Please Enjoy Your Stay By: Tara Goedjen

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Coming to you October 2026, this book will be perfect for fall. A creepy thriller with a supernatural touch.

Rating: 3 out of 5.

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. (Goodreads blurb)

I think the fact that I’m struggling to remember this book as I write this review says a lot. Let’s get into it ..

When I read this, I already felt this was a very classic “thriller, and forget it” style story. A “plane read”.

I don’t think it was bad in any means and had some fun elements in it that kept me intrigued.

My only real complaints were the supernatural elements. Were there any? Why didn’t we follow up on it? Is this interesting thriller or is it a ghost story? Were the ghost all in her head?

Overall, if you like a little thrill, a drop of old castles and the supernatural. You will love this book. And it won’t take you a long time to read it.

Stats: 320 pagesExpected publication October 13, 2026

**Thank you to Netgalley, the author and the publisher for a copy of the ARC in exchange for an honest review.


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