Catherine Mack

London

Travel and Transport Writer at Freelance

Writer and content creator specialising in sustainable travel. Irish, based in UK, published in The Guardian, The Independent, The Irish Times, iNews.

Articles

Rosy Future for Warrior Square Gardens

2 months ago | hastingsindependentpress.co.uk | Catherine Mack

CATHERINE MACKFor anyone who walks regularly in the rose gardens in Warrior Square Gardens, they can’t help but smile at the fact that there are a few hardy blooms that refuse to drop their petals, retaining their vibrancy in these dark winter months. This is, for the most part, thanks to the tender weekly care offered by the local community group of volunteer gardeners who keep the Victorian rose garden alive.
10 Mystery Books That Are as Funny as They Are Clever

Nov 16, 2024 | mahoningmatters.com | Catherine Mack

When you want to break out your magnifying glass and become a detective but don’t want to deal with gory horror, consider picking up a funny mystery book. This subgenre involves characters solving a crime, with plenty of humor and lighthearted moments included in the story. Woman’s World editors and book lovers compiled a list of our favorite laugh-out-loud sleuth stories. The best part?
Turquoise bays, sea safaris: this wild Irish isle is full of surprises

Jun 18, 2024 | thetimes.com | Catherine Mack

The last thing I expected on an island off Ireland’s Donegal coast in spring was to be swimming in the turquoise waters of a hidden bay. However, Arranmore, the second largest of Ireland’s 23 inhabited islands, was full of surprises from the moment I took the ferry over from mainland Burtonport. For starters, you have to reverse the car on board, a new one on me, and one that tested a few people’s confidence levels before they handed their keys over to a crew member.
Every Time I Go On Vacation, Someone Dies

May 8, 2024 | zip06.com | Catherine Mack

Every Time I Go On Vacation, Someone Dies by Catherine Mack Bestselling mystery author Eleanor Dash is on a book tour in Italy with her sister, two ex-boyfriends (one of whom is an ex-con), a stalker, and a possible murderer. What could go wrong? With beautiful locations and fabulous food and drink, this is a perfect beach read! Book one of a planned series! Marilyn, R.J. Julia Booksellers, Madison
Every Time I Go on Vacation, Someone Dies

May 3, 2024 | bookreporter.com | Catherine Mack

A bestselling author on a book tour in Italy gets caught up in a real-life mystery in Catherine Mack’s fun and clever new novel, EVERY TIME I GO ON VACATION, SOMEONE DIES. A decade ago, novice writer Eleanor Dash stumbled her way onto the bestseller list when she turned a vacation romance with charming rogue Connor Smith into her first novel. When in Rome was based on the pair’s real-life efforts to discover who was responsible for a series of bank robberies in the Eternal City.
The Author as Protagonist

Apr 29, 2024 | crimereads.com | Catherine Mack

“People should be interested in books, not their authors.”—Agatha ChristieA couple of years ago, on the sun-drenched Amalfi Coast when it was climate-change hot outside, I had a thought (Okay, I had many thoughts, but mostly—why did I think it was a good idea to go to Italy in July?). My husband and I were halfway through a ten-day tour and our conversation was wandering, as it tends to do when we’ve spent that much uninterrupted time together, into random topics.
Win A Copy Of The Book 'Missing White Woman: A Novel' By Kellye Garrett

Apr 27, 2024 | redcarpetcrash.com | Kellye Garrett |G. T. Karber |Win A Copy |Catherine Mack

The book is in stores on Tuesday, April 30th. Click on the link to buy a copy. The truth is never skin deep. It was supposed to be a romantic getaway weekend in New York City. Breanna’s new boyfriend, Ty, took care of everything—the train tickets, the dinner reservations, the rented four-story luxury rowhouse in Jersey City with a beautiful view of the Manhattan skyline. But when Bree comes downstairs their final morning, she’s shocked.
Win A Copy Of The Book 'She's Not Sorry: A Novel' By Mary Kubica

Apr 27, 2024 | redcarpetcrash.com | Mary Kubica |Kellye Garrett |Win A Copy |Catherine Mack

Meghan Michaels is trying to find balance between being a single mom to a teenage daughter and working as a full time nurse. While on duty at the hospital one day, a patient named Caitlin arrives in a coma with a traumatic brain injury, having jumped from a bridge and plunging over twenty feet to the train tracks below. But when a witness comes forward with shocking details about the fall, it calls everything they know into question. Was Caitlin pushed and if so, by whom and why?
Win A Copy Of The Book 'Happy Medium: A Novel' By Sarah Adler

Apr 27, 2024 | redcarpetcrash.com | Sarah Adler |Win A Copy |Catherine Mack |Mary Kubica

The book is in stores on Tuesday, April 30th from Berkley. Click on the link to buy a copy. https://amzn.to/3uNU2u7 Fake spirit medium Gretchen Acorn is happy to help when her best (read: wealthiest) client hires her to investigate the unexplained phenomena preventing the sale of her bridge partner’s struggling goat farm. Gretchen may be a fraud, but she’d like to think she’s a beneficentone.
Win A Copy Of The Book 'Every Time I Go On Vacation, Someone Dies: A Novel' By Catherine Mack

Apr 27, 2024 | redcarpetcrash.com | Win A Copy |Catherine Mack |Carolyn Haines |Mary Kubica

The book is in stores on Tuesday, April 30th. Click on the link to buy a copy. All that bestselling author Eleanor Dash wants is to get through her book tour in Italy and kill off her main character, Connor Smith, in the next in her Vacation Mysteries series―is that too much to ask? Clearly, because when an attempt is made on the real Connor’s life―the handsome but infuriating con man she got mixed up with ten years ago and now can’t get out of her life―Eleanor’s enlisted to help solve the case.