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6. The Good Girl, Mary Kubica $24.95. Colin's job was to abduct Mia as part of a wild extortion plot and deliver her to his employers. But the plan takes an unexpected turn when Colin suddenly decides to hide Mia in a secluded cabin in rural Minnesota, evading the police and his deadly superiors. An addictively suspenseful and tautly written thriller.

7. The Good Suicides, Antonio Hill $26. After a company retreat in a remote country house, senior employees of Alemany Cosmetics return with a dark secret. They’ve each received an anonymous, menacing email of only two words: “Never forget”. When they begin killing themselves, one by one, the connection between the shocking photos and the suicides baffles Barcelona law enforcement. A richly layered and darkly chilling thriller about secrets, cover-ups, and devastating lies.

8. Monster's Chef, Jervey Tervalon $24.99

a highly clever, twisting tale of suspense involving drugs, perverse sex, and poisonous celebrity worship, in which a man trying to rebuild his life becomes entangled in dangerous and deadly circumstances.

9. The Girls at the Kingfisher Club, Genevieve Valentine $24. A reimagining of the fairytale of the Twelve Dancing Princesses as flappers during the Roaring Twenties in Manhattan.They dance until one night when they are

caught in a raid, separated, and thrust face-to-face with someone from the past: a bootlegger.

10. Famous Baby, Karen Rizzo $15. Before there were Real Housewives and Tiger Moms, the was Ruth Sternberg, the hugely popular First Mother of Mommy Blogging—or, as Ruth’s daughter, Abbie prefers to call her, the First Lady of Cyber Exploitation. Famous Baby wisely and hilariously explores mother love, identity, and the hazards of parental over-sharing in the social media age.

10 summer reads fiction, fun, thrillers and mystery. Pool, beach, backyard or garden

these summer reads will keep you laughing and breathless with suspense and passion all summer long.