Author Talk | Tara Goedjen

About this event

Author Tara Goedjen discusses her gothic thriller book, "Please Enjoy Your Stay," about a woman whose cousin's murder case is reopened 10 years after she may have condemned the wrong killer.

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.

Books will be available for sale and signing.

Registration is requested.

* By registering, you consent to signing up for the monthly Adult Programs newsletter.

Tara Goedjen has lived all over the world, forever in search of the perfect setting. A former academic, she holds a Master of Fine Arts and a PhD, and she also worked as a fiction editor for a Sydney-based publishing house for several years. Tara now lives in the moody Pacific Northwest, where she can usually be found hiking through the woods while dreaming up her next novel. Please Enjoy Your Stay is her adult debut.

Moderator Tatiana Dwight is a Brooklyn, NY native who has been dancing since the age of three, is the Director of Talent at Pegasus Residential, a commercial hip-hop and Zumba instructor, and an avid runner who inspires others through fitness, wellness, and her love of movement. She also leads Books, Wine & Girl Time, a local book club in the Dacula area that brings women together for great books, conversation, and connection.

Presented by Adult Services.