Why we’re excited
A TV reporter heads to Florida for a segment on a newlywed's hotel nightmare. Her source goes silent, the story collapses, and soon after a woman turns up dead with the reporter's own movements under police scrutiny.
Jessie Garcia previously wrote The Business Trip, and she again tells the story from several points of view. Having a journalist become the suspect in the very story she was chasing is a neat setup. Readers who want a quick, twist-driven thriller will find this an easy pick for early in the new year.
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What to know about Bad Honeymoon
The Business Trip is the one Jessie Garcia book we have reviewed, at 3.5 out of 5.
Readers have saved it often enough to put it at No. 18 on our list of January 2027’s most-anticipated releases. At 352 pages it is about the usual length for a thriller release this month.
From the publisher
With Jessie Garcia's signature multi-POV, rapid-fire style that will keep you on your toes until the last page, Bad Honeymoon is the next twisty thriller from the author of The Business Trip.
In search of a ratings hit, TV reporter Becca Larson flies to Florida to cover what should be a simple story: a newlywed couple’s honeymoon gone wrong by a nightmare hotel stay.
Eve Schmidt’s story is compelling, disturbing, and sure to entice viewers. Becca meets with Eve, plans the shoot, and lines everything up for the next day. The story is off to the perfect start.
Then, Eve goes silent.
Calls go unanswered, emails bounce back. With no story and no explanation, Becca heads home, embarrassed and bracing herself to explain the failure to her boss.
What she doesn’t know is there’s been a murder. When police show up at her door, everything Becca thought she knew snaps into terrifying focus. A woman is dead. Eve has vanished. And the evidence suggests Becca may have been involved.
This isn’t just a story about a bad honeymoon anymore.
As suspicion turns toward Becca, every decision she made in pursuit of the segment is under scrutiny, and the more she tries to explain herself, the more it seems to implicate her. With her career unraveling, her credibility in question, and her marriage straining under the weight of doubt, Becca must find a way to clear her name before this story defines her for good.
Bad Honeymoon. Sometimes the best stories bring out the worst in people...
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We haven’t read Bad Honeymoon yet. When our review goes up, it will replace this page.
