Welcome to Murder Week: A Novel

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In this delightfully funny and heartfelt new novel from the author of the bittersweet page-turner (The New York Times) The Last Book Party, an American woman travels to the English countryside when she discovers tickets her late mother had purchased for a murder mystery simulation in a small British town.

When thirty-four-year-old Cath loses her mostly absentee mother, she is ambivalent. With days of quiet, unassuming routine in Buffalo, New York, Cath consciously avoids the impulsive, thrill-seeking lifestyle that her mother once led. But when shes forced to go through her mothers things one afternoon, Cath is perplexed to find tickets for an upcoming murder week in Englands Peak District: a whole town has come together to stage a fake murder mystery to attract tourism to their quaint hamlet. Baffled but helplessly intrigued by her mothers secret purchase, Cath decides to go on the trip herselfand begins a journey she never could have anticipated.

Teaming up with her two cottage-mates, both ardent mystery loversWyatt Green, forty, who works unhappily in his husbands birding store, and Amity Clark, fifty, a divorced romance writer struggling with her novelsCath sets about solving the crime and begins to unravel shocking truths about her mother along the way. Amidst a flingor something morewith the handsome local maker of artisanal gin, Cath and her irresistibly charming fellow sleuths will find this week of fake murder may help them face up to a very real crossroads in their own lives.

Witty, wise, and deliciously escapist, Welcome to Murder Week is a fresh, inventive twist on the murder mystery and a touching portrayal of one daughters reckoning with her grief, her pastand her own budding sense of adventure.

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Welcome to your perfect escape! If Jane Austen stepped into a cozy mystery, shed find herself at Wisteria Cottage, unraveling clues in a cleverly staged murder. Picture a charming, eccentric English village where everyone plays a part. Add a touch of romance and an unsolved family saga, and youve got the perfect reading escape. Welcome to Murder Week is witty, heartfelt, and utterly unputdownable. Ellie Alexander, author of the Bakeshop Mystery series
Full of intrigue and adventure, charm and heart, Welcome to Murder Weekis downright enchanting! With characters you'll want to befriendand an irresistible setting you'll long to visit, this captivating story is as wise as it is fun. A double mystery, a touch of romance, and, above all, a truly perfect endingI adored this book! Amy Poeppel, author of The Sweet Spot
"An aching family mystery wrapped in a comedic whodunit with a delicious dose of travelogue and romance to boot That's Welcome to Murder Week: steamy, grief-struck escapism--as genre-defying as it is delightful."Catherine Newman, New York Times bestselling author of Sandwich
Welcome to Murder Weekis full of delights for fans ofDownton Abbey, British village mysteries, romance and, above all, page-turning fun. Natalie Jenner, internationally bestselling author of The Jane Austen Society
"An ingeniously plotted, charming story that captivates readers with two mysteries unfoldingat onceI came for the murder and stayed for the family secrets. A must-read for anyone who loves novels with both head and heart."Kristin van Ogtrop, author of Did I Say That Out Loud
"A trio of Americans tryingto solve a fake murder in an English village is the novel I didn't know I was waiting for. Get ready to lose yourself in this smart, funny, utterly original, five-star read. Annabel Monaghan, bestselling author of Nora Goes Off Script

Author Bio

Karen Dukess is the author ofThe Last Book Partyand Welcome to Murder Week. Karen has been a newspaper reporter in Florida, a magazine publisher in Russia, and a speechwriter on gender equality for the United Nations. She has a degree in Russian studies from Brown University and a masters in journalism from Columbia University. She lives outside of New York City and in Truro on Cape Cod, where she interviews some of todays most acclaimed writers as host of the Castle Hill Author Talks for the Truro Center for the Arts.Find out more at KarenDukess.com.