About the Author
Tara Goedjen writes atmospheric thrillers.
Before writing books, Tara worked as a tennis coach (in Europe), as a college lecturer (in Australia), and as a fiction editor for a global publishing house.
She has a Master of Fine Arts from the University of Alabama, and is also the author of two young adult mystery novels: No Beauties or Monsters and The Breathless. Her short fiction has appeared in Agni, BOMB MAGAZINE, and Fairy Tale Review, among others.
Tara loves traveling the world and talking about books. She recently moved with her family from the misty Pacific Northwest to the Atlanta area, where she can usually be found hiking through a mysterious wood while dreaming up her next novel.
About the Book
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.
About the Event
The event will take place at the Roswell Library on October 10, 2026 at 2 p.m.
Tara will be in conversation with author Lauren Nossett. Lauren Nossett is a professor turned novelist and the award-winning author of the thrillers The Resemblance and The Professor.
There is no charge to attend the event, but registration is required: https://AtlantaAuthorspresentsTaraGoedjen.eventbrite.com
