Welcome to Case Closed.

If you've been following along this season,

you've likely just finished listening to every time I go on vacation,

Someone Dies by Catherine Mack.

Loved what you heard?

Today we have an early excerpt from Catherine's newest audiobook and third book in the Vacation Mystery series.

This weekend doesn't end well for anyone.

On sale April 28, 2006.

Take a listen.

You can't break a murder down into its constituent elements.

It's not chemistry. It's alchemy.

There's always a bit of the fantastical built-in that leap from rational thought to irrational solution.

It's a kind of dark magic.

But all magic leaves traces.

You just have to know where to look. Eleanor Dash, when in Rome, the vacation mysteries number one.

That was what murder was, as easy as that. But afterwards, you went on remembering.

Agatha Christie, and then there were none.

How to Write a Murder by Eleanor Dash.

In this murder, we'll follow a three-act structure broken down into eight sequences. Over the next

three days, we'll discuss the following. One. Day one, Act 1. A, who's going to be sacrificed

to become our inciting incident? Killing someone no one likes is a good first step.

B. Will our protagonist take up the challenge and try to solve the murder?

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