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May 17, 2025

10am – 6pm

Bohrer Park


Tara Laskowski

Latest Title: The Weekend Retreat
The Weekend Retreat
The Weekend Retreat by Tara Laskowski

A wealthy family’s vacation at their lush winery estate becomes a weekend to kill for in this deliciously twisted novel of suspense

“Absolutely captivating! A riveting and immersive puzzle for fans of Lucy Foley and Ruth Ware.” —Hank Phillippi Ryan

Every year, the illustrious Van Ness siblings, heirs to a copper fortune, gather at their secluded winery estate for a joint birthday celebration. It’s a tradition they’ve followed nearly all their lives, and now they are back with their significant others for a much-needed weekend of rest and relaxation, away from the public spotlight.

With lavish comforts, gorgeous scenery, and indulgent drinking, the trip should be the perfect escape. But it soon becomes clear that even a remote idyllic getaway can’t keep out the problems simmering in each of their lives. As old tensions are reignited, the three couples are pushed to the edge. Will their secrets destroy them, or will they destroy each other first? And who’s been watching them from beyond the vineyard gates?

When a torrential rainstorm hits, plunging them into darkness, the answers prove all too deadly…

“Clever… [A] satisfying mash-up of Succession and Agatha Christie.” —Publishers Weekly

About Tara Laskowski

Tara Laskowski is the author of the suspense novels “The Weekend Retreat,” “The Mother Next Door” and “One Night Gone,” which won the Agatha Award, Macavity Award and the Anthony Award. She has also been awarded the Agatha Award and Thriller Award for her short fiction and was the longtime editor of the online flash fiction journal, SmokeLong Quarterly. She lives in Virginia with her husband, crime writer Art Taylor, and their son Dashiell.

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Venue(s):

Dashiell Hammett Pavilion

Presentation Start Time:

11:15 am

Presentation End Time:

12:05 pm

Signing Time:

12:15 pm

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