It’s officially summer, as my kids are fond of telling me, I hope you have a beach bag packed and a book (or two, or three) ready to go. No books packed? I’ve got some ideas then. Keep reading.

Let’s get right to it this week.

Here are 3 crime fiction links, 2 quotes, and 1 question for this week:

3 LINKS

• DREAM GIRL is high on my summer beach TBR list, so I was happy to read this USAT review that finds Lippman nailed this psychological standalone.
  
  
• The NYTs highlights 14 news books to look forward to next month, including some genre picks like a techno-thriller, a Victorian-age true crime tale, and Cosby’s follow-up to WASTELAND (my top pick for July!)
  
  
• BuzzFeed calls out new paperbacks dropping this month including a whole bunch of genre books I’d love to stuff into my beach bag or vacation suitcase.

2 QUOTES

Two quotes from Laura Lippman this week:

• “Anyone can love a perfect place. Loving Baltimore takes some resilience.”
  
  
• “I like books steeped in the quotidian – details about work and place. You can learn how to run a chicken-and-waffle restaurant by reading ‘Mildred Pierce.’ And I like fiction about money.”

1 QUESTION

• I think Lippman’s crime fiction is underrated. Her career seemed poised to take off in the early 2000s but didn’t quite catch. Who is your favorite under the radar crime writer?

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Until next Thursday, happy reading,

Mike

Author the Max Strong thriller series