Books with category Vacation Gone Wrong
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The Unwedding

2024

by Ally Condie

The Unwedding immerses readers into an intriguing world where The White Lotus meets Agatha Christie. This adult fiction debut from #1 New York Times bestselling YA author Ally Condie follows a recent divorcee, Ellery Wainwright, whose vacation at an exclusive Big Sur resort unravels when she discovers a dead body on the day a wedding was set to occur.

Alone at the edge of the world, Ellery was supposed to celebrate her twentieth wedding anniversary with her husband, Luke, at the luxurious Resort at Broken Point in Big Sur, California. However, she finds herself traveling solo. To make matters worse, there's a wedding at Broken Point scheduled during her stay. Remembering the anticipation of everything new and wonderful, Ellery now faces uncertainty in everything except her love for her kids and a growing realization that this beautiful place is unsettling.

Discovering the body of the groom floating in the pool in the rain, Ellery realizes she is not the only one whose future is no longer certain. Before the police can reach Broken Point, a mudslide isolates the guests. With another guest's death, it becomes clear that something horrible is brewing.

At Broken Point, everyone has a secret and a shadow, including Ellery.

Crime

2015

by Irvine Welsh

Welsh’s sizzling new novel, Crime, is a thrilling journey into the bright glamour of the Sunshine State and a seething underworld of utter darkness.

Now bereft of both youth and ambition, Detective Inspector Ray Lennox is recovering from a mental breakdown induced by occupational stress and cocaine abuse, and a particularly horrifying child sex murder case back in Edinburgh. On vacation in Florida, his fiancée Trudi is only interested in planning their forthcoming wedding, and a bitter argument sees a deranged Lennox cast adrift in strip-mall Florida. In a seedy bar, Lennox meets two women, ending up at their apartment for a coke binge, which is interrupted by two menacing strangers. After the ensuing brawl, Lennox finds himself alone with Tianna, the terrified ten-year-old daughter of one of the women, and a sheet of instructions that make him responsible for her immediate safety.

Lennox takes the girl to an exclusive marina on the Gulf coast, and quickly suspects that he has stumbled into a hornet’s nest: a gang or organized paedophiles, every bit as threatening as the monster that haunted him back in Edinburgh. His priority is to protect the abused girl, but can the edgy Lennox trust his own instincts? And can he negotiate her inappropriate sexuality as well as his own mental fragility?

In Crime, Welsh has written a shocking and gripping story about the corruption and abuse of the human soul and the possibilities of redemption.

Destined for an Early Grave

2009

by Jeaniene Frost

Her deadly dreams leave her in grave danger. Since half-vampire Cat Crawfield and her undead lover Bones met six years ago, they've fought against the rogue undead, battled a vengeful Master vampire, and pledged their devotion with a blood bond. Now it's time for a vacation. But their hopes for a perfect Paris holiday are dashed when Cat awakes one night in terror. She's having visions of a vampire named Gregor who's more powerful than Bones and has ties to her past that even Cat herself didn't know about.

Gregor believes Cat is his and he won't stop until he has her. As the battle begins between the vamp who haunts her nightmares and the one who holds her heart, only Cat can break Gregor's hold over her. She'll need all the power she can summon in order to bring down the baddest bloodsucker she's ever faced... even if getting that power will result in an early grave.

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