The center of Laura Zigman’s The Author Weekend is Faye Wader, a writer of popular mysteries who decides to host a three-day gathering of her most ardent fans ... [An] alluring tale of psychological disintegration ... Flashes of publishing-world satire lighten the mood as the weekend celebration turns into a nightmare.
Explores ego, jealousy, and revenge in ways that are specific to the publishing world, with humorous sections satirizing the industry. Zigman excels at plot, and readers will enjoy the snappy dialog and clever wordplay throughout, although the character development could be stronger.
In Laura Zigman’s macabre novel The Author Weekend, an author with extreme insecurities faces a derailed promotional event and encounters the perils of fandom ... Less a whodunit than a consideration of the dark psychological fissures that surface when people’s loyalties are tested and their love is misdirected ... Fascinating.
Zigman (Small World) skewers the publishing industry in this sly closed-circle whodunit ... The satire can be a bit heavy-handed ... Still, Zigman delivers a fizzy combination of send-up and murder mystery. It’s good fun.
