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Eleanor Dash has made a good living off of her first trip to Italy at age 25. Back then, she fell in love with a handsome man — and helped him solve a series of bank robberies. She parlayed the experience into a novel, which became a bestseller. Now, she’s about to write her 10th book in the series. The hero of the stories is Connor Smith, the man who turned out to be a cad but was a hit with readers.
Eleanor would love to kill off the fictional Connor (maybe the real one, too, but of course that’s just daydreams). He’s profited nicely off of her work, and she can’t seem to boot him out of her life.
Now, her publisher has put together a 10-day tour of Italy to celebrate the series. Eleanor and her sister, who’s her personal assistant, are in the group, of course. And Connor. And several other people who wrote books related to Connor and her series. Plus, about 50 fans of the books who won spots on the tour. Add in Eleanor’s ex, Oliver, and it’s quite a mix.
Not much of it is El’s cup of tea, but then Connor makes it worse when he claims someone is trying to kill him. She doesn’t really believe him for a while, but after some events, she’s convinced. When someone really does get murdered, and El herself seems to be a potential victim, she’s got to figure out the culprit before she’s written out of existence.
Every Time I Go on Vacation, Someone Dies is a pretty fun little book. The main character, in writing this story, puts in a LOT of footnotes. Some are funny and some are just OK. It’s kind of entertaining, but when there were multiple footnotes on one Kindle page, it got annoying for me. It meant clicking, reading, then clicking back out, just to resume reading and have to do that a couple more times. It was more tedious than entertaining. It probably works better in a printed book where you can take a quick glance down at the bottom of the page.
I guessed who the murderer was, but I didn’t know their motive. It wasn’t entirely surprising, but really, it’s the type of mystery that’s meant to entertain on other merits more than just serving up a solid whodunit.
Rated: High. Profanity includes 15 uses of strong language, around 35 instances of moderate profanity, about 20 uses of mild language, and 30 instances of the name of Deity in vain. Sexual content includes references to sex; mentions that it’s happening or has happened (some occurrences mentioning noise); kissing and mostly closed-doors instances. Violence includes several murders and attempted murders; details are mild.
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