian, Bowie.
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