This Summer, Sample Deliciously Good Reads

Can’t decide what to read next? Get a taste of this summer’s hottest reads with our Summer Book Scoop Sampler. Inside you’ll find excerpts from the four titles featured below, a recipe for Peach Melba Popsicles from Smitten Kitchen Every Day, and a collection of even more delicious summer reading recommendations.

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Watch Me Disappear by Janelle Brown

The disappearance of a beautiful, charismatic mother leaves her family to piece together her secrets in this propulsive novel for fans of Big Little Lies—from the bestselling author of All We Ever Wanted Was Everything.

“Tantalizing and twisty . . . both a spider’s web of a novel and a moving exploration of the deeper mysteries of marriage and family. You won’t be able to put it down.” —Megan Abbott, author of You Will Know Me

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Shadow Man by Alan Drew

What Dennis Lehane does for Boston, and Tana French does for Dublin, Alan Drew does for Los Angeles in this gritty novel of psychological suspense about an idyllic community rocked by a serial killer—and a dark secret.

“Excellent, atmospheric . . . [a] superb police procedural . . .  a book that unspools like a dark-toned movie in the reader’s mind.” —The Wall Street Journal

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The Little French Bistro by Nina George

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Little Paris Bookshop comes an extraordinary novel about self-discovery and new beginnings.

After forty-one years in a loveless, unhappy marriage, Marianne has reached her limit. Following a dramatic moment on the banks of the Seine, Marianne leaves her life behind and sets out for the coast of Brittany. Here she learns it’s never too late to begin the search for what life should have been all along.

“Fans of Elizabeth Gilbert and Isabel Allende will adore this courageous story of new beginnings, second chances, and the power of self-love.” —Booklist 

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