Happy Release Day!
Congrats Catherine
on the release today of
This Weekend Doesn't End Well for Anyone!
Cozy Mystery, Humorous Fiction, 343 pages
Published April 28, 2026 by Minotaur Books
The third in the witty and captivating series following bestselling author Eleanor Dash, who once again has to swap her sun hat for her detective hat, when a body is found at a murder mystery writing conference in the Bahamas.
Eleanor Dash can never catch a break. Not only has she had to solve two real-life murder plots in the past year, but both times it was when she was meant to be on vacation. Now she’s finally got a ticket to a relaxing weekend—an all-inclusive resort at the Bahamas where she’s speaking at a conference for murder mystery writers—but she arrives to find a body on the floor of her hotel room. Because of course she does.
With plenty of familiar faces at the resort, any one of them could have been the intended target or the culprit behind it all. Was it Oliver Forrest, Eleanor’s dashing boyfriend who’s in danger of getting dropped by his publisher because his sales are dwindling? Or Connor Smith, Eleanor’s infuriating ex-lover-turned-bestselling-rom-com-author with a sordid past of his own? Or her sister Harper, whose own stilted writing career has been a sore point for years as Eleanor’s has soared? Perhaps it’s one of the other writers also in attendance, as friends, frenemies and foes from Eleanor’s past all seem to be invited to the island.
Surrounded by mystery writers who know all too well the many ways to craft the perfect crime, Eleanor is determined to get to the bottom of the mystery and do whatever it takes to get out of this weekend alive.
My thoughts about This Weekend Doesn't End Well for Anyone ~~
(I love to note the first lines of the books I'm reading. First lines can really grab a reader's attention and I love seeing where the author takes the reader after their first lines.)
First line—"HOW TO WRITE A MURDER by Eleanor Dash -- In this murder, we'll follow a three-act structure broken down in three sequences."
I've been a huge fan of this series from book one! I love the characters and the humor that this author has created. And to be privy to the thoughts and strategy of writing a murder mystery is over the top entertainment. I love the little sidebars and insights that the main character shares with the reader. And I have to mention the footnotes. So much fun!
Eleanor and her merry band of hilarious characters are at it again. This time they travel to the Bahamas for a mystery writers conference. And guess what? Dead bodies start falling all over the place. Ha! Who would have thought? Oh, Eleanor!
I love this story so much and loved revisiting all the zany, suspicious people in Eleanor's world. This Weekend Doesn't End Well for Anyone is laugh-out-loud fun and I am so ready for the next escapade. I highly recommend this book and this whole series!
I received an ARC of This Weekend Doesn't End Well for Anyone and this is my honest opinion of the book.
Vacation Mystery Series
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About the author
Catherine Mack (she/her) is the pseudonym for Catherine McKenzie, 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. ~ Goodreads
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