Wonder Women Sixty’s Favorite Summer Reading Picks
Need a good book to take to the beach or to read while hanging out in your own backyard or even if you’re just staying cool in the comfort of your own home? We can help you with that!
Check out our list of our favorite thrillers, cozy mysteries, a memoir, a techno/sci-fi thriller and dramas – something for everyone! All are fiction, EXCEPT for the memoir. Some of these books are older, but still perfect for folks who want to beat the heat and “chill” with a good book! Of course, it doesn’t have to be summer to enjoy these Wonder Women Sixty favorites, so stock up now to carry you through fall and winter!
WONDER WOMEN SIXTY’S FAVORITE SUMMER READING PICKS:
SOMEONE FROM THE PAST by MARGOT BENNETT: A London Mystery and British Library Crime Classic, first published in 1958. A mesmerizing quiet mystery that will have armchair sleuths intrigued by a callous killer and unsettling anonymous letters.
A POISONOUS PALATE BY LUCY BURDETTE: From the Key West Food Critic Mystery Series, this cozy mystery is sure to please “any” and “all” cozy fans. An intriguing disappearance from past meshes with the present, producing downright deadly effects.
CHER, THE MEMOIR PART ONE BY CHER: There’s only one Cher! Her outstanding memoir tells her story from the very beginning – from when she was born. This book makes this iconic legend even more interesting. She tells it like it is and was (and we would expect no less).
THE LAKE ESCAPE BY JAMIE DAY: This summer/vacation-based thriller finds old friends reuniting at their favorite lake for two weeks of R & R. But the vacation takes a nefarious turn, as someone goes missing and murder is suspected. Readers will wonder who will survive their lake escape?
ONE BIG HAPPY FAMILY BY JAMIE DAY: This thriller begins with a monster trying to break into a remote hotel on coastal Maine. The monster’s name is Larry and he’s a hurricane. Double whammy: Larry may be deadly, but so is someone in the hotel.
THE BUSINESS TRIP BY JESSIE GARCIA: An engaging thriller with a plot so diabolical, you won’t want to put this one down! A desperate and abused housewife has a chance meeting with a seasoned TV newscaster, launching a plot so sinister, it will leave you breathless!
SHOT THROUGH THE BOOK BY EVA GATES: A charming and entertaining cozy mystery with the perfect setting: The Outer Banks. A high-profile murdered author and a group of over-the-top fans, leave our heroine and her hubby at their wit’s end!
THE MURDER SHOW BY MATT GOLDMAN: An accident from the past haunts the teenagers involved through their adulthood. Now two of them want to find out the truth – accident or murder? This steamroller of a thriller will roll right over you with twists, turns and a WOW factor!
BELIEVE ME NOW BY S.M. GOVETT: Blind justice from the past can lead to deadly repercussions in the present. You seriously won’t know who to believe in this positively superb thriller/mystery. A guaranteed summer thrill ride!
COLD STORAGE BY MICHAEL C. GRUMLEY: A chilling thriller of the not too distant future, 2046. It’s good vs. evil in this science fiction/techno thriller where the world is a totally different place BUT: some things never change – power, greed, corruption.
VICE AND VIRTUE BY LIBBY KLEIN: A cozy mystery with unique characters, spiked with an abundance of warmth, humor – and murder. Scorned former cop turned wanna be rocker, is living in a trailer park, dealing with her famous retired rock star father and tracking down a clown killer!
DEATH ON THE ISLAND BY ELIZA REID: A quiet thriller meshing a group of international players at a diplomatic dinner off the coast of Iceland. Nine people trapped by a vicious storm, their hidden agendas driving one of them to cold blooded murder.
THE 7 HUSBANDS OF EVELYN HUGO BY TAYLOR JENKINS REID: An intriguing story following a woman’s rise to fame in the 50’s heyday of glamorous Hollywood. Filled with plenty of scandals and just as many husbands to boot, you’ll be drawn into the Hollywood scene and won’t want to leave!
MALIBU RISING BY TAYLOR JENKINS REID: A hard hitting and completely mesmerizing story of The Rivas, a famous high-profile family bound together for life. The caveat is the BIG party – a party so wild you’ll be quietly shaking your head as you take it all in, along with the aftermath.
OUR FAVORITE COZY MYSTERY SERIES FILLED WITH RIOTOUS HUMOR, A LAUGH ON EVERY PAGE and a DASH OF MURDER: LAURA LEVINE’S JAINE AUSTEN cozy mystery series.
Full reviews for most of these books (and plenty of others) can be found under our “books” category.