To date, her novels have been published in German, Italian, Polish, Slovenian, Hungarian, Dutch, Czech and Japanese. In 2006, Hissy Fit became her first New York Times bestseller, followed by twelve more New York Times, USA Today and Publisher’s Weekly bestsellers. In 2002, she assumed the pen name Mary Kay Andrews with the publication of Savannah Blues. She went on to write ten critically acclaimed mysteries under her real name, Kathy Hogan Trocheck. Her first novel, Every Crooked Nanny, was published in 1992 by HarperCollins. After a 14-year career working as a reporter at newspapers including The Savannah Morning News, The Marietta Journal, and The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, where she spent the final ten years of her career, she left journalism in 1991 to write fiction. in journalism from The University of Georgia. MARY KAY ANDREWS is the New York Times bestselling author of 30 novels (including The Homewreckers, The Santa Suit, The Newcomer Hello, Summer Sunset Beach The High Tide Club The Weekenders Beach Town Save the Date Ladies’ Night Christmas Bliss Spring Fever Summer Rental The Fixer Upper Deep Dish Blue Christmas Savannah Breeze Hissy Fit Little Bitty Lies and Savannah Blues), and one cookbook, The Beach House Cookbook.Ī native of St. Told with Mary Kay Andrews’ trademark blend of humor and warmth, and with characters and a setting that you can’t help but fall for, The Weekenders is the perfect summer escape. Cocktail parties aside, Riley must find a way to investigate the secrets of Belle Island, the husband she might not really know, and the summer that could change everything. So she turns to her island friends for help and support, but it turns out that each of them has their own secrets, and the clock is ticking as the mystery deepens.in a murderous way. While waiting for her husband to arrive on the ferry one Friday afternoon, Riley is confronted by a process server who thrusts papers into her hand. Riley Griggs has a season of good times with friends and family ahead of her on Belle Isle when things take an unexpected turn.

Others come only for the weekends-and the mix between the regulars and “the weekenders” can sometimes make the sparks fly.

Some people stay all summer long on the idyllic island of Belle Isle, North Carolina.

The weekenders novel