In literature, its often the time for murder, mayhem, and life-changing family drama.
Read on for some of our favorite books where a getaway doesnt go quite as planned.
Instead, new secrets and old wounds follow them from Manhattan and come to light on their vacation.

Vintage Books; Riverhead Books; Penguin
As the title suggests, the past of their upbringing catches up with them on their final getaway.
The Harder They Come,by T.C.
The action unfolds from Stens vacation to Costa Rica, where things quickly take a deadly turn.

Penguin
When Richard reaches the lush beach community, however, the utopian exterior hides a sinister reality.

Vintage Books

Harper Perennial

Vintage

Vintage

Penguin


ECCO

Riverhead Books

W. W. Norton & Company