Not a Happy Family by Shari Lapena: Upstate New York rich folks run amok in Lapena’s novel, about a murdered wealthy couple and their adult children who happen to be prime inheritance-seeking suspects. (July 27, Pamela Dorman Books) The Therapistby B.A. Paris: A sought-after gated community is hiding some deep, dark secrets, but a new-to-the-neighborhood couple begins asking questions. (July 13, St. Martin’s) It Happened One Summer by Tessa Bailey: For Schitt’s Creek fans, It Happened One Summer follows a Hollywood wild child exiled to a Pacific Northwest beach town after being cut off from her wealthy family. (July 13, Avon) The Paper Palace by Miranda Cowley Heller: A happily married 50-year-old must decide whether or not to upend her life after having an affair with her childhood love in Heller’s anticipated Cape Cod–set debut. (Riverhead) The People We Keep by Allison Larkin: Both hopeful and heartbreaking, The People We Keep follows a young songwriter in the ‘90s healing through music and searching for connection in the world. (August 3, Gallery) Shoulder Season by Christina Clancy: Set at the iconic Lake Geneva Playboy Club in the 1980s, a young woman trades a church organ for the rock ’n’ roll lifestyle of a bunny. (St. Martin’s) She Who Became the Sun by Shelley Parker-Chan: Mulan meets The Song of Achilles in She Who Became the Sun, in which a young orphaned girl fated for “nothingness” under Mongol rule claims her brother’s identity—and a chance at greatness. (July 20, Tor) Next, 26 New Beach Reads We Can’t Wait to Take on Vacation
